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.
© Darby Conley - All Rights Reserved.
Get a Life by Tim Lachowski
Gil Thorp by Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham
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Varnes said, 5 months ago
The middle panel….Ahhhh….Hurt me!
Varnes said, 5 months ago
Wait a minute, let’s back up…Bucky said Woof yesterday? I want what Darby’s having…
opuscroakus70 said, 5 months ago
Dog Haiku:
I sound the alarm!
Mailman, come to kill us all
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!
I sound the alarm!
Meter Man, come to kill all
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!
I sound the alarm!
Garbageman, come to kill all
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!
I sound the alarm!
Pizza guy, come to kill- wait!
He has food! Hi, friend!
(The first three are Anonymous, the last was inspired by my late German Shepherd Rex, who scared the pee out of the mailman and meter man but gave the pizza guy a hero’s welcome).
unnormal said, 5 months ago
@opuscroakus70
Like I said yesterday . . . dogs KNOW stuff!
Especially pizza; it overwhelms any confusing messages carried by emotionally triggered pheromones.
orinoco womble said, 5 months ago
Rule Number One’s kinda ruff on the retrievers.
Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago
SQUIRREL!!!
Pacopuddy said, 5 months ago
@opuscroakus70
Brilliant!
Love your haikus – you are indeed blessed with both talent and german-shepherd-related inspiration.
Pacopuddy said, 5 months ago
I want a copy of Satchel’s first book (shown on the back of his latest oeuvre.)
dukedoug said, 5 months ago
@unnormal
When we first moved into our current house and got our first dog (labrador-sheepdog X) there was a guy who came round regularly selling eggs door-to-door. The dog knew he was coming because the guy would whistle as he walked around the neighbourhood. The dog hated that guy … she would bark when he came up the street and growl at him when he was at the door. This was unusual because the dog pretty much loved everybody else.
We found out much later that the egg guy was hitting on all the single women in the street as he tried to sell them eggs.
bhinkle said, 5 months ago
Darby and the perpetual “Who’s on first …” machine
TaxGeek said, 5 months ago
I like the back of the book: “From the author of ‘Shut Up! There’s No One at the Door!”
dbmeyer99 said, 5 months ago
@TaxGeek
Good catch! that is a constant in my house…
Tacopielvr said, 5 months ago
@opuscroakus70
Omg, that was so my late 100 lb doberman, although she wouldnt hurt a flea, she was definately a very loud and persistant alarm. She did come around to the meter man but she couldnt understand why he didnt want to play if he was going to tromp through her yard. She was my best runing partner ever and I almost miss her at pizza delivery time as much as I miss her running with me. We did dog/owner races together and we won medals. I always said she would have won more if she didn have to drag me behind, lol.
blather046047 said, 5 months ago
People aren’t dogs. We need more freedom, not less.
Suzanne
said, 5 months ago
@opuscroakus70
This is priceless. Your dog is too funny.