thumb|right|fat freddy's cat fat freddy's cat is a fictional orange tomcat nominally belonging to fat freddy freekowtski, one of the fabulous furry freak brothers, a trio featured in gilbert shelton's underground comix. while the cat is usually featured in a small 'topper' strip below a freak brothers strip, he has had independent appearances and storylines of his own. ==history== fat freddy's cat first appeared in 1969 in underground newspapers as a character in the fabulous furry freak brothers strip. he soon gained his own small topper strip, in imitation of the early krazy kat strips below the family upstairs by george herriman. some full-size stories also featured fat freddy's cat. many of these strips have been collected in comic book form by rip off comix in a series of the fabulous furry freak brothers compilations and later the adventures of fat freddy's cat, which ran for four small size issues in the 1970s. fat freddy's comics and stories (one shot, 1983) also included several stories about the cat. the adventures of fat freddy's cat were reprinted and expanded (starting over from #1) in six comic book size issues in the 1980s. they included new longer stories about the cat. a seventh edition was released (in the us only) in 1993. after the demise of the underground newspaper, the cat continued to appear in various comic books. his last appearance to date was in a 1990 strip reprinted in the fabulous furry freak brothers #12. ==character== the cat is much smarter than freddy, and while sharing many of his preoccupations such as food, sleep and sex, his stories also feature a fair amount of defecation. like garfield (whom he predates) he is laid back, but in his personal habits and outlook he is more like the freak brothers. however he tends to regard the freak brothers with amused contempt, frequently expressed by defecating in inappropriate and inconvenient places, such as stereo headphones.lezard, nicholas, review: the complete fabulous furry freak brothers, vol 1, the guardian, 8 december 2001plowright, frank, the slings and arrows comic guide slings & arrows, 2003 isbn 0-9544589-0-7, isbn 978-0-9544589-0-4 p. 236 like calvin of calvin and hobbes, he has a fertile imagination, and one of his storylines features him playing the role of "f. frederick skitty", an undercover agent sworn to stop the distribution of "tee hee hee", a drug that turns people into homosexuals. in another story, one of fat freddy's schemes involves trying to replicate dick whittington's success by selling the cat to the (fictional) small, oil-rich nation of pootweet to deal with mice. ==cat stories longer than one page== there have been more than a hundred small comic strips about the cat
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