Rip Off Comix

Rip Off Comix
The cover of Rip Off Comix #11 (Fall 1982), when the title converted to magazine format; art by Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides.
Publication information
Publisher	Rip Off Press
Schedule	bi-annually (1977–1983); quarterly (1987–1991)
Format	standard (issues #1-10); magazine (issues #11–31)
Genre	Underground
Publication date	Apr. 1977 – 1991
No. of issues	30
Main character(s)	Wonder Wart-Hog The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Creative team
Artist(s)	Gilbert Shelton, Bill Griffith, Ted Richards, Justin Green, Joel Beck, Mack White, Frank Stack, Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier, Paul Mavrides, Jean-Christophe Menu, Joe Lee, Dori Seda, Guy Colwell, Larry Todd, Spain Rodriguez, Dennis Worden, Frank Margerin, Charlie Schlingo, Mary Fleener, Bernard Willem Holtrop, Trina Robbins, Larry Welz, Mark Bodé, Joshua Quagmire, J. R. Williams, Carol Lay, Richard Sala, Nina Paley, Paul Ollswang
Editor(s)	Gilbert Shelton (c. 1982–1983) Kathe Todd (c. 1987–1991)

Rip Off Comix was an underground comix anthology published between 1977 and 1991 by Rip Off Press. As time passed, the sensibility of the anthology changed from underground to alternative comics.

The anthology was originally a byproduct of the Rip Off Press syndication service, which, starting in the early 1970s, sold weekly content to alternative newspapers and student publications.^[1] The syndication service was discontinued by 1979, but strips produced by such cartoonists as Gilbert Shelton, Joel Beck, Dave Sheridan, Ted Richards, Bill Griffith, and Harry Driggs (as R. Diggs) were published in early issues of Rip Off Comix.^[1] For much of its run, the series served as a vehicle for Shelton's work, particularly Wonder Wart-Hog and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

For a period, Rip Off Comix was billed as "the International Journal of Humor and Cartoon Art", and became a showcase for the work of European cartoonists.