Button 207: Freak Brothers Munchie Bars [Purple Fat Freddy] Shelton / Mavrides art

207. Freak Brothers Munchie Bars [Purple Fat Freddy]

(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 #207 features a blank-looking Fat Freddy with a purple rim. But whereas the black rim lettering against the purple background on #207-A is "clean," #207 printing has a light-colored "ghost" around the letters, as pictured. This was regarded as unattractive and was reprinted (see #207-A). 1.25" diameter. $3.00

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