Rip Off Comix 1977 #17 - back issue - $6.00
The artist relates a story about his great great granduncle around the start of the Civil War, who was almost lynched twice by the local militia in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
In Belfast, a woman requests a portrait from Dan for her friend's husband who is serving a life term in jail for killing two British soldiers.
Dorcas runs away to the Greek camp as a decoy, giving Achilles the opening to go toe-to-toe against Hippolyta.
The artist recounts a series of run-ins with the authorities, including speeding tickets, border stops, fights, court appearances and stints in jail.
How a struggling rock band got charged with armed robbery after they ditched a hitchhiker they had picked up in the middle of the night.
What the woods meant to the artist when he was a kid.
Stickboy looks for a new job after being fired, going through a series of demeaning positions.
Dori briefly winds up in jail because the cops think her car is unregistered.
Teenage Larry is caught stealing comics by a dime store clerk who calls himself The Hawk.
The artist recounts what happened after he and his friends tried to steal some shades at the mall.
An escaped prisoner turns into a weird monster from living in a swamp.
The artist recounts what happened after a beautiful friend of his was brutally murdered.
Mary and her boyfriend are out sailing with four of his co-workers. When they return they find themselves surrounded by the police.
The brothers desperately poking their heads through the window bars of their castle-like prison.
- Editorial - Introductory text with indicia at bottom of page.
- Rip Off Comix No. 17 - Contents page.
- The Night J. R. Spent in Jail - This not the same James R. Williams that was a cartoonist in the 1940s.
- Getcher Red Hot Back Issues! - Advertisement for back issues of Rip Off Comix from Rip Off Press, Inc. with small cover reproductions and contents synopsis of No.s 14, 15 & 16.
- The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in "The Idiots Abroad" - Back cover advertisement/promo for The Idiots Abroad book available in January 1988.
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