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{{Short description|American cartoonist (1943–1982)}}
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| birth_place   = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1982|3|28|1943|6|7}}
| death_place   = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
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| spouse = {{marriage|Dava Stone| July 4, 1981|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->}}
| children = 1
| alias         = Overland Vegetable Stagecoach (with [[Fred Schrier]])
| notable works = ''Dealer McDope''<br />''[[Tales from the Leather Nun]]''<br />''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]''
| collaborators = [[Fred Schrier]]<br />[[Gilbert Shelton]]
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]], 1978
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'''Dave Sheridan''' (June 7, 1943&nbsp;– March 28, 1982)<ref>Social Security Death Index, SS# 282-38-7807.</ref> was an American [[cartoonist]] and [[underground comix]] artist. He was the creator of ''Dealer McDope'' and collaborated with [[Gilbert Shelton]] and [[Paul Mavrides]] on ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]''. As creative partner with fellow underground creator [[Fred Schrier]], using the name "Overland Vegetable Stagecoach," they worked on ''Mother's Oats Funnies'', published by [[Rip Off Press]] from 1970 to 1976.

==Biography==
Born in 1943 and raised in the [[Cleveland, Ohio]] area, Sheridan arrived in [[San Francisco]], California in 1969 after having graduated from the [[Cleveland Institute of Art]] and serving time in the military in [[Ethiopia]]. In California, he collaborated with fellow [[Midwestern United States|midwesterner]] [[Fred Schrier]] as the "Overland Vegetable Stagecoach" on three issues of ''Mother's Oats Comix'', two of ''Meef Comix'', and a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] title called ''The Balloon Vendor'',  published by [[Rip Off Press]] and The [[Print Mint]].<ref>[http://lambiek.net/artists/s/sheridan_david.htm Sheridan entry], Lambiek Comiclopedia.]</ref>

Sheridan was the art editor for three issues of ''[[The Rip Off Review of Western Culture]]'' in 1972, a magazine published by the [[Rip Off Press]]. His solo comix work can be seen in ''[[Slow Death (comics)|Slow Death]], Skull Comix, Hydrogen Bomb and Biochemical Warfare Funnies #1, San Francisco Comic Book #1,'' ''[[Tales from the Leather Nun]]'', ''[[Rip Off Comix]]'', and ''[[High Times]]'', and in cartoons he made for the ''[[Berkeley Barb]]'' and ''[[Playboy]]''. He also did the art for  ''Weed and Wine'', the first mini-album produced by Cleveland area folk singer/songwriter [[John Bassette]], as well as album covers for [[Carl Oglesby]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[David Steinberg]], and [[Impulse! Records]].The "Black Death Malt Liquor" shirt regularly worn by [[Howard Hesseman]] on [[WKRP in Cincinnati]] in his role as [[Dr. Johnny Fever]] was designed and drawn by Sheridan.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} His illustrations appeared in [[Ramparts (magazine)|''Ramparts'']], and he produced a series of cannabis labels for the fictitious California Homegrowers Association (with cartoonist [[Pat Ryan (artist)|Pat Ryan]]).

Sheridan eventually settled in [[San Anselmo, California]]. There he became a member of the Artista collective, an [[artist collective]] with its own jackets and [[softball]] team. During the [[1972 Major League Baseball strike]], he appointed himself the head of the "Scab League", offering to have his team take the strikers' places for $100 per week and all the beer they could drink.<ref name="Liberatore">{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/ci_6004681|title=Liberatore: Work of Marin's late counterculture cartoonist Sheridan to be showcased|access-date=January 20, 2008|author=Paul Liberatore|date=May 28, 2007|publisher=Marin Independent Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223155151/http://www.marinij.com/ci_6004681|archive-date=February 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also befriended and worked closely with comedian [[Don Novello]], drawing the album cover for Novello's [[Father Guido Sarducci]] ''Live at St. Douglas Convent'' comedy album. A characterization of Sarducci appeared in a Dealer McDope adventure, "20,000 Kilos Beneath the Sea" in ''Mother's Oats'' #3.<ref>''Mother's Oats'' #3 (Rip Off Press, 1976/Apr. 1977).</ref>

In 1974, Sheridan began collaborating on [[Gilbert Shelton]]'s ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'' strips. These were [[Print syndication|syndicated]] by Rip Off Press to alternative and college weeklies nationwide, and later collected into comix and anthologies.<ref name=comixjoint>Fox, M. Steven. [https://comixjoint.com/ripoffcomix.html "Rip Off Comix — 1977-1991 / Rip Off Press,"] Comixjoint. Retrieved Dec. 5, 2022.</ref> His first issue of ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'' was #4, with a many-page story-arc entitled ''The Seventh Voyage of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'': escaping the landlady and her demands for rent, the hirsute trio go to Mexico where they encounter far worse perils, including a [[Carlos Castaneda]] [[parody]]. Sheridan's detailed graphic style lent itself well to the fantastic imagery needed to [[parody|lampoon]] Castaneda's [[Psychoactive drug|drug]]-related [[Central America]]n-cum-[[New Age]] [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcery]]. He then continued to collaborate on the ''Freak Brothers'' comix series<ref>[http://www.toonopedia.com/freakbro.htm Toonopedia Website]</ref> through issues 5, 6 and 7;  the team was joined by [[Paul Mavrides]] in 1978 for issue #6. In all, Sheridan contributed to 45 Freak Brothers tales.

