The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are a trio of underground comic strip characters created by artist Gilbert Shelton. The Freak Brothers first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in May 1968; and were regularly reprinted in underground papers around the United States and in other parts of the world.
Their first comic book appearance was in Feds 'n' Heads, published by Berkeley's Print Mint in 1968. In 1969 Shelton and three friends from Texas founded Rip Off Press in San Francisco, which took over publication of all subsequent Freak Brothers comics. The first compilation of their adventures, The Collected Adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, had its first printing in 1971 and has been continually in print ever since. In addition to underground and college weekly newspapers, new adventures appeared in magazines such as Playboy, High Times, and Rip Off Comix; these too were collected in comic book form. Shelton continued to write the series until 1992, in collaboration with Dave Sheridan (1974–1982) and Paul Mavrides (since 1978). The work enjoys a sizable cult following, and the magazines are widely available in comic stores.
The Freak Brothers live a slapstick existence reminiscent of the best silent comedies. Their entire lives rotate around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana. None of them have the slightest concern about gainful employment, and the only use for money is to procure some food and lots of drugs without getting "burned" by unscrupulous dealers or busted by the police.
In 1972, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers appeared in the full-length XXX-rated adult film Up in Flames. The story involved the brothers attempts to raise cash to make their rent deadline or get thrown out of their apartment. The film also featured Robert Crumb's character Mr. Natural as a health food store owner where Fat Freddy attempts to gain employment. The soundtrack featured music by The Grateful Dead .
The comic is currently being adapted into a clay animation movie entitled Grass Roots. But so far there is no release date or information about when the movie will be released or if it will be released at all.
Characters:
The Freak Brothers are a threesome of hippies (hippies were commonly known as "freaks" in 1970s U.S. slang) from San Francisco: Phineas Freakears, Freewheelin' Franklin, and Fat Freddy. The trio are anti-heroes, taking large quantities of drugs and consistently defying authority. They are lazy (several storylines revolve around the "horror" of one of the brothers having to find work) and unreliable — particularly in the case of Fat Freddy.
Collection list:
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Issues 0-13
The Adventures of Fat Freddy’s Cat, Issues 1-7
Fat Freddy’s Comics and Stories, Issues 1-2
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