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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Omnibus (2008)

door Gilbert Shelton

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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers - Freewheelin' Franklin, Phineas, and Fat Freddy - score some sinsemilla from a country cousin, start a softball league to score free drinks, adopt a possessed parakeet that outwits the D.E.A., and inadvertently take in a couple of undercover cops as housemates! The title story collects an epic that ran for over six months in newspapers, in which the Brothers, evicted from their apartment, move to the country to get back to nature - only to discover that nature doesn't want them! Meanwhile, Fat Freddy's Cat adapts much more readily to outdoor living. Then, in a bonus tale, the cat leads the way in the accidental animal rights adventure, "Animal Camp."Grass Roots and Other Follies is the third release in this special series of seven volumes compiling the complete Freak Brothers comic adventures. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide in 16 languages, and these painstakingly restored hardcovers are the first North American bookshelf editions in more than thirty years. The Freak Brothers, the popular animated series currently streaming on Tubi - and renewed for season 2, set to release in December 2022 - stars Woody Harrelson, Pete Davidson, John Goodman, and Tiffany Haddish.… (meer)
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I've never been a big fan of underground comics, but as a comics completist I feel obliged to read big compilations like this when I come across them. I actually read a few Freak Brothers comics back in the 1980s during the "Idiots Abroad" arc, and they didn't do much for me since I hadn't read the preceding issues. Having more context now, I still don't much care for that story . . . or the ones around it.

What I did not realize is that Freak Brothers is a sort of homage to classic comic strips, with structure and characters borrowed from Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, and Little Nemo in Slumberland to name just a few. The Little Nemo influence was most unfortunate, as way too many strips ended with one of the characters waking up from a dream. (I HATE dream sequences.)

Other stuff I didn't like: The poor reproduction and tiny panels of the first 100 pages really strained my eyes. It seems a missed opportunity to not reprint everything in chronological order, but things seemed sort of random at times, with all the color materials having to be shoved into two narrow sections of the book (to keep costs down I suppose). Also, it seems stingy to not give more prominent credit to long-time collaborators Paul Mavrides and Dave Sheridan.

Mainly, as a total square who does not drink or do drugs, I could not find anything relatable about the comics. The Freak Brothers are slobs and substance abusers who are sexist and just not that funny. ( )
  villemezbrown | Oct 2, 2020 |
"Mom, do you remember the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers?"

"The comic where the cat shit in the guy's boot?"

"Yeah!"

An inappropriate piece of my childhood to be sure, and when I saw this at the comic shop I couldn't pass it up. I must have been only eight or nine when I first saw these guys. My dad had a couple 'Freak Brothers' comics that were discovered by us one fine rainy day, and he came home to find us in hysterics. My older sister was old enough to explain anything that went over our heads and some stuff, like the aforementioned Cat shitting in a boot, was ageless.

Seeing as how the "damage" was done, my parents became resigned to letting us read it again and answering lots of (to them) uncomfortable questions. Except, as far as I recall, we didn't care about the sex and the drugs and the nudity, only the parts where they swore and got into scrapes. The stupid antics these guys would go through just to score some drugs and avoid paying rent! The Three Stooges movies dad tried to make us watch were never as interesting as the Freak Brothers. And, if anything, they did a lot more to discourage any young curiosity about drugs than any images of eggs frying in a pan. Though that one where the woman starts smashing her kitchen up left me worried for her. All celebratory aspects aside, there was very little glamour in their squalid and filthy lives. Just a lot of laughs.

Reading this complete collection was something of a treat, then. Also a disappointment since it appears the reprints my dad had were the better of the lot so there wasn't much great new stuff. Still, Shelton definitely kept a running commentary of the times from the late 60s to the early 80s, an early joke about terrorist splinter groups when multiple groups try to hijack the same plane was a real winner. I liked the references he makes, too, to other comics figures from 'Schmoos' to 'Bill the Cat'.

Offensive? Oh yeah, there's a hell of a lot to be offended about in here on all fronts. Think of all the societal and economic issues that came to a head in the US in the late 60s and early 70s - Shelton doesn't miss one. That's where a lot of the laughs come from. Weighing it all out and the scattered nature of all the segments (the most enjoyable of which were always the adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat), this was a fun read and a something of a funhouse mirror of those who undoubtedly made up the majority of the counterculture. ( )
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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers - Freewheelin' Franklin, Phineas, and Fat Freddy - score some sinsemilla from a country cousin, start a softball league to score free drinks, adopt a possessed parakeet that outwits the D.E.A., and inadvertently take in a couple of undercover cops as housemates! The title story collects an epic that ran for over six months in newspapers, in which the Brothers, evicted from their apartment, move to the country to get back to nature - only to discover that nature doesn't want them! Meanwhile, Fat Freddy's Cat adapts much more readily to outdoor living. Then, in a bonus tale, the cat leads the way in the accidental animal rights adventure, "Animal Camp."Grass Roots and Other Follies is the third release in this special series of seven volumes compiling the complete Freak Brothers comic adventures. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide in 16 languages, and these painstakingly restored hardcovers are the first North American bookshelf editions in more than thirty years. The Freak Brothers, the popular animated series currently streaming on Tubi - and renewed for season 2, set to release in December 2022 - stars Woody Harrelson, Pete Davidson, John Goodman, and Tiffany Haddish.

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