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Mother’s Oats Comix

    (Rip Off, 1969, 1971, 1977)
™ and ©1969 Sheridan/Schrier

To the contemporary reader, a major drawback to some early underground titles is the proselytizing about mind-expanding substances by means of wacky illustrations purporting to represent the experience of tripping. To appreciate them you have to be able to appreciate such stuff, and if you can, you have your own trip going. Of the two major contributors, Dave Sheridan started well and developed into an excellent cartoonist, best appreciated in more restrained mode in the 1977 issue. By this time his storytelling skills had developed, while he remained in touch with his original intentions. Fred Schrier is an even better artist—decorative and ornate—but his material is very much mired in the times in which it was created. Look, but don’t read.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1969
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier
    1st appearance of Dealer McDope; Rip Off logo in red; Adult; B&W
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    Red Tinted Rip Off Logo
    Oct 1969
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier
    1st appearance of Dealer McDope; Adult
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    White Rip Off logo
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier
    Adult; B&W
    1 copy for $11.04
  • 1-4
    #1 - 4th printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier
    Adult
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Aug 1971
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Greg Irons
    B&W
    1 copy for $4.80
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    Glossy cover by Dave Sheridan
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Greg Irons
    Cs. 1970; Has copyright information; Adult; B&W
    No copies available
  • 2-3
    #2 - 3rd printing
    Matte cover
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Fred Schrier, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Greg Irons
    Adult; B&W; ca. 1970
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    First Printing has 1976 printed at top of front cover by Fred Schrier
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    Adult; B&W
    No copies available
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    Adult
    No copies available