Armadillo Comics

    (Rip Off, 1969, 1971, 1973)
™ and ©1971 Jim Franklin

Texan Jim Franklin managed to get his work published by Rip Off Press in the early 70s. The series was a showcase for Franklin’s short pieces, which were mostly surreal comics and pictures of armadillos. The armadillo is Franklin’s central icon, and he uses it as a symbol for everything. The pieces are bizarre and nonlinear, and expertly drawn in a confident hatching style. A forgotten underground, Jim Franklin’s Armadillo Comics are a good example of the unique expression of one artist.

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  1/1/1969 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 No copies available	B&W. Wraparound cover. Indicia title: Armadillo. “Armadillo is published in Austin, Texas.”[i.e., NOT published by Rip Off]	Jim Franklin, Gilbert Shelton, John Shelton, Dan Traverso, Glen Whitehead	Jim Franklin, Gilbert Shelton, John Shelton, Dan Traverso, Glen Whitehead
	#2 Date:  1/1/1971 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $140.00 1 copy available for $49.99	B&W	Jim Franklin, Don Van Vliet	Jim Franklin, Don Van Vliet, Meggan Durden
	#2 (2nd printing) Date:  1/1/1971 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $0.50 No copies available	White ROP logo	Jim Franklin, Don Van Vliet	Jim Franklin, Don Van Vliet, Meggan Durden
	#3 Date:  1/1/1973 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $5.00 No copies available	Published by Real Free Press; B&W	Jim Franklin	Jim Franklin