Most Popular Books by Gilbert Shelton

With the imminent release of a new animated series, Gilbert Shelton''s legendary underground comix heroes find a new crash pad at Fantagraphics.

All the Freak Brothers stories, book covers, posters and merchandise collected together in one big volume. The definitive Freak Brothers book for years to come.

The final, previously-only-available-in-a limited/collector''s-edition issue of the the most important comic book series of all time! This blowout issue not only includes work by all eight Zap artists (plus a collaboration with cartoonist Aline Kominsky), but also three double-page jams by the group. Plus:Zap’s first-and-only color section, featuring comics by R. Crumb and Gilbert Shelton (his final Zap Wonder Wart-hog episode, no less). Paul Mavrides provides an alternately embellished version of Gilbert Shelton’s and his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers episode, “Phineas Becomes a Suicide Bomber” (originally inked in the Complete Zap by Shelton).

Love Me Please is a biography in comics of the amazing rock singer Janis Joplin, which recalls, respecting the chronology, the highlights of her journey from childhood, after the Second World War, to her abrupt death in late 1970.It is one of the most fabulous musical adventures in America n the second half of the twentieth century. Yet it lasted only five years.How did a very young messed up woman, a drug addict filled with doubt, become in a few years a planetary icon of rock music? She went from the shadows to the blinding light of fame in only four records (the last one issued a month and a half after her tragic death). Thanks to a worldwide movement of emancipation which would consecrate for a long time the ideals and modes of alternative lifestyles from counterculture to the flower power generation, Janis, the ugly duckling, gave free rein to her impulses. Fed by the thirst for freedom of the Beat Generation and the desire for emancipation expressed by American youth in the early 1960s, Janis Joplin left for San Francisco, the epicenter of cultural innovation. She will live there a freedom of which she would hardly have dared to dream, abandoning herself to all impulses, overcoming without hesitation all the taboos of the time: bisexuality, alcohol, drugs, doing so not only with delight, but with the taste for excess which came naturally from her spontaneous character. A lively, fascinating story of a woman ahead of her time.

A splendid satire on fundamental religion and Western imperialism starring a Cadillac, paper bags and the world''s least successful rock band. It''s every band''s dream - an international concert tour! A chance to spearhead freedom, democracy and the American way of life among the benighted peoples of the world, through the medium of massively amplified rock ''n'' roll! How was Not Quite Dead able to get such an opportunity? It might seem like pure luck - although not necessarily of the good kind...

"Often to be found sleeping on the unfortunate Fat Freddy''s head, this big fat ginger tom has his own adventures at the bottom of many Freak Brothers pages. His constant battles with the never endng army of roaches out for world domination drive him to distraction, as does Fat Freddy''s never-ending failure to feed him or empty his kitty litter box. As a result of this, his main hobbies seem to be shredding Freddy''s water bed and any other items he can sink his claws into, and finding places to leave surprise poop packages for Freddy to discover. This cat has variously gone traveling to Mexico, saved the world from alien invasion, and worked as a government agent in Washington trying to save the world from the ''hee hee hee'' drug. He has 3 nephews of unknown origin. He tends to regard the Freak Brothers with a fair bit of contempt, but despite the odd separation he always seems to hook back up with his inept roomies"--Page 4 of cover.

The definitive underground comic strips. Published in 15 languages and with worldwide sales of over 40 million copies along with countless items of merchandise. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are timeless clowns; it''s the traditional, simple, basic forms of humour at the heart of these tripped-out cartoons - from slapstick to silly punchlines and Shelton''s mastery of satire - which have kept them fresh and mirthful for 40 years. Collected here, a short selection of classic strips to serve as the perfect introduction to Gilbert Shelton''s famous work.

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