Gilbert Shelton (fab furry freaks bros)

catspring

ok, sorry if there has already been a thread about this (i couldn't find one when i did a search though)

i was just wondering if anyone has read the fabulous furry freak brother comics, and what they thought of them...

personally i think they're brillaint. i'd never even heard of them 'til about a year ago when my (stinky, sorry i mean wonderful) boyfriend gave me one to read one day (to shut me up i think), and i've been hooked ever since.
i don't really know of anywhere where you can buy them. i'm in donegal so there's no chance of getting them here, but in Dublin maybe??

i saw a few annual thingies in a comic shop in france during the summer, but they were in french (obviously), and they were quite expensive too, so i didn't buy 'em. wish i had now though.

anyway, if anybody knows what i'm talking about feel free to share the love.....

TheAlmightyArse

Forbidden Planet (on the South side quays, down to the left as you come off the Ha'penny Bridge from the North side) usually has a fair few on the same rack as all their Jhonen Vasquez stuff and Roman Dirge rubbish.

EDIT: Ah, I thought you said you got them in Donegal and were having trouble getting them in Dublin. What a poop face I am.

PS - I got an issue of Fat Freddy's Cat and didn't think very highly of it at all, are the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers more of the same or something different?

henbane

PS - I got an issue of Fat Freddy's Cat and didn't think very highly of it at all, are the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers more of the same or something different?

Fat Freddy's Cat was always better than the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers when I was reading them a good few years back. I think it was number 6 where he was battling the cockroaches - now that rocked! Having said that I were a young lad then so it may not be so funny if I dig it out again now. Isn't getting old a pain in the asre? Though if you didn't like that you probably wouldn't like the freak brothers.

I think they can be picked up in Sub City on Exchequer Street too. I remember seeing some in Easons once on that comic rack designed to fsck up all graphic novels as soon as they're put out.

yossarin

I remember the freak bros as being very funny.
It was a bit samey though - they take a lot of drugs and wackey things keep happening to them.

There was a comic were they decide to try not being stoned for half an hour to see what it feels like. the drawings gradually get more and more like photos untill you see a photo of three filthy guys in a horrible grim apartment.
then they get stoned again, and it goes back to friendly looking cartoon drawings.

simu

There's a restaurant in Galway called Fat Freddie's that has the comic as its theme!

They have strips from it on the menu and on the walls in the toilets... if you can't find it anywhere else!

catspring

nice to see other people like the freak bros too

the cafe in galway sounds pretty cool, where abouts is it??

the thread was more to do with what you guys think more than where to find the comics (a mate of mine has a comic book shop in temple bar, it's just i'm not in dublin that much, and hoped someone might say "you can buy them in the shop around the corner from where you live claire") though i did ask about that.

don't think i've seen the one where they quit smoking. sounds pretty cool and wee bit different.

i liked the expression kinkypoo joy juice (to throw in a bit of randomness)

anyhoo, cheers for your posts

simu

the cafe in galway sounds pretty cool, where abouts is it??

Quay St., Galway.

I don't work there or anything btw - it's just good to see ppl expressing their love of comics in the form of a restaurant!