{"product_id":"rip-off-comix-1977-17-1802098","title":"Rip Off Comix 1977 #17 - back issue - $6.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorcas runs away to the Greek camp as a decoy, giving Achilles the opening to go toe-to-toe against Hippolyta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist recounts a series of run-ins with the authorities, including speeding tickets, border stops, fights, court appearances and stints in jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow a struggling rock band got charged with armed robbery after they ditched a hitchhiker they had picked up in the middle of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the woods meant to the artist when he was a kid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStickboy looks for a new job after being fired, going through a series of demeaning positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDori briefly winds up in jail because the cops think her car is unregistered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenage Larry is caught stealing comics by a dime store clerk who calls himself The Hawk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist recounts what happened after he and his friends tried to steal some shades at the mall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn escaped prisoner turns into a weird monster from living in a swamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist recounts what happened after a beautiful friend of his was brutally murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary and her boyfriend are out sailing with four of his co-workers. When they return they find themselves surrounded by the police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brothers desperately poking their heads through the window bars of their castle-like prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditorial - Introductory text with indicia at bottom of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRip Off Comix No. 17 - Contents page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Night J. R. Spent in Jail - This not the same James R. Williams that was a cartoonist in the 1940s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetcher 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 \u0026amp; 16.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in \"The Idiots Abroad\" - Back cover advertisement\/promo for The Idiots Abroad book available in January 1988.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rip Off Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46450867241110,"sku":"CSAS17118I358729B1802098","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/5854\/5795\/files\/358729.jpg?v=1783891933","url":"https:\/\/shop.thecomicsplace.com\/products\/rip-off-comix-1977-17-1802098","provider":"Comics Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}