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One of his co-temps, Gilbert Shelton made great comics - the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Broth...) were my favorite. He had many characters in the FFFB, Norbert the Nark, Fat Freddy's Cat, Let My Chickens Free, and many others.



Loved "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" too growing up. My step-dad had several — probably picked up from a head shop back then.


Yes, thanks, you are right, it was Oat Willy I was thinking of, https://www.ebay.ca/itm/385506437409, I was within the edit window = corrected.


I came looking for this (thought the art style was very similar!)


Gilbert Shelton is a comic genius.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXaHUMESoM4 His comic were creative and had very little NSFW and were the funniest thing I ever read, while much of the other UG comics were a lot more gross, some extremely so, his were like Scrooge McDuck humor - overlaid with generous marijuana use as well as a sprinkling of other drugs. Norbert the hapless Nark always came to grief in a funny way. Now we sell marijuana in many special state shops, while the feds think it = damnation. It had no social effect on me - I am a non smoker = smoke zero combustion carried drugs, like Nicotine or THC from that day to this - I just enjoyed the vicarious thrashing of the man. As a cat lover = Fat Freddy's cat was my fave...




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