The Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat (1977, Rip Off Press)

The Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat ran for 2 issues (1977–1982). Publishing format: One-shot. Squarebound anthology of Fat Freddy's Cat adventures, which appeared originally as separate stories along the bottoms of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Rip Off Press, 1971 series) There are three known editions; the first and second prints are in portrait format, 5.25" x 8.25", 148-pages, priced at $3.95 and $4.95 respectively and utilize the cover to Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1 The third print was in letterbox format 8.25" x 5.5", 160-pages, $5.95 price with a new cover; published 1982. As the back cover note explained: 'This new and improved edition of the original Adventures of Fat Freddy’s Cat paperback has more pages and features a new, larger layout of the comic strips a form that more nearly resembles the original execution. These cartoons appeared at the bottom of Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comic pages, and in newspapers served by the Rip Off Comix Syndicate as The Cat became a highly popular character himself.' Continues in More Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat (Rip Off Press, 1981 series) #[nn]