Housecats are known to be aloof, but "cat-titude" reaches new heights in Get Fuzzy, the bitingly hilarious comic strip from cartoonist Darby Conley. Available daily and Sunday and appearing in 650 newspapers nationwide, Get Fuzzy is a wry portrait of single life, with pets. At the center of this warm and fuzzy romp is Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered ad executive and guardian of anthropomorphic scamps Bucky and Satchel. Bucky is a temperamental cat who clearly wears the pants in this eccentric household. Satchel is a gentle pooch who tries to remain neutral, but frequently ends up on the receiving end of Bucky's mischief. Together, this unlikely trio endures all the trials and tribulations of a typical family... more or less.
The National Cartoonists Society honored Get Fuzzy with a Reuben division award, naming it the Best Newspaper Comic Strip of 2002. There are a dozen Get Fuzzy compilation books published by Andrews McMeel: The Dog Is Not a Toy (House Rule #4); Get Fuzzy 2: Fuzzy Logic; Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury; The Get Fuzzy Experience: Are You Bucksperienced; Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun; Blueprint for Disaster; Say Cheesy; Scrum Bums; Loserpalooza; I'm Ready for My Movie Contract; and Take Our Cat, Please; plus Get Fuzzy wall and box calendars.
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Evil Rat said, about 1 year ago
Frame 2 or 4 are equally cringe-worthy.
P.S. first post….8-P
beviek
said, about 1 year ago
Be afraid, Bucky, be very afraid.
surfstuff55 said, about 1 year ago
OMG, he’s wearing a HOODIE, and carrying a weapon, somebody shoot him!
firedome said, about 1 year ago
@surfstuff55
where’s the weapon?
rf_eq said, about 1 year ago
not the image he was hoping to project
Night-Gaunt49 said, about 1 year ago
Sometimes you can’t trust what you think you see.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago
re: surfstuff55
He didn’t attack someone first.
KEVIN KUNREUTHER said, about 1 year ago
considering this comic was probably written six months ago, it’s weird how things cosmically line up … a harmless sight gag now becomes unintended social commentary
wdave said, about 1 year ago
It’s a nitpick, I know, but whomever did the colorization should be fired. Panel 2 has light from a wall sconce, but that light would have obliterated the shadow from the hoodie coming from the other angle. Shadows and lighting may not usually be a big deal — but when it’s the entire point of the strip, a bit more attention ought to be paid….
masterskrain said, about 1 year ago
He might not be the reaper, but you know the guy in the hoodie is grim!
After all, he’s a Red Sox fan…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago
Re: Kevin Kunreuther
Ever notice that two, three or more cartoons in a given day’s funny pages are often about the same subject, even if it’s not a common thing to think about?
revisages said, about 1 year ago
oh, this is politics, alright. he’s drawn these of late. there are plenty of fillers drawn long ago, but each of these big-name guys will draw for current moments when they feel like saying those ‘now’ things. and this is what darby’s the best at. everyone does it some of the time, including jim davis and scott adams, thinkin’ about it seriously at 11 pm.
Yosarian
said, about 1 year ago
What responsible cat lets his owner go out in a hoodie?
JackButler said, about 1 year ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
I call it Comic Serendipity. It is one piece of evidence in my growing suspicion that cartoonists are in league and plotting to overthrow the human race with their mind-control images. Case in point, WDAVE’s observation above that the lighting is off, just like in the JFK Magruder film ,,, obviously altered for nefarious reasons!
the burser said, about 1 year ago
don’t fear the reaper