| Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers | |
|---|---|
 The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1, Feb. 1971 by Gilbert Shelton | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Rip Off Press |
| Publication date | February 1971 – 1997 |
| No. of issues | 14 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Gilbert Shelton |
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about a fictional trio of stoner characters, created by the American 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. Later their adventures were published in a series of comic books.
The lives of the Freak Brothers revolve around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana. The comics present a critique of the establishment while satirizing the counterculture.[1]
Fat Freddy's Cat appears in many of the stories, spinning off his own cartoon strip (which appeared as part of the Freak Brothers comic page, in the manner of older comic strip double features) and later some full-length episodes.
An animated TV series adaptation, The Freak Brothers, was released on Tubi on November 14, 2021.
- ^ Randy Duncan; Matthew J. Smith (2013). Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman. ABC-CLIO. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-313-39924-4.