Dopin' Dan T-Shirt 1974 Vintage Underground Comix Vietnam War Era Protest 420 XL

Description

Offered for sale is a vintage "Dopin' Dan" Collector's Set featuring the first issue of the Underground Comix series along with an original merchandising T-Shirt
(circa 1972 -1974, Last Gasp).  The character was created by artist Ted Richards as a vehicle for his "Anti-War" social commentary of the Vietnam Conflict, and is a RARE to find historical artifact of the era (see bio info below).  The shirt is a Size Extra Large (XL), measures 32" L x 23" W, is in "NEAR MINT" condition (see details above), and is suitable for usage or display in a permanent archive.  The asking price is 4.99 + FREE shipping / handling (.95 value; US Domestic only), and is the only one listed for sale on eBay!  Overseas bidders please refer below for shipping costs, and CA  State Residents please add 10% sales tax to final bid price.  Feel free to contact me with further questions.
Additional Notes:
Richards'
Dopin' Dan
comics, produced during this period and published by
Last Gasp
in 1972–1973, imitated the art style (and military theme) of
Mort Walker
's
Beetle Bailey
.
[6]
Ted Richards (artist)
Ted Richards
Born
Theodore Richards
1946 (age 73–74)
Fort Bragg
,
North Carolina
,
U.S.
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Cartoonist
Notable works
E.Z. Wolf
,
Mellow Cat
,
Dopin' Dan
.
http://www.tedrichards.net
Ted Richards
(born 1946) is an American web designer and cartoonist, best known for his
underground comix
.
[1]
Biography
[
edit
]
Born in
Fort Bragg
,
North Carolina
, Richards developed his fascination for creating cartoons when he five years old. His father was in the
Green Berets
, and assignments kept the family living in different locations.
After serving in the
United States Air Force
, Richards moved in 1969 to
San Francisco
when he was 23, (the same year
Rip Off Press
was launched). He became friends with
Gilbert Shelton
and contributed to some issues of Shelton's
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
. Over a decade, he worked full-time as a cartoonist on the titles
Dopin' Dan
,
E.Z. Wolf
, and
Mellow Cat
.
[1]
[2]
Richards recalled, "For me, the whole explosion, and the opportunities that this presented, is hard to describe. You could do about anything. It was an incredible, eclectic vision of art, design, storytelling, writing, color."
[3]
Beginning in 1971, RIchards was a member of the
Air Pirates
collective, one of the key contributors to
Air Pirates Funnies
, an underground comix title that led to a lawsuit by
Walt Disney Productions
.
[4]
The nucleus of the
Air Pirates
collective began to form in 1969–1970 when
Bobby London
met Richards at the office of the
Berkeley Tribe
, an underground newspaper where both were staff cartoonists. As a member of the collective, Richards lived together with founder
Dan O'Neill
, London,
Gary Hallgren
, and
Shary Flenniken
in a warehouse on Harrison Street in San Francisco.
[5]
Richards'
Dopin' Dan
comics, produced during this period and published by
Last Gasp
in 1972–1973, imitated the art style (and military theme) of
Mort Walker
's
Beetle Bailey
.
[6]
The Rip Off Press website details Richards' career in the mid-to-late 1970s:
By 1975 Ted was ensconced in the penthouse studio at Rip Off's south-of-Market facility (1250 17th Street . . .). In addition to his own characters, he was working closely with Gilbert and
Willy Murphy
. . . on Rip Off Press' entry into the Bicentennial hoopla,
Give Me Liberty
(this is a quasi-historical comic about the American Revolution . . . ). When the
Give Me Liberty
project was completed, Ted went to work drawing the adventures of
The Forty Year Old Hippie
for the Rip Off Comics Syndicate. The strips appeared in dozens of weekly papers across the nation, and struck a responsive chord with aging freaks and ex-freaks. Two comic collections eventually appeared and sold out, with a major hiatus in between the two as a year of Ted's working life went down the tubes while he and fellow Air Pirates defended themselves against a massive lawsuit by
Disney Corporation
(the suit alleged copyright infringement as
Air Pirates Funnies
depicted Disney-esque characters having sex and taking illicit drugs).
[2]
In 1976, Richard's
The Forty Year Old Hippie
was published in college newspapers and as a syndicated feature in weekly alternative tabloids. The feature had two collections from Rip Off Press.
[1]
[2]
In 1977, Richards graduated from
San Francisco State University
, where he studied philosophy, creative writing, anthropology and industrial design.
As described on the Rip Off Press website, in 1981, "tired of living in poverty, Ted left comix . . . for a high-paying job in the computer division of
Atari
.
[2]
In 1984, Richards returned to comics with the eight-page "The Forty Year Old Hippie Brings the Computer Age Home" for
The Computer Deli
(Workman Press).
[2]
In 1987, he founded AdWare, providing software products and design services for computer clients, including
Apple
and
Microsoft
. In the 1990s, he became a web site developer, offering enterprise-level development services, consulting, web design and information architecture.
[2]