My older brother Tj turned me on to them back in the late 60's. He worked at a soda shop/luncheonette that had racks and racks of comic books, and every once in a while he's 'acquire' one or two of these. I remember my Dad finding one in his room and getting real pissed off because 'they glorified the use of marijuana' (not his exact words, but probably close). After a while we'd keep them in the basement and go down and read 'em when he wasn't home. I was still in high school then but I remember them as if I read them yesterday. They still hold up in some kinda anachronistic* way...
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:
High Times and Misdemeanors -
available on Amazon. Click the cover
...
An *anachronism is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods.
One day when I was a teenager, my dad brought home a couple of boxes full of Playboy, Penthouse, and underground comics that had been siezed as "contraband", and put them in our garage. Learned a lot of things reading through those mags over and over again.
ReplyDeleteI remember those! Made me smile...
ReplyDeleteYou're probably lucky you & your brother were reading the Freak Brothers, because they were mild compared to Zap Comix. If you were reading Zap Comix and your dad had found them, he may have really blown a fuse.
ReplyDeleteHey Joe!!!
ReplyDeleteI have some of the "ORIGINAL" "Furry Freak Brother's" Comic from the early/md 60's all "Pristine" as well as foto copies of some of their first exploits as printed in the "Los Angeles Free Press" and the original pages!!! Yes I know the "Freaks!!!" Also, the now late Roger and Carl Nelson ... Skydivers renound!! were back in the day hangin' out at a Dropzone in Fla. and some jumpers needing 2 more jumpers for a dive saw then (Log hairs) and said ,"How about those two Freak Brothers over there!!" invited them on the jump and the "GOOD VIBES!!!!" from that dive ...Carl and Roger created "The Freak Brothers Skydiving Comunty!!!" To Join all ya' had to do is jump with a couple f "Freak Brothers," Share the "Great Vibes send in your request and you were a "Card Carrying Member" ... I am Freak Brother-1495.... We are going to have a "Freak Brother's" reunion this Summer at "Skydive Chicago" at "Otawa, Il. FMI, just ask!!
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Remember Zippy The Pinhead? I bought a Zippy rubber mask in Cocoa Beach in the early 80's and it was possibly the greatest mask ever. Finally time got to the rubber and the wife pitched it..... Damn her!
ReplyDeleteI loved these as well. Stoners with a heart of gold, what's not to like. My favorite character was Fat Freddie's Cat
ReplyDeleteFat Freddies cat was the best of that crew!
ReplyDeleteThe freak brothers... one line comes to mind, "remember that lifetime supply of coke we had last week..."
ReplyDeleteDealer McDope, Eggs Ackley, Mr Natural, were all different cartoon comix. R Crumb even drew up Janis Joplin's album cover!
ReplyDeleteGood ole Zap Comix, "Dope'll get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope." or something to that effect.
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I spent a great deal of time with the R Crumb comic collection while spending time at UMass. Not that I inhaled or anything...
ReplyDeleteAlways loved Fat Freddie Scat
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