==Death==
Sheridan was diagnosed with [[cancer]] on March 3, 1982, eight months after his July 4, 1981, marriage to Dava Stone. Sheridan died from a brain hemorrhage on March 28, 1982. He had been in a coma for four days at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. He was buried at sea at a memorial service the following Friday.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

His wife Dava gave birth to their daughter Dori on April 4, 1982, a week after Sheridan died.<ref name="Liberatore"/>

==Biography==
A biography — ''Dave Sheridan: Life with Dealer McDope, the Leather Nun, and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' — which reproduces most of his comix and graphics work, was published by [[Fantagraphics Books]] in 2018.

==Bibliography==
===Overland Vegetable Stagecoach (with Fred Schrier) ===
* ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #1 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1969
* ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #2 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1970
* ''Skull Comics'' #1 (with [[Greg Irons]], [[Jaxon (cartoonist)|Jack Jackson]] and [[Rory Hayes]]) – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1970
* ''The Balloon Vendor'' – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1971
* ''Meef Comix'' #1 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1972
* ''Meef Comix'' #2 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1973
* ''Tales of the Leather Nun'' #1 – [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]] Eco Funnies, 1973
* ''Mindwarp: An Anthology'' by Sheridan & Schrier&nbsp;— [[And/Or Press]], 1974
* ''Mother's Oats Comix'' #3 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1976

===Other===
* ''[[Slow Death Funnies]]'' #1 (with Fred Schrier, Jim Osborne and Gilbert Shelton) – Last Gasp 1970
* ''Slow Death Funnies'' #2 "The Sex Evulsors of Tecnicus" – Last Gasp 1970
* ''The Food Stamp Gourmet'' by William Brown, Illustrations by Greg Irons, Gilbert Shelton, and Dave Sheridan&nbsp;— Bellerophon Books, 1971.
* ''The Legion of Charlies'' by Tom Veitch, Greg Irons, and Dave Sheridan (Paperback) Last Gasp, 1971
* '' Light Comitragies'' – Greg Irons&nbsp;— Print Mint 1971
* ''Skull Comics'' No.s 2–5 – San Francisco Comic Book Company/Rip Off Press 1971–1972
* ''[[Yellow Dog (comics)|Yellow Dog]]'' #19 (with Fred Schrier) – The Print Mint 1971
* ''Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' issues 4, 5, 6 (with Paul Mavrides), and 7
* ''Jayzey Lynch's Nard n' Pat'' No. 1 "We Could Get Any Artist ta Draw Us!" (1974)
* ''U-Comix Sammelband Nr. 1'' (Introduction to Paperback) UPN-Volksverlag (1974)
* ''U-Comix Sammelband Nr. 2'' (Introduction to Paperback) UPN-Volksverlag (1975)
* ''The Seattle Simpleton'' (vol. 1 No. 3) "The Mellow Cab Man" (Freewheelin' Frank) and "The Story of Phineas and the Organic Mechanic", both by Shelton & Sheridan. Spring 1976.
* ''Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat'' Books 1–3 – with Gilbert Shelton&nbsp;— Rip Off Press, 1977
* ''Thoroughly Ripped with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's Cat!'' by Shelton and Sheridan&nbsp;— Rip Off Press, 1978
* ''[[Rip Off Comix]]'' No.s 3–9 Rip-Off Press 1978–1981
* ''The Best of [[High Times]] Comix, vol. 4'' (1983) including ''Dr. McDope in Peru'' by Siegel & Sheridan, ''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' by Shelton & Sheridan, ''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and the Mysterious Visitor'' by Shelton & Sheridan, and "Notorious Norbert" by Fleagle & Fosdick (AKA Shelton & Sheridan)
* ''Dealer McDope'' – Rip Off Press, 1985 (part of Underground Classics No. 2-3)
* ''Time Twisted Tales'' Rip Off Press, 1986
* ''The Collected Fat Freddy's Cat. Vol. 1'' by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan&nbsp;— Rip Off Press, 1989.
* ''The Freak Brothers Bus Line and Other Tales'' by Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides and Dave Sheridan&nbsp;— Rip Off Press, 1990
* ''The Collected Fat Freddy's Cat'' by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan&nbsp;— Rip Off Press (April 1990) {{ISBN|0-89620-096-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-89620-096-8}}
* ''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Library'' by Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan, and Paul Mavrides Rip Off Press, Incorporated (March 1995) {{ISBN|0-89620-094-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-89620-094-4}}
* ''Dave Sheridan: Life with Dealer McDope, The Leather Nun, and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'', Fantagraphics Underground, [[Mark Burstein (editor)]], {{ISBN|978-1683961208}}

===Game===
* ''Dealer McDope Dealing Game'' (Print Mint, 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4294.html |title=''8 Great Ganja Games'' by Dana Larsen. Cannabis Culture Marijuana Magazine July 3 2005 |access-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227093202/http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4294.html |archive-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/3503 Letter by T. Elton Snatchit, creator of Dealer McDope Dealing Game]</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704140649/http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/srri/sher.htm Michigan State University Library list of author's books]

==External links==
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=11157|title=Dave Sheridan}}
* [http://rosencomet.com/changelingtimes/archives/changeling%20times%2000006.pdf Sheridan obituary/tribute by Fred Schrier], ''Changeling Times'' #6 ([[Association for Consciousness Exploration|ACE]] magazine)
* [https://www.facebook.com/Dave-Sheridan-Art-635586556471669/ Dave Sheridan Art], a Facebook page devoted to the Dave Sheridan's art.

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