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Issue: Rip Off Comix #8
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #8 of 30 Issues (36 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRip Off Press
Brand: Rip Off Press
Indicia Publisher: Rip Off Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US (#1-10); US magazine format (#11-31)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Cartoonists of the World
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Achtung!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: This issue of Rip Off Comix marks the beginning of some new features we'd like to tell you about.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Introductory text on inside of front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Fat Freddy's Cat's nephews
First Line: Uncle F., we'd like to talk to you!
Synopsis: Fat Freddy's Cat's nephews ask him a question.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover with indicia information at bottom of page.
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Phineas Gets An Abortion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Merry; Merry's Father; Chamberlain Killpigge
Synopsis: Phineas gets his girlfriend's fetus transplanted into him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #7 [First Printing] published January 1982
as Phineas Gets an Abortion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #18 published February 1982
as Phineas Fehlgeburt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Jesus and the Bank Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, western
Character(s): Zeke; Bob; Tricky Dick; The Clerk
First Line: In a house in the suburbs Jesus attends to an unpleasant monthly chore
Synopsis: Jesus goes back in time to the 1880 Old West to see if it is a good time to do the Final Judgement.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUnderground Classics #14 published January 1992
as Jesus and the Bank Robbers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe New Adventures of Jesus: The Second Coming #[nn] published October 2006
as Jesus and the Bank Robbers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Battle of the Titans!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Piltdown Pig; Puff; Paranoid Punkpig; 739-61-46-108
First Line: No matter how hard I bash this pig, it doesn't seem to hurt him!
Synopsis: Piltdown Pig and Paranoid Punkpig team up to take on Wonder Wart-Hog. The noise of the ensuing battle gets the attention of 739-61-46-108, a wart-hog from the future who comes to stop the conflict.
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In Content Item: FlagWonder Wart-Hog and The Battle of the Titans #[nn] published January 1985
as Wonder Wart-hog in the Battle of the Titans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Credits at bottom of first page list "by Gilbert Shelton and Tony Bell with Joe E. Brown, Jr. Uncertain as to whom to credit for what.
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British Comix Bonus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (masthead)
Inker(s): ? (masthead)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It's getting so you can't hardly tell the British from the good, honest, Godfearing American.
Synopsis: Intro for the UK comics section that follows.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.65
Disclose Notes: Text article with illustrated title header.
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About the Cartoonists...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Brief blurbs on this issue's UK cartoonists.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.35
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Spotty Dick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Feature(s): Spotty Dick
Character(s): Spotty Dick; Assistant Zoo-Keeper/Mr. Trumpton; Basil the Strangler Elephant; Zoo Keeper/Mister Kneebone; Percy the Python; The Assistant Head Keeper/Mister Frogpond; Rodney; The Head Zoo-Keeper; Mister Stickinplaster
First Line: Hmm, so you left school yesterday and you're looking for your first job.
Synopsis: Spotty Dick gets a job as an odd-job boy at the zoo.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Hey so where you bin?
Synopsis: Two friends talk about music and then about cooking.
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Pages: 1
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Three-Eyes McGurk and His Death-Planet Commandos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Three-Eyes McGurk
Character(s): Three-Eyes McGurk; Glass-Brain; Tabatha; Axel Pressbutton; Lonesome Henry the Human Bomb; Zilchrton Fuzz
First Line: The planet Barfo receives few visitors...
Synopsis: McGurk and friends go to the planet Zilchtron in order to retrieve the Living Heart of the Universe for a massive reward.
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from the UK weekly magazine DARK STAR, issues #22–25 (1979–1980)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four, one-page, connected strips. First appearance of Axel Pressbutton.
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The Whacky World of Wildlife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Clyde; Mother
First Line: You do realize that there's nothing personal, don't you?
Synopsis: Four four-panel strips about wildlife and humanity's exploitation of them.
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Reprint Notes: from The Beast (Animal Liberation Movement) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four, one-quarter page strips.
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The Lone Groover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Groover; Rocky Thighs
First Line: It's crazy Groover, y'try t'get a recordin' contract an' they ask if y're playin' gigs
Synopsis: Four four-panel strips involving musician Groover and the recording industry.
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Reprint Notes: from New Musical Express ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thok

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
First Line: Urf!!!
Synopsis: A motorcycle rider in a desolate desert landscape finds his bike is malfunctioning.
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Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Tower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Gak; Gak's brother; The Holy Immortal
First Line: Carved from the last tree and preserved in plastic....
Synopsis: A repair visit to The Holy Immortal who lives in a hut in a tower carved from the last tree.
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Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Lester; Lester's wife
First Line: These simple exercises are suitable for either sex.
Synopsis: Lester has serious cramps after eating his meal.
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Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence ends on inside of back cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Christian driver
First Line: Honk if you love Jesus
Synopsis: Phineas honks at someone who has a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence on the back cover.

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