The Collected Adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Gilbert Shelton, 1971

Rip Off Press gathered Gilbert Shelton's Freak Brothers strips, first run in underground papers such as the Los Angeles Free Press, into this first issue in 1971. It went through at least 21 printings, all from Rip Off Press, and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The cover catches the brothers mid-escape down a littered alley: Fat Freddy clutching a box marked "Dope," Phineas with a hookah and Freewheelin' Franklin bringing up the rear, while a squad of club-waving riot police bears down behind them. If you want to start reading the underground somewhere friendly, the Freak Brothers are still the easiest door in: stoner farce more than shock.