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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published 1973
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title for this issue is A Year Passes Like Nothing With The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Freak Bros. #3). Pricing variants include - .50; .60; .60 crossed out in red .75; 1.00; 1.25; 1.50; 2.00; 2.50; 2.95; 3.25; and 3.95.

Cover Details - "A Year Passes Like Nothing With The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers"

Characters Freak Brothers; Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre adult
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton

1 page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Fat Freddy is depressed!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Notes Sequence on inside of front cover and indicia information at bottom of page.
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

3 page Freak Brothers story "The Adventures of Freewheelin' Franklin, That Fabulous Furry Freak Brother"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "It says here that the Supreme Court has decided that local communities..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "How irritating!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "It's time for our weekly grocery-shopping trip!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Look! The cat's legs are moving while he's sound asleep!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Dinner is served!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Hmmm... ripped to shreds!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2; in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2 [Revised]; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "No household can afford to be without one..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "The obese one refuses to wake up and feed me!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "How to Cope with the Gasoline Famine"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "You ever seen a talking cat?"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

1 page Fat Freddy's Cat story "How dull life is... without cockroaches!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, The / Best of Bijou Funnies, The (Quick Fox, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Gather ye 'round, my brothers..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, The / Best of Bijou Funnies, The (Quick Fox, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Fat Freddy went off and forgot to feed me again!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, The / Best of Bijou Funnies, The (Quick Fox, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "The Freaks were hanging out one day."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "I'm making you a cat door!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Phineas finds himself applying for emergency relief..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "How would you like to go for a nice walk..."

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #5; in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 [Revised]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Hm, my dirty clothes are taking over the place!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Bzzzzzzzzzz"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 [Revised]; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Phineas is looking for a job"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "I need a drink of water!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Letter for you, Fat Freddy!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "The cat is asleep on my good suit!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 [Revised]; in More Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Government Spies"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "That's what's known as The Cover-up!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]

7 page Fat Freddy's Cat story "I Led Nine Lives!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "I know how we can pick up a few bucks!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "The stupid one is singing in the shower again!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2 [Revised]; in More Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

1 page story "A Nice Polka-dot Demon Gets the Royal Shaft"

Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton [as F. Cluck Wilverton]
Pencils Gilbert Shelton [as F. Cluck Wilverton]
Inks Gilbert Shelton [as F. Cluck Wilverton]
Letters Gilbert Shelton [as F. Cluck Wilverton]
Notes Parodies S. Clay Wilson's art style and characters.

Half page Freak Brothers story Getting "Up" to Vote

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton

Half page Fat Freddy public service announcement "Don't Forget to Register and Vote"

Characters Fat Freddy
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton

Half page Freak Brothers story "Notorious Norbert the Nark, recently promoted to the Federal Department..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2; in Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, The / Best of Bijou Funnies, The (Quick Fox, 1981 series) #[nn]

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "The cat is clawing my favorite chair to shreds!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, The / Best of Bijou Funnies, The (Quick Fox, 1981 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "Yap yap yap yap..."

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "Lookit that, will ya."

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "What's happening up ahead???"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "With this automatic cat feeder..."

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "What this place needs is some Christmas Spirit!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "The chubby one forgot to feed me today!"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Freak Brothers story "It's getting cold!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "I wait until the fat one goes to sleep on his waterbed..."

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

1 page advertisement "Rip Off Press"

Genre adult
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Notes Advertisement for the latest free catalog from Rip Off Press.

Half page Freak Brothers story "This has gone far enough!"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

Half page Fat Freddy's Cat story "If you could have anything in the world, what would you take?"

Characters Fat Freddy's Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted in Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 [Revised]; in Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat, The (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #[nn]; in Best of The Rip Off Press, The (Rip Off Press, 1973 series) #2

1 page Freak Brothers advertisement "Fat Freddy Says:"

Characters Freak Brothers
Genre adult
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Letters Gilbert Shelton
Notes Advertisement for a poster of the image on the back cover.