The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

In the weird and wonderful world of comics (or comix) anyone with a head full of psychedelic music knew that the Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange were actually too passé and sedate, and, well, not real. The truth was elsewhere, in a dingy coldwater flat inhabited by three scruffy drug addled ne’er do wells and their cat. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers were like folk you met at festivals or whom your big brother went to school with before they dropped out.
Created by Texan Gilbert Shelton in the late sixties, the Freak Brothers were unlike many of the other underground comics around. Unlike the sexually fixated R. Crumb or the pyschelicised Victor Moscosco, there were actually jokes in the strips and you didn’t have to be stoned to enjoy them.
Phineas, Freewheelin’ Franklin and, supreme slob, Freddie Freekowski (aka Fat Freddie) did little except score drugs, get into fixes and lay around. Their cat was smarter than them. As their popularity grew their escapades got longer and more complicated and some of the initial innocence was lost but the jokes remained.
Originally contained in 8 comic books they have been anthologised to death. There has been talk of a movie for several years and there is some footage available if you search for it.