RIP OFF COMIX #9, 1981, GILBERT SHELTON, RIP OFF PRESS, UNDERGROUND COMIC NM for Sale

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RIP OFF COMIX #9, 1981, GILBERT SHELTON, RIP OFF PRESS, UNDERGROUND COMIC NM:
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Rip Off Comix #9,1981, Gilbert Shelton, Rip Off Press, Underground Comic, Near Mint Condition 20% OFF

Only Printing / Fall 1981 / 52 pages / Rip Off Press Rip Off Comix #9 is introduced with a letterfrom the new managing editor, who uses the pseudonym Frappington WildebeestVII. Not sure if that\'s actually Fred Todd, Gilbert Shelton or perhaps evenKathe Todd (who would later edit some issues of the magazine version), but theletter mentions that the previous managing editor, Jay Kinney, resigned afterthe previous issue. The letter also pokes fun at Gilbert Shelton, who was still\"vacationing\" in Europe after two years. Shelton was actually livingin Spain and spent quite a bit of time traveling all over Western Europe,especially France, where he would eventually permanently settle.

And France is the country of origin for this issue\'s outstanding Europeancartoonist section, which takes up the latter half of the book. Shelton, whoselected the artists, provides a diverse variety of comic styles from a dozencreators. As you may have heard (or directly experienced), the French sense ofhumor is distinct from the American, but several of the comic stories herewould be funny anywhere. The humor is sometimes understated, sometimesmelodramatic, and occasionally slapstick. In every case, one senses that eachof these creators would likely be the wittiest personality at your averagedinner party. The entire section is a joy to read, including the hilariouslysnobby introduction by Yves Fremion.

Like the previous issue, the Americans more than hold their own in thefirst half of the book. Shelton, Dave Sheridan and Paul Mavrides all lend ahand to the first story, \"The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, \'Knock \'EmDead.\'\" After seeing a live performance by a punk rock band, the FreakBrothers decide they can do better and form a punk band themselves. Aftercobbling together some instruments and selecting their wardrobe, the Freaks areready to open up a show at the local club without a lick of practice. But whenthe headline band doesn\'t show up and the sound engineer also goes missing, theFreaks inherit the other band\'s equipment for the night. Unfortunately, theyalso inherit a volunteer sound man that doesn\'t have a clue what he\'s doing.

As the Freaks are jamming on stage, the sound man inadvertently directselectric power through a set of bedsprings the Freaks planned to use as amusical instrument, which projects microwaves into the audience and killseveryone that isn\'t on stage. The Freaks think the dead audience is a negativereaction to their musical prowess and leave the stage feeling humbled anddefeated. But of course, this is punk rock, so when recording executives hearabout the show that \"knocked the audience dead\" they desperately tryto track down the band. But the Freaks have already disappeared back into theirold life. The story is flamboyantly illustrated with great detail, meeting thehigh standards Shelton had set for his signature franchise.

Sheridan follows up the Freaks story with \"Goose,\" about anoxious blowhard he\'d introduced in Mother\'s Oats Comix #3 back in 1977. Inthis six-page ode to oafishness, Goose pays a surprise visit to an old buddyand immediately swindles a bartender out of a sweet Camaro. Before long he\'sthrowing a huge, disastrous party at his friend\'s apartment and careeningaround town in the Camaro before crashing it into a pit of mudwater at aconstruction site. His friend finally loses his temper with Goose, but the damageis already done. \"Goose\" portrays a hard-partying fool with noconscience, the kind of schmuck who would inspire the phrase \"with friendslike him, who needs enemies?\"

Before the section of French comics begins, the opening half of the bookconcludes with the second chapter of Shelton\'s \"Wonder Wart-Hog in theBattle of the Titans,\" an epic adventure that would continue to unfoldover the next three issues. In this chapter, Wonder Wart-Hog survives death andgets thrown into a time warp!

Rip Off #9 proves to be another solid entry in the \"new andimproved\" series and hits some true high notes with a classic FreakBrothers story and an outstanding (and diverse) selection of comic work fromtop-flight French cartoonists.

COMIC CREATORS: Gilbert Shelton - 1 (shared), 2, 3-9 (collaboration),16-25 (collaboration), 26, 52 Dave Sheridan - 1 (shared), 3-9 (collaboration),10-15 Paul Mavrides - 3-9 (collaboration) Tony Bell - 16-25 (collaboration) YvesFremion (aka Theophraste Epistoller) - 27 (text) Philippe Petit-Roulet – 28 MartinVeyron - 29-31 Jean-Marc Reiser - 32-33 Francois-Volney Dupey – 34 BernhardWillem Holtrop (aka Willem) - 35-37 Phillippe Vuillemin - 38-39 Daniel Goosens –40 Frank Margerin - 41-43 Florence Cestak - 44-45 Charlie Schlingo – 46 GerardMathieu - 47-49 Cecile Anguera – 50 Hal Robins - 51 (spot illo for letterspage) Jay Kinney - 51 (spot illo for ad)

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