GCD :: Issue :: Armadillo Comics #2

Price: 0.50 USD
Pages: 36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Rip Off Press
Brand: Rip Off Press

Editing: ?

Issue Notes

1st printing: 1971; 2nd printing: 1971 (0.50 USD). The second printing has the "Rip Off Press" logo in the upper left cover corner.
This issue has variants:

Armadillo Comics (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2 [2nd printing]

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Colors: ?
Letters: Jim Franklin ?

Characters: Armadillo

Cover Thumbnail for Armadillo Comics (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) #2

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Cover gallery

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by indicia at the bottom

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: Leo Kottke
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)

Indexer Notes

Includes a brief quotation taken from Kottke's song "Vaseline Machine Gun"

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Pencils: Meggan Durden (ink only)
Inks: Meggan Durden (ink only)
Letters: Jim Franklin

Characters: Armadillo

Indexer Notes

An illustration from a three-year-old.

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)

Characters: Armadillo

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo

comic story / 2.6 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin
Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Letters: Jim Franklin

Characters: Armadillo

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Script: Jim Franklin
Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Letters: Jim Franklin

Characters: Armadillo

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Lightnin' Hopkins

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)

Characters: Armadillo Detection Device

Indexer Notes

"For Gilbert Shelton"

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN)

Indexer Notes

Signed "By JFKLN & Ike"

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo
Synopsis: A bird of prey tries to nab an armadillo.

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Script: Jim Franklin
Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Letters: Jim Franklin

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Thunk
Characters: Armadillo
Synopsis: An armadillo avoids a falling safe & an oncoming vehicle.

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Mr. Peanut; Armadillo

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Script: Jim Franklin
Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Letters: Jim Franklin

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters

Armadillo

Reprints

in Tales from the Flipside (Fake, 2012 ? series) #6 ([2012?])

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)

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Script: Captain Beefheart
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)

First Line of Dialogue or Text: A whirling dervish, honey of the white pigs bore snoots 'n touched tusks on either husk of the sun 'n moon...

Indexer Notes

Includes a brief Captain Beefheart quotation at bottom.

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Reprints

in The Best of The Rip Off Press (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #1 - Comix (1973)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: The Plaster of Paris

Indexer Notes

Signed "By Crowbar and Tiny"

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 68)

Characters

Armadillo

Reprints

in The Best of The Rip Off Press (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #1 - Comix (1973)
in Horror Comics (Verlag Klaus Bär, 1973 series) (1973)

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Ummmm Ummmmuu mmmuu Chomp Huh? Akk! !??! Ah Ah Ah Chew!
Characters: Armadillo
Synopsis: A hamburger in the middle of being eaten changes into an armadillo.

comic story / 0.32 page (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo
Synopsis: An armadillo on the moon.

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

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Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 69)

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Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin
Pencils: Jim Franklin
Inks: Jim Franklin
Letters: Jim Franklin

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)

Characters

Armadillo

Reprints

in The Best of The Rip Off Press (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #1 - Comix (1973)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 71)

Characters: Armadillo

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Captain Beefheart (charcoal only ?)
Letters: Jim Franklin

Characters: Jim Franklin

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Inks: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)
Colors: ?
Letters: Jim Franklin (signed as JFKLN 70)

Characters: Armadillo

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Armadillo Comics #2 (1971)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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From Deep in the Heart of Texas (Table of Contents: 1)

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Vaseline Machine Gun- For Waking Up Nude in a Sleeping Bag on the Shore of the Atlantic Surrounded by a Volleyball Game (Table of Contents: 2)

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Big Armadillo and Little Armadillo (Table of Contents: 3)

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Alternate Route (Table of Contents: 4)

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[An illustration showing the ecological role played by the bull in fertilizing the soil.] (Table of Contents: 5)

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The Glyptodon (Table of Contents: 6)

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Each One Starts Out in a Different Direction and Ends Up in the Same Place. (Table of Contents: 7)

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Lightnin Hopkins (Table of Contents: 8)

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Oat Willie Disguised as an Armadillo Detection Device Riding Thru a Field of Pumpkins Disguised as Armadillos (Table of Contents: 9)

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The Famous Texas Underground Pass! (Table of Contents: 10)

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Survival in the Desert (Table of Contents: 11)

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Ripped Off... (Table of Contents: 12)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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It Happens Every Time! (Table of Contents: 15)

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The Famous First Flight of Transarmadillo Airways' Famous First Heavier-Than-Air Craft Made of Two Giant Enchiladas. (Table of Contents: 16)

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[Shiva's Headband] (Table of Contents: 17)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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Sweet Funk (Table of Contents: 21)

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The Plaster of Paris (Table of Contents: 22)

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"Never Bite Off More Than You Can Chew!" (Table of Contents: 23)

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Foto•Booth (Table of Contents: 24)

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[For James Cotton] (Table of Contents: 25)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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The Tower of the University of Texas, Austin (Table of Contents: 29)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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As They Surveyed the Dying Sea, Their Shadows Became the Rock Island Upon Which They Stood. (Table of Contents: 31)

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How to Catch Worms Without Using Bait! (Table of Contents: 32)

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U.S. Armydillo (Table of Contents: 33)

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Why Does the Umbrella Hover Above the Mother Armadillo? (Table of Contents: 34)

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[Drawing of Jim Franklin by Captain Beefheart] (Table of Contents: 35)

Armadillo Comics #2

(1971)