Rip Off Comix #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Street Crazies" kicks off with Philbert, freshly fired from his newspaper job, heading to the welfare office—only to undergo a surreal transformation into the absurdly iconic Wonder Wart-Hog. Amid the mundane line, he encounters a lineup of famous superheroes, each more bizarre than the last, in a satirical twist on the genre. Written and illustrated by Gilbert Shelton, with full creative control across pencils, inks, and letters, the issue's chaotic energy is matched by a cover featuring collaborative art by Shelton, Ted Richards, Frank Stack, and Dave Sheridan, with inks by the same team.
In "Wonder Wart-hog Goes on Welfare!", Philbert, freshly fired from his newspaper job, heads to the welfare office—only to transform into the absurdly heroic Wonder Wart-Hog and find himself in line with a parade of famous superheroes, all waiting to claim their benefits. The story skewers superhero mythology with sharp satire, blending the mundane with the ridiculous in a way only this era of underground comics could deliver.
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Reprinted in The Whole Forty Year Old Hippie Catalog #[nn] (1978), Wonder Wart-Hog and the Nurds of November: Gilbert Shelton's Exciting Cartoon Novel of Election-Year Politics, International Nuclear Terror, Professional Football, Science Fiction, Motorcycle and Auto Racing, Pestilence, Famine, Economic Collapse #[nn] (1980), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #6 (1980), U-Comix #1 (1980), U-Comix #2 (1980), U-Comix #3 (1980), U-Comix #5 (1981), U-Comix #15 (1981), U-Comix #16 (1981), Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories #2 (1985), Pox #6/1985 (1985), Pox #12/1986 (1986), Pox #2/1987 (1987), Knockabout Comics #14 (1988), Underground Classics #8 (1988), Rip Off Comix #21 (1988), Pox #9/1989 (1989), Underground Classics #12 (1990), Stripp #1/1991 (1991), Stripp #2/1991 (1991), Griffith Observatory #[nn] (1993), Pyton #3/1995 (1995), MegaPyton #4/1997 (1997), Comix: The Underground Revolution #[nn] (2004) + 1 more
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