The One Trick Rip Off

Paul Pope’s The One Trick Rip Off is a gritty, one-shot crime comic from Dark Horse, first published in 1997. Written and drawn entirely by Pope, it follows a pair of young drifters in a decaying city as they plan a daring heist to escape their dead-end lives. The book’s raw, kinetic art and punk-inflected storytelling showcase Pope’s early signature style, making it a key artifact of his emerging voice in 1990s alternative comics.