sub genius comics

Rip Off Press (December 1977)
CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS, THE). Stang, Ivan, Paul Mavrides & The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.. Auburn, CA: Rip Off Press, Inc., 1989. Edition Not Stated – Presumed First. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Underground Comic Book. Fine.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. Published in 1989, this is the first and only installment of “Bob’s Favorite Comics” – an anthology of fifteen black and white Church of the SubGenius-approved comics and tracts. The titular “Bob” is of course J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, the fifties clip art avatar turned High Epopt of The Church of the SubGenius, America’s emergent eighties conspiracy theory-embracing cult religion whose pantheon includes gods, extra-terrestrials, and mutants. The contributors to this issue are the SubGenius Foundation, Inc.’s Ivan Stang and Paul Mavrides (also as St. Palmer Vreedez), Harry S. Robins, Carol Lay as Donna Sangre, Byron Werner, the LIES Project, President Xandy Smith, Jay Kinney, Gilbert Shelton, Horizon Unlimited Master Control Programming, Robert Williams, Satellite Weavers, Puzzling Evidence aka Doug Wellman, and of course, “Bob”. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon Rip Off Press, Inc. first printing with the printed price of $2.50 on the front cover

0. [no title indexed] • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 1. Subgenius • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 2. Care Dog Meets Pee Bear • 3. He Might Be a Subgenius! • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 4. The Stranger’s Parable • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 5. Va-Va-Voo • 6. Strange Golf Golf • 7. The Essence of All Humor • 8. The Essence of All Horror • 9. The Essence of Bulldada • 10. One God? Too Many! • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 11. Double or Nothing • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 12. Notre “Bob” • 13. Start Your Own Church! Retire For Life! • 14. Sodomite or Saint? What Does it Matter ‘Cause I’m Up for …Any Program! • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 15. He’s “Bob” Traditional Po’buckler Song • J. R. “Bob” Dobbs • 16. Zombies for “Bob” • 17. You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide From X-Day!