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The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics / The Best of Bijou Funnies #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 1981 trade paperback from Quick Fox gathers highlights from the legendary underground comix series Bijou Funnies, which ran from 1968 to 1973. Edited by Jay Lynch, the collection features work from counterculture icons like R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and Kim Deitch, capturing the raw, satirical spirit of the era's comix scene. It serves as both a companion to the earlier Apex Treasury of Underground Comics and a standalone showcase of Bijou's most memorable strips and characters.
In "Mr. Natural Goes to a Meeting of the Minds," Gilbert Shelton delivers a surreal, sharp-witted tale from the heart of the underground comics scene, featuring Fat Freddy’s Big Book of the Dead in a moment of culinary crisis. When cash shortages trigger a full-blown junk food withdrawal, the Brothers rally for a bold grocery store heist, all in the name of satisfying Freddy’s cravings. The story’s chaotic energy is matched by Shelton’s distinctive art and lettering, while the iconic cover by Robert Crumb captures the era’s irreverent spirit in full.
When Fat Freddy hits a junk food crisis and can't afford his usual snacks, the Freak Brothers—Freewheelin' Franklin and Phineas T. Freakears—decide to take matters into their own hands. With a plan as wild as their usual antics, they set their sights on a grocery store, where the real challenge begins.
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↩ Reprints Bijou Funnies #1 (1968), Despair #[nn] (1969), Feds 'N' Heads Comics #[nn] (1969), Radical America #1 (1969), Motor City Comics #1 (1969), Bijou Funnies #2 (1969), Bijou Funnies #3 (1969), Bijou Funnies #5 (1970), Bijou Funnies #4 (1970), Uneeda Comix #[nn] (1970), Bijou Funnies #6 (1971), Home Grown Funnies #1 (1971), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1 (1971), Big Ass Comics #2 (1971), Merton of the Movement #1 (1971), The Dirty Duck Book #1 (1971), Bijou Funnies #7 (1972), Left-Field Funnies #[nn] (1972), Subvert #2 (1972), Funny Aminals #1 (1972), Skull #5 (1972), The People's Comics #[nn] (1972), Insect Fear #3 (1972), El Perfecto Comics #[nn] (1973), Short Order Comix #1 (1973), The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #3 (1973), Occult Laff-Parade #1 (1973), Show + Tell #[nn] (1973), Tales of Toad #3 (1973), Nard n' Pat #1 (1974), Short Order Comix #2 (1974), The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] (1974), Manhunt #2 (1974), The Best of Bijou Funnies #[nn] (1975), Flamed-out Funnies #1 (1976)
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