The Best of The Rip Off Press
#1 - Comix
(1973)
Rip Off Press,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Rip Off Press, Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
No price or ISBN listed. Later(?) printing with 3.50 USD cover price; not marked as later printing.
Comix
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Sheridan (signed as Sheridan)
- Inks
- Dave Sheridan (signed as Sheridan)
- Colors
- Dave Sheridan (signed as Sheridan)
- Letters
- Dave Sheridan ?
The Best of the Rip Off Press volume I
credits, title page / 3 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
title page, indicia page, table of contents
Out of the Ashes
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- Manfred Mroczowski ? (credited as Manfred)
- Pencils
- S. Clay Wilson; ? (photo)
- Inks
- S. Clay Wilson; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Gilbert Shelton (photo); Jack Jackson [as Jaxon] (photo); Robert Crumb (photo); Fred Schrier (photo); Dave Sheridan (photo); Spain Rodriguez (photo); Greg Irons (photo); Robert Williams (photo); Jim Franklin (photo); S. Clay Wilson (photo); Foolbert Sturgeon [Jesus Christ]
Indexer Notes
Foreword dated San Francisco, October 1972.
A two-page intro is accompanied by eleven photo head shots of the artists with a small S. Clay Wilson illustration. Right after the first intro page there is a full-page illustration which is indexed just below.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Sheridan (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Dave Sheridan (uncredited)
- Inks
- Dave Sheridan (uncredited)
- Letters
- Dave Sheridan (uncredited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If this is what happened to your old man's head when he finally read one of the comics
- Reprints
-
from Mother's Oats Comix (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #[nn] (October 1969)
-
Code of the Comics Magazine Association of America, Inc.
text article / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
Reprints the Comics Code Authority's code in its entirety
[no title indexed]
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Spain Rodriguez (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Spain Rodriguez (uncredited)
- Inks
- Spain Rodriguez (uncredited)
- Letters
- Spain Rodriguez (uncredited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We sit... in patience
- Characters
- Lester Prong
- Synopsis
- Lester Prong from the Comics Code Authority is attacked by zombies who have risen from the sewer.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This also appeared in the East Village Other vol. 4 #22 (April 30, 1969)
[no title indexed]
Robert Crumb / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The fact of the matter is, I know they're trying to get me because I bring you the TRUTH!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Synopsis
- A satirical paranoid rant from Crumb, as he suspects fumes from his ink bottle is actually poison gas planted by a government agent.
- Reprints
- from Big Ass Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #2 (August 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Viva la Revolucion!
- Characters
- Lenore Goldberg; Bob
Indexer Notes
The very last panel from the following story blown up to full-page size
Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lenore Goldberg; Janet Jones; Muncie; Bob
- Synopsis
- Lenore and the commandos barge into a gathering of intellectuals to make a statement on female liberation.
- Reprints
- from Motor City Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #1 (April 1969)
-
And Now, A Word to You Feminist Women
Robert Crumb / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Reprints
- from Big Ass Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #2 (August 1971)
-
Never Bite Off More Than You Can Chew!
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Policeman
- Synopsis
- An armadillo grows on a cop's head and consumes him.
- Reprints
- from Armadillo Comics (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 (1971)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Invasion of the Pigs From Uranus!
Wonder Wart-Hog / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Wonder Warthog [Philbert Desanex]; Editor; The Emperor; James; Richard Milhous Nixon (death); Spiro T. Agnew
- Synopsis
- The Emperor of Uranus sends his army to invade Earth after he hears that it's being riddled by conservationists.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dated April 1970
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I should DIE 'fore the REST of you should,
- Reprints
Sweet Funk
illustration / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Armadillo Comics (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 (1971)
-
U.S. Armydillo
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A group of soldiers transform to armadillos after being ordered to go “at ease.”
- Reprints
- from Armadillo Comics (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 (1971)
-
Raw War Comics
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Greg Irons (credited as Irons)
- Pencils
- Greg Irons (credited as Irons)
- Inks
- Greg Irons (credited as Irons)
- Letters
- Greg Irons (credited as Irons)
- Genre
- advocacy; war
- Characters
- Slugger McCord; Ace Johnson; Joe Spence; Major “Tuck” Pucker; Quan Hoy
- Synopsis
- Five soldiers meet their untimely end in this anti-war story.
- Reprints
Space Age Shanannyguns
Speedy Spivac & Tomorrow Topkins / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Speedy Spivac; Tomorrow Topkins
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gad
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Likely a Fred Schrier panel but not from any story from this book.
Word Salad
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Fibbing; Winslow
- Reprints
- from Mother's Oats Comix (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #2 (1970 [August 1971])
-
The Balloon Salesman
Mean Mr. Mustard / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Mean Mr. Mustard; Kid #1; Kid #2
- Reprints
- from Mother's Oats Comix (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #2 (1970 [August 1971])
-
The Doings of Dealer McDope
Dealer McDope / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Stanley; Bus Driver; Frank; Dealer McDope; Petipoo; Ernie; The King; Shnitski
- Reprints
- from Mother's Oats Comix (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #[nn] (October 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Tricky Prickears / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Receiving orders by braille.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Tricky Prickears
- Synopsis
- The police control board pull a prank on Tricky.
