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Cover: Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan & Paul Mavrides

Thoroughly Ripped with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers with Fat Freddy's Cat #[1981]

Jan 1981 · Rip Off Press · 8.95 USD
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This collection gathers the classic underground comix adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers—Freewheelin' Franklin, Phineas, and Fat Freddy—alongside their feline companion, Fat Freddy's Cat, as originally serialized in Rip Off Press's 1981 series. The volume captures the trio's counterculture misadventures, drug-fueled escapades, and satirical humor that defined the underground comix movement of the era.

Contains 21 stories
The Burning of Hollywood
6 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Fat Freddy's Cat
Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Winter of '59
4 pp
Freak Brothers
Sunday Funnies
1 pp
Freak Brothers

In "Sunday Funnies," the Freak Brothers panic when they hear what sounds like a police dog barking outside their door, convinced they're about to be busted. They scramble to clear their apartment of drugs, only to realize too late they've misjudged the situation—Norbert, their neighbor, is actually giving a lecture on a cocaine-detecting dog to a group of fellow officers.

The Mysterious Visitor
2 pp
Freak Brothers

When a mysterious barking outside their door sends the Freak Brothers into a panic, they scramble to clear their apartment of drugs—only to realize the noise might not be from the police at all. A strange visitor and a suspicious dog set off a chain of frantic reactions in their usual chaotic routine.

Ridin' That Train
3 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
3 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
3 pp
Freak Brothers

In "null," the Freak Brothers are at their lowest—starving, broke, and out of drugs—so it's up to Fat Freddy to land a job. He answers a want ad for a fire alarm salesman, stepping into a world of questionable ethics and surreal misadventures.

Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
The $29.95 SF to NYC Non-stop Whiteline Cannonball Express
15 pp
Freak Brothers

The Freak Brothers, evicted once more and fed up with life in their van, make a wild leap: they buy a 1938 Phutney Creech Land Yacht, restore it with typical chaotic flair, and launch it as a coast-to-coast "people's bus line." The $29.95 SF to NYC Non-stop Whiteline Cannonball Express becomes their absurd, high-speed, low-budget ride across America.

Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
1 pp
Norbert The Nark

In "null," Norbert The Nark pulls over a hippie suspected of erratic driving, only to deploy a portable blood analyzer in a bid to prove the man’s high—though the results may be less about drugs and more about the absurdity of the moment.

Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
3 pp
Freak Brothers

In "null," the Freak Brothers navigate the absurdity of apartment life when their landlady bans all plants indoors—prompting Phineas to take his marijuana cultivation to the rooftop, where he tends his crop in kiddie swimming pools. The usual chaos and misadventures unfold as the trio balance their green thumb with their usual brand of laid-back rebellion.

Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
3 pp
Freak Brothers
Untitled story
1 pp
Freak Brothers
Zeno's Law
1 pp · Humor
Freak Brothers

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Gilbert Shelton
cover pencils, inks Gilbert Shelton
cover pencils, inks Dave Sheridan
cover pencils, inks Paul Mavrides

Reprints

↩ Reprints Playboy #1 (1975), High Times Magazine #18 (1977), High Times Magazine #19 (1977), High Times Magazine #20 (1977), High Times Magazine #21 (1977), High Times Magazine #22 (1977), High Times Magazine #23 (1977), High Times Magazine #24 (1977), High Times Magazine #25 (1977), High Times Magazine #26 (1977), High Times Magazine #27 (1977), High Times Magazine #28 (1977), High Times Magazine #29 (1978), High Times Magazine #30 (1978), High Times Magazine #31 (1978), High Times Magazine #32 (1978), High Times Magazine #33 (1978), High Times Magazine #35 (1978), Thoroughly Ripped with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers with Fat Freddy's Cat #[1978] (1978), Fat Freddy's Cat #4 (1978), High Times Magazine #36 (1978), High Times Magazine #37 (1978)

Reprinted in U-Comix #13 (1981), U-Comix #14 (1981), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #7 (1982), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #4 (1992), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Follies #5 (2023), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Freak Comic Book Day 2023 #[nn] (2023)

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