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. n weekend films, present i s t II Comics collection no rip o eith land gren 77e 5esf of the Rip Off Press, Volume I No one is certain what happened to America in the late 1960s, but everyone agrees something did. Underground uuiViIci provided sortie ccrr.mcnt en these events. The Rip Off Press had more to do with underground comics than anyone. Some of the best work of the early Pip Off Press is compiled in The Best of the Rip Off Press. The second volume Is expected soon. If it fills the gaps left by the first, the set will be an important collector's item. It will be important because of the Press's proximity to the San Francisco underground. Much that happened after the summer of 1966 seemed to happen around San Francisco, from mass political protests to LSD to organic foods. Newsweek didn't understand Haight Street, ABC had no idea what motivated the street people, and the Readers Digest was baffled by it all. But the men of the Rip Off Press understood. Street people themselves or would-be bikers, they could present the street as it really was when no one else could. All the greats are in the collection: R. Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton, and Lincoln's own S. Clay Wilson. The introduction, by someone named Manfred, adds some otherwise unknowable trivia on the comics people-nothing shocking, but all valuable and good to know. But the characters and the strips are what people . remember. Crumb picked up a lot of publicity with Fritz the Cat (missing frooi Volume I) but he also did Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos, perhaps the most original strip to emerge from Rip Off. Crumb was fond of taking off on long, mad, personal soliloquies, too, and one of those is included with Lenore and her Amazons. There aren't any of those strange cloud stories in the volume but that may be just as well. Tales of clouds falling in love and dancing don't make sense to everyone. But Trashman makes an appearance, and so does Wonder Warthog. Gilbert Shelton has a Furry Freak Brothers story and a "Scene from the Revolution: The Legendary Dope Famine of '63." An anonymous Midwestern art professor, "Foolbert Sturgeon," presents the story of Jesus' draft physical. And there's a big dose of the usual Rip Off Press , violence, lust, and craziness. Prefaces are the usual place for writers to register apologies, express gratitude, and to begin, subtly, to justify their work. Tha preface to The Best of the Rip Off Press is a 2-page layout of the Comics Code, exactly as it should be. Nothing did, q mMch"tTaid the underground comics a$th"atl 'document, fof "by clo$ing"T:he straight comics ""to"" experimentation, tha best creativa minds in the business wera put out of work. The Rip Off Press responded to that situation with its existence. Enough is missing from The Best of the Rip Off Press, Volume I, to make Volume 1 1 interesting. The two will be a useful aid to understanding the 1960s, and a lot of fun besides. , fridqK april 12 7fr? henzlik auditorium 5C I final u WEEKEND Mel Breaks' FINAL WEEKEND from the people who gave you "The Jazz Singer" LA CADEMY AWARD VINNE a IP' 3 1 i ' I ,- . 1 ALL SEATS $2.00 mom. thru th jrs. v . riNEC AUOTHHTIWS!! '3 NO 0N ADMITTED tfUH Hi-. U tt&JNS SORRT THf PRODUCERS Will M i! PiRMII PASSES CR CAR PARK',. Sheldon Gallery Auditorium The films of Frederick Wiseman are being shown this week in conjunction with the sward winning filmmaker's visit here. Essene will be shown today at 3 end 7 p.m., Juvenile Court will be shown Saturday at 3 and 7 p.m. East Campus Union Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boye along with the Bluesrass Crusade will give a bluegrat music concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union South ' Crib. Admission to tonight's concert is $1. Pershing Auditorium Ice skating is open to the public ail weekend from 1 p.m. to 3 pjn., 3:30 p.ra-5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. -9 :30 p.m. Cinema I Blazing Saddles-1 3:0a. 4:4Q. 6:24. 8:02, 9:40 p.m. Cinema 2 - A ! I c e in Wondwland-2:02, 3:52, 5:42, 7:32, 9:22 p.m.; Stormy-1:30, 3 20. 5:10,7,8:50 p.m. Coo per Lincoln-Trie Great Gatsby-7, 9:45 p.m. Ptexa 1 -American Graffiti-1 :30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m. Piam 2-Serpico-2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:15 p.m. Plaa 3The Conversation 7:45, 9:45 p.rru Plaza 4 -The Last Detail-1:20, 3:15,5,7,9 p.m. Douglas 1 The Three" Musketeers-1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m. DougJas 2-The St:ng-2, 4:55, 7:00,9:20 p.m. Douglas 3 Cinderella Libty-1:30, 3:23. 5:26, 7:25, 9 25 p.m. Stare-The Exorcist-1:15, 4, 6:30, 9 p.m. Stuart-Conrock-1:30, 3:50, 5:30, 7:30,9:30 p.m. pmeiMBtiiiiiiiwiiiiiii.iiMMaMT-..i.i II " mil 1 111 1IM1 u 1111111111111111 nni 1111 , rn'tirrW-nrmti-iwiTwiu jiwiBLit.ijilww.ii tn. njiwi wjmiLju,. i.liiji ...a. ,x.j, JJ.J in p, 1 ii 11 1- 1 .... itoliriWIIVil.ar,.: it;amMrm . - . j j ... -arwwt'wtinw..m. n m..m.: m TTf , ... t,,!,,,,,, pally ct 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 730 & :30. X ZV m - BREAKER ... (J M 1 I . . , Run UV UNC01N SHOWINCSI I " I I X 0VH;,W PATRON IX J4WIKS J J , fi s 1 1 i. f . m ft mr i i f : s " 'i- fK Harry Caul will U SL.il I r 1 i 1 1 f I go anywhere to f " . ' ? j j j I J J I bug a private r ; ifJ j p conversation. '"' -" ' ;J jJr-v " His talents are far ..fri. ; . j I I unequalled. . " : I "Ti '1 I I They've already ( V:,7 '..1 Nbeen responsible I . v,. . I (' lifjo'w! ee murders- 1 . tr-f, ii 1 1 Mwy I i44i 8 I v Htmueti fjwai iwfwfi nnij fmwwwiRin At IV 4:30, , , if i C4 h-- t ENDS SOGfJ 19 CAIUutllO, J $, 1" T 80!. , i k k k t ill: Mi! -if. i auk roivdymovee...iyildly funnv!" .r. c'.f mw JACK NICHOLSON rTDK IJiST ?)KTAIL i aprii 12, 1874 daily nebraskan :;i je 7 u O o 6