The comics present a critique of the establishment while satirizing counterculture. The lives of the Freak Brothers revolve around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana. Later their adventures were published in a series of comic books. The Freak Brothers first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in May 1968, and were regularly reprinted in underground papers around the United States and in other parts of the world. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about a fictional trio of stoner characters, created by the American artist Gilbert Shelton.
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1, Feb.
