Grim Wit

Rip Off Press & Last Gasp Eco-Funnies. 32[+4] pages. [oug]

Grim Wit #1

1972; 2nd: jun 73; 3rd: nov 73. Rip Off Press; 2nd: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies. 7-1/8″x10-1/8″. $.50. 32[+4] pages. Cover: matt color. Guts: newsprint. [id,ober,bob]

“The Beast of Wolfton” [PICT].
Front Cover Art-Richard Corben. Color.
“Grim Wit’s Got All That and More…” aka “Buy ‘Em!”
Back Cover Art-Richard Corben. Color.

Horrilor Intro #1: “Harrowing Heights” [SYNOPSIS].
1 pg: Inside Front Cover. s/a-Richard Corben. Reprinted in Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986) and The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben (1978).

“The Beast of Wolfton” [SYNOPSIS].
25 pgs: pgs 1-25. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W. Reprinted in Richard Corben’s Funny Book (1976), Heavy Metal #35 to #37 (1980) and Werewolf (1984).

“Necromancer” [SYNOPSIS].
7 pgs: pgs 26-32. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W. Reprinted in Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986) and (slightly redrawn) in Children of Fire #2 (1988) with one additional page.

Horrilor Afterwords #1: “Horrilor at Her Desk” [SYNOPSIS].
1 pg: Inside Back Cover. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W.

Grim Wit #2

Sept. 1973. Lasp Gasp Eco-Funnies. 7″x10″. $1.00. 32[+4] pages. Cover: glossy color. Guts: full color on newsprint. [id]

“Dragon? …Huh?” [PICT].
Cover Art[-> oug, pg 116]-Richard Corben. Color.

Horrilor Intro #2: “Horrilor, Eager and Waitin” [SYNOPSIS].
1 pg: Inside Front Cover. s/a-Richard Corben. Reprinted in The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben (1978).

“Den [I]” [SYNOPSIS].
15 pgs: pgs 9-23: s/a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Reprinted in Richard Corben’s Funny Book (1976); Ariel #1 (1976) to #2 (1977) (goes on with the story); Heavy Metal #1 to #2 (1977) and story goes on in Heavy Metal #3 (1977) to #13 (1978); Neverwhere (1978); Den [I]: Neverwhere [Catalan] (1984) and Den 1: Neverwhere [Fantagor] (1991).

“Damsel in Dragon Dress” [SYNOPSIS].
6 pgs: pgs 24-29. s-Doug Moench. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Reprinted in The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben (1978) and Richard Corben Complete Works #1 (1985) and Den [III] #8 (1989).

“Horrilor Announcement”
1 pg: pg 31. s/a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Horrilor shows her imitator (in an another comic).

Horrilor Afterwords #2: “Horrilor’s Fare Well” [SYNOPSIS].
2 pgs: pg 32+Inner+Outer Back Cover. s/a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Horrilor says fare well. Three little color to B&W frames on pg 34 (right lower part of page) and on black background little Horrilor says, “Fare well” (B&W) on pg 35.

Others: Jaxon (1-8, 31)