Button 204-A: Freak Brothers Munchie Bars [Purple Freewheelin' Frank variant]

204-A. Freak Brothers Munchie Bars [Purple Frank variant] (1997).

Legendary underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton, creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, licensed his archetypal hippie stoners to Kitchen Sink Konfections, a division of Kitchen Sink Press. In 1997, following up on the success of its R. Crumb-designed Devil Girl Choco-Bars, KSK produced three flavors of boxed Freak Brothers candy dubbed "Munchie Bars," a not-so-subtle reference to "the munchies" (a slang expression for the chocolate craving often experienced by marijuana users). Six different images (two of each brother) were created by Shelton and his long-time associate Paul Mavrides for the promotional buttons pictured here.

Button #204-A is a subtle variation of #204. It still features a laid-back Freewheeling Frank facing right with a purple rim. The color illustrations on 204 and 204-A are indistinguishable. But whereas the black rim lettering against the purple background on #204 shows "ghosts," the 204-A printing is clean, without the "ghost" lines around the letters, as pictured.

1.25" diameter. $4.00

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