Fred Schrier (born 1945 in Ohio) is an artist, writer, and animator, best known as partner to the underground comic book artist Dave Sheridan. Together, using the name "Overland Vegetable Stagecoach," they worked on ''Mother's Oats Comix'', published by

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from 1970 to 1976. Schrier's work was also featured in ''Meef Comix'' (

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) and ''The Balloon Vendor'' (Rip Off Press), and the anti-

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comics pamphlets ''Silent Majority Comics'' and ''Uncle Sam Takes LSD'' (both published by Rip Off Press). Schrier's solo appeared in '' Slow Death Funnies'' #1 (with J. Osborne and

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), published by Last Gasp, ''Skull Comics'' #1 (Rip Off Press), and '' Yellow Dog'' #19, published in 1971 by The

. Schrier served with the

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in the mid-1970s and the focus of his work changed afterward. Sheridan died of cancer at the age of 38 in 1982. An obituary by Schrier was published in the

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periodical ''Changeling Times'', decorated with their artwork. Schrier has also been an illustrator of children's books such as ''Let's Jump!'', written by Donna Lugg Pape and published by

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, "Amazing Science Tricks" (published in ''

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''), and was the animator for the

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stadium scoreboard, winning him a "thanks" credit in the 1994 motion picture ''

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''.

Bibliography

Solo titles

* ''Silent Majority Comics'' (Rip Off Press, 1970) — photocopied

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* ''Uncle Sam Takes LSD'' (Rip Off Press, 1972) — photocopied minicomic

Overland Vegetable Stagecoach

* ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #1 (

, 1969) * ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #2 (Rip Off Press, 1970) * ''Mindwarp: An Anthology'' by Sheridan & Schrier ( And/Or Press, 1974) * ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #3 (Rip Off Press, 1976)

Other comix

* '' Slow Death Funnies'' #1 (Last Gasp, 1970) — with Sheridan, Jim Osborne,

, and others * ''Skull Comics'' #1 (Rip Off Press 1970) — with Dave Sheridan, Greg Irons, Jack Jackson and Rory Hayes * ''Hydrogen Bomb and Biochemical Warfare Funnies'' (Rip Off Press, 1970) * '' Yellow Dog'' #19 (

, 1971) * ''

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'' (Rip Off Press, 1972) * ''The Balloon Vendor'' (Rip Off Press, 1971) — with Sheridan * ''Meef Comix'' #1 (Print Mint,1972) * ''Meef Comix'' #2 (Print Mint, 1973) * '' Rip Off Comix'' #3 (Rip Off Press, Mar. 1978)

Children's books & stories

* (with writer Donna Lugg Pape) ''Let's Jump!'' (

, 1991) — part of the Read Alone Books series ''Wild Animals, Come Out!'' * "Amazing Science Tricks" (''

'', April 2004)

References

Notes

Sources

* ''The Underground Comix Family Album'' by Malcolm Whyte (with photographs by Clay Geerdes and foreword by

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) Word Play Publications, 1998. * ''Notes from the Underground'' by

Jay Kinney Jay Kinney (born 1950) is an American author, editor, and former underground cartoonist. Kinney has been noted for "adding new dimensions to the political comic" in the underground comix press of the 1970s and '80s. Career Kinney was a member, ...

(1986)

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