The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

    (Rip Off, 1971-1988)
©1980 Gilbert Shelton
Black and white series.

Gilbert Shelton created the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers as an underground newspaper strip in the late sixties. The stars were brothers Fat Freddy, Phineas, and Freewheelin’ Frank Freak. These lovable druggies were always broke and they seemingly spent nearly all their waking time looking for drugs. “After all,” they held, “dope will get you through times with no money better than money will get you through times with no dope!”

Even read out of context from the San Francisco drug culture they reflected, the Furry Freak Brothers were truly funny. The strips were eventually collected in a series of regular comic books and became one of the most widely read underground comics ever published. They, along with titles like Fat Freddy’s Cat, became the mainstay of longtime underground publisher Rip Off Press.
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  • 2-4
    #2 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    Includes Young Lust ad
    1 copy for $48.98
  • 2-5
    #2 - 5th printing
    5th Printing Cover
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    Pink paper
    1 copy for $28.98
  • 2-8
    #2 - 8th printing
    8th Printing Cover
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 2-11
    #2 - 11th printing
    11th Printing Cover
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 2-15
    #2 - 15th printing
    15th Printing Cover
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $14.98
  • 3
    #3
    Cover: $0.50
    W: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton
    A Year Passes Like Nothing With…; B&W; ca. 1973
    2 copies from $18.98
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover
    Cover: $0.60
    W: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 3-4
    #3 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover
    Cover: $0.75
    W: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 3-6
    #3 - 6th printing
    6th Printing Cover
    Cover: $1.25
    W: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: F. Cluck Wilverton, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 4
    #4
    Nov 1975
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan, Lieuen Adkins  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    Brother Can You Spare 75¢ For…; B&W
    1 copy for $32.98
  • 5
    #5
    May 1977
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers; B&W
    3 copies from $9.00
  • 5-2
    #5 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 5-3
    #5 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 5-4
    #5 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 5-7
    #5 - 7th printing
    7th Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 5-8
    #5 - 8th printing
    8th Printing Cover
    Cover: $3.25
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 7
    #7
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Dave Sheridan, Don Baumgart  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Dave Sheridan
    Several Short Stories From The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers; B&W; ca. 1982
    3 copies from $2.00
  • 7-4
    #7 - 4th printing
    4th printing
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides
    B&W
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 8
    #8
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides
    The Idiots Abroad, Part 1; ca. 1984
    1 copy for $8.00
  • 8-2
    #8 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $8.00
  • 8-3
    #8 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $8.95
  • 8-5
    #8 - 5th printing
    5th Printing Cover
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $4.95
  • 9
    #9
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides
    The Idiots Abroad, Part 2; ca. 1985
    2 copies from $12.00
  • 9-3
    #9 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $6.00
  • 9-4
    #9 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton
    1 copy for $8.95
  • 10
    #10
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides
    The Idiots Abroad, Part 3
    1 copy for $19.00
  • 10-3
    #10 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover by Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides
    The Idiots Abroad, Part 3
    1 copy for $8.95
  • 11
    #11
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Dave Sheridan  ·  A: Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, Dave Sheridan
    The Freak Brothers Bus Line and Other Tales
    2 copies from $8.50