- Reprints
Theme Song From the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers / comic story / 1.83 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Jesus Christ; Mao Tse-tung
- Reprints
- from The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 ([March] 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.17 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just love that shit-kickin' music!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Reprints
- from The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 ([March] 1972)
-
Getting "Up" to Vote
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers / comic story / 0.88 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Coontny Splatterfoont; Oat Willie
- Reprints
Don't Forget to Register and Vote
Fat Freddy / public service announcement / 0.12 page
- Characters
- Fat Freddy
- Reprints
The Origin of Trashman
Trashman / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]
- Reprints
- from Subvert (Rip Off Press, 1970 series) #1 ([November] 1970)
-
Trashman Meets the Fighting She Devils
Trashman / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]; Nasty Elaine; Dr. Eugene Cranker; Thelma; Odette; Betty Lou; Luciele; Emile Nitrate
- Reprints
- from Subvert (Rip Off Press, 1970 series) #1 ([November] 1970)
-
- Keywords
- underground
Eyeball Kicks
Eggs Ackley / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Eggs Ackley; Crow #1; Crow #2
- Synopsis
- A pair of crows steal Ackley's eyes.
- Reprints
- from Motor City Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #1 (April 1969)
-
More Deep Meaning Gommigs
Jeannie and Her Friends / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jeannie; Savannah Foomo
- Reprints
- from Motor City Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #1 (April 1969)
-
All Meat Comics
comic story / 3 pages
- Reprints
- from Big Ass Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #[nn] (June 1969)
-
Scenes from the Revolution: The Legendary Dope Famine of '69
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This also appeared in The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1 (Rip Off Press, 1971)
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Grocery Store Clerk
- Synopsis
- Unable to buy any junk food because he's short on cash, Fat Freddy gets into a violent withdrawal state. The Bros. decide to pull a heist on a grocery store in order to get Freddy some food.
- Reprints
The Intruder
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Doctor; Antiques Dealer
- Reprints
- from Skull (Rip Off Press, 1970 series) #1 ([March] 1970)
-
Jesus Meets the Armed Services
Jesus / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jesus Christ; Sarge; Maud Mae; Dr. Conscripto
- Synopsis
- Jesus is forcibly inscribed into the Armed Forces after being seen walking around in his robe.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Mr. Sketchum / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I got a million of 'em!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Sketchum
- Reprints
[Like to Ride? Then Climb Aboard the Big Ass]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Hot Rod" Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Hot Rod" Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Hot Rod" Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Hot Rod" Crumb)
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Big Ass Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #[nn] (June 1969)
-
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Table of Contents
-
0.
Comix
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Best of the Rip Off Press volume I
-
3.
Out of the Ashes
-
4.
["If this is what happened to your old man's head when he finally read one of the comics"]
-
5.
Code of the Comics Magazine Association of America, Inc.
-
6.
["We sit... in patience"]
-
7.
["The fact of the matter is, I know they're trying to get me because I bring you the TRUTH!"]
Robert Crumb -
8.
["Viva la Revolucion!"]
-
9.
Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg -
10.
And Now, A Word to You Feminist Women
Robert Crumb -
11.
Never Bite Off More Than You Can Chew!
-
12.
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Invasion of the Pigs From Uranus!
Wonder Wart-Hog -
13.
["If I should DIE 'fore the REST of you should,"]
-
14.
Sweet Funk
-
15.
U.S. Armydillo
-
16.
Raw War Comics
-
17.
Space Age Shanannyguns
Speedy Spivac & Tomorrow Topkins -
18.
["Gad"]
-
19.
Word Salad
-
20.
The Balloon Salesman
Mean Mr. Mustard -
21.
The Doings of Dealer McDope
Dealer McDope -
22.
["Receiving orders by braille."]
Tricky Prickears -
23.
Theme Song From the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -
24.
["I just love that shit-kickin' music!"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
25.
Getting "Up" to Vote
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -
26.
Don't Forget to Register and Vote
Fat Freddy -
27.
The Origin of Trashman
Trashman -
28.
Trashman Meets the Fighting She Devils
Trashman -
29.
Afterwards
-
30.
Eyeball Kicks
Eggs Ackley -
31.
More Deep Meaning Gommigs
Jeannie and Her Friends -
32.
All Meat Comics
-
33.
Scenes from the Revolution: The Legendary Dope Famine of '69
-
34.
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -
35.
The Intruder
-
36.
Jesus Meets the Armed Services
Jesus -
37.
["I got a million of 'em!"]
Mr. Sketchum -
38.
[Like to Ride? Then Climb Aboard the Big Ass]
-
39.
The Rip Off Press is Hot!
-
40.
[no title indexed]
-
41.
["Don't You Think It's Time to Stop Watching T.V.?"]
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