RIP OFF COMIX #2, 1ST PRINT, 1977, SHELTON, GRIFFITH, RIP OFF PRESS, UNDERGROUND for Sale

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RIP OFF COMIX #2, 1ST PRINT, 1977, SHELTON, GRIFFITH, RIP OFF PRESS, UNDERGROUND:
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RipOff Comix #2, 1st Printing, July 1977, Gilbert Shelton, Bill Griffith, 52 pages, Rip OffPress, Underground Comic, Like New

Likethe first issue of Rip Off Comix, the second begins with a Freak Brothersstory, this one called "Phineas Goes to the Store." When the boys runout of rolling papers, Phineas goes to the local head shop, where he suddenlywins ownership of the entire store through a contest run by a rolling papercompany. He just as quickly sells the store to a big corporation for $400,000and uses the money to begin making a big-budget movie. Needless to say, Phineasoverspends just a weee bit and ends up broke, but all's well that endswell...unless you still don't have any rolling papers! "Phineas Goes tothe Store" is a typically outlandish multipage Freak Brothers story and(like the lead Freak Brothers story from the first issue) was reprinted inFreak Brothers #6 in 1980.

NOTE:Comic has a hole punched through the top left corner.

Followingthe Phineas adventure, Frank Stack contributes an extended "Dorman'sDoggie" story that offers a few smiles, but I must admit that it's hard tofall in love with eight-page stories about unloved, timid, neurotic dogs. Stacklater offers a one-page satire about Clark Kent meeting Dr. Feelgood that isquite enjoyable. Bill Griffith has four "Griffith Observatory"one-pagers scattered through the book that are still amusing decades aftertheir publication.

HarryDriggs and Dave Sheridan also pitch in with four-page stories that look atmodern relationships (Driggs, circa 1977) and future civilizations (Sheridan,circa 3711). Driggs story is especially adroit in depicting the changinglandscape for knuckle-dragging chauvinists. Sheridan's tale is a bit fractured,but if you read it carefully you can at least make the connection between thealiens on page one and their appearance in the final panel.

As isusual with early issues of Rip Off Comix, Gilbert Shelton not only providedmore content than anybody but also the most ambitious stories. Rip Off #2closes with his 16-page epic, "Wonder Wart-Hog in 'Epidemic,'" whichis about the federal agency for disease control infecting citizens with acontagious disease so they can keep their budget funding. Only Wonder Wart-Hogcan keep this plague from destroying the entire country! "Epidemic"bogs down a bit too much to be a Wart-Hog classic, but it's still anentertaining read.

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