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Lot 146: A Collection of Knockabout Comics The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's Cat by Gilbert Shelton
2026-11-04T10:00:00Z
Lot 146:
A Collection of Knockabout Comics The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's Cat by Gilbert Shelton
Description
An assortment of underground comix featuring the work of Gilbert Shelton, primarily published by Knockabout Comics. The collection includes a sequential run of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, comprising issues number 0 through 7. Notable titles within this run include The Idiots Abroad (issue 6) and Six Snappy Sockeroos (issue 7). Issue number 0 contains a printed copyright date of 1985 and is published by Knockabout Comics, 10 Acklam Road, London W10 5QZ, England, as stated in the interior credits. The front cover of issue 0 features a printed signature Gilbert Shelton 1983.
The collection also contains multiple volumes of The Adventures of Fat Freddy’s Cat, specifically Books 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, along with Fat Freddy’s Comics issue number 1. Several covers across the collection bear rectangular white and blue adhesive retail labels for THE HEAD SHOP, Kloveniersburgwal 39, Amsterdam.
Included in the lot are three small framed items. Two frames contain colour comic panels featuring Fat Freddy. The third larger clip-frame houses a black-and-white cartoon concerning a poll tax martyr, which bears a printed signature SHELTON in the upper left corner.
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