The Return Of Get The Freebies Jamie Hewletts Cult Comic Collection In Phoo Action Silver Jubilee

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"Get the Freebies" was a comic strip created by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and writer Mat Wakeham, featured in The Face, a monthly British magazine focusing on fashion, music, and popular culture. The comic strip ran for twelve issues, starting in July 1996 and concluding in July 1997.

The stories followed the adventures of London super-cop duo Terry Phoo, a gay martial arts expert and superhero, and his sidekick Whitey Action, a pale, disaffected, self-medicating teenage heroine. Their adventures frequently involved conflicts with a volatile gang of mutants known as the Freebies. The comic, typically narrated by Whitey, often featured explicit language, violence, nudity, and drug usage, with stories often centered around popular celebrities of the time.

Although plans existed to continue the comic strip with a second installment titled "Phoo Action" (unrelated to the later live-action television pilot), the sequel series was eventually canceled. The characters did later receive a BBC Three pilot TV show transmitted in 2008, titled "Phoo Action," which starred Jaime Winstone as Whitey Action, Carl Weathers as Police Chief Benjamin "Ben" Benson, and Eddie Shin as Terry Phoo. A six-part series was commissioned but was canceled before production began.

The franchise is now returning with "Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee," a graphic novel releasing in early Winter 2024. This publication will compile the 25-year history of the Phoo Action series and include:

• The complete 12-part "Get the Freebies" comic strip in its original English format for the first time in 25 years
• The comics have been painstakingly remastered and relettered
• A new cover piece from Hewlett—the first official comic art of Terry and Whitey to celebrate their 25th anniversary
• A never-before-seen introductory comic to the planned but never-produced second season
• A new prose novel by Mat Wakeham detailing the rest of the chapters, illustrated by renowned comic artist Philip Bond
• Process art and development materials from the unpublished second series of comics
• Never-before-seen comic pages from the period
• An exclusive look into the 2008 BBC pilot, including production stills and the pilot's script
• Additional commentary from the comics' creators

"Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee" will be presented as a coffee table tome that shows the full trajectory of what became a cult sensation—from the original comic strip to the BBC pilot and beyond. The book is described as showing the origins of Whitey Action, a cynical teen and potty-mouthed heroine, alongside Terry Phoo, a hapless kung-fu super cop. Born from counter-culture superhero chic and hyperactive pre-millennial angloism, the comic features the pair waging a two-person war against the mutant Freebies gang, led by an outlandish, hysterical crime boss with a basketball for a head.

The book will be available in two editions: a standard hardcover and a deluxe hardcover with a clamshell cover. The deluxe hardcover will come with additional items including enamel pins, magnets, and embroidered patches.

"Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee" follows the releases of "The Gorillaz Almanac" and "The Gorillaz Art Book" from Z2 Comics, with whom Jamie Hewlett has previously collaborated.

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