Rip Off Press.

Ted Richards, Frank Stack (Foolbert Sturgeon), Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Harry Driggs (R. Diggs), Bill Griffith, J. Michael Leonard, Sheridan Anderson, Larry Gonick, and Joel Beck.

Underground Comics Syndicate Proofs Collection.

Rip Off Press.

1976-1978.

0.29 linear feet (1 box).

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a sample of underground comics published by Rip Off Press, and includes the work of comic artists Ted Richards, Frank Stack (Foolbert Sturgeon), Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Harry Driggs (R. Diggs), Bill Griffith, J. Michael Leonard, Sheridan Anderson, Larry Gonick, and Joel Beck.

Biographical/Descriptive Note

The Rip Off Press was founded on January 17, 1969, in San Francisco, California, by Fred Todd, Dave Moriarty, and cartoonists Gilbert Shelton and Jack Jackson. The first Comix Rip Off Press was published in 1969.  As the underground comics market petered out in the mid-to-late 1970s, Rip off Press shifted its focus to other cartoonists and other comics (including their long-running anthology Rip Off Comix). After the collapse of the Direct Market in the early 1990s, Rip off Press began cutting costs and gradually pulled out of publishing. 

Source: Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Off_Press 

Finding aid: Underground Comics Syndicate Proofs Collection.

Series Description

Series One – Rip Off Press Comics, Box #1 (folders 1-10)

FF 1 Fat Freddy’s Cat. E.Z. Wolf, Wonder Wart-Hog, The Forty Year Old Hippie, Advanced Motoring Tips, Nerds, Dr. Feelgood, Diggs, Dorman’s Doggie. 1976 

FF 2 Diggs, Dorman’s Doggie, Wonder Wart-Hog, E.Z. Wolf, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Griffith Observatory, The Forty Year Old Hippie. 1977 

FF 3 Diggs, The Forty Year Old Hippie, E.Z. Wolf, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, Star Weevils, Griffith Observatory. 1977 

FF 4 Diggs, Dorman’s Doggie, Wonder Wart-Hog, The Forty Year Old Hippie, Star Weevils, Fat Freddy’s Cat, E.Z. Wolf, Griffith Observatory. 1977 

FF 5 Diggs, E.Z. Wolf, Star Weevils, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, The Forty Year Old Hippie, Baron Von Mabel’s Backpacking, Woodlore and Outdoor Adventure, Griffith Observatory, Dorman’s Doggie, Advanced Motoring Tips, Packs. 1977, 1978 

FF 6 Wonder Wart-Hog, Fat Freddy’s Cat, E.Z. Wolf, Von Mabel’s Backpacking, Dorman’s Doggie, The Forty Year Old Hippie, Diggs, Star Weevils. 1978 

FF 7 Diggs, Griffith Observatory, Star Weevils, Wonder Wart-Hog, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Von Mabel’s Backpacking, E.Z. Wolf, The Forty Year Old Hippie. 1978 

FF 8 Griffith Observatory, Star Weevils, E.Z. Wolf, Wonder Wart-Hog, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Diggs, Footnotes. 1978 

FF 9 Wonder Wart-Hog, E.Z. Wolf, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Dorman’s Doggie, Cartoon Cavalcade, Footnotes. 1978, 1979 

FF 10 Wonder Wart-Hog, Footnotes, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Griffith Observatory, Diggs, The Forty Year Old Hippie, Zippy Stories, Cartoon Cavalcade. 1978, 1979  

Related collection: Frank Stack Collection.

OCLC WorldCat Number: 1255627197

Call number: MANUSCRIPTS Shelfmark C01 (Box 1)

The collection was donated as a gift to the University of Missouri, Special Collections and Rare Books on December 1, 1991, by artist Frank Stack.

Shelton, Gilbert, 1940-, artist
Richards, Ted, artist
Leonard, J. Michael (Cartoonist), artist
Sturgeon, Foolbert, artist
Stack, Frank, donor
Sheridan, Dave, 1943-1982, artist
Beck, Joel, artist
Anderson, Sheridan, artist
Diggs, R., artist
Griffith, Bill, 1944-, artist
Gonick, Larry, artist

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