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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Get a Life by Tim Lachowski
Gil Thorp by Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham
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water_moon said, 4 months ago
I’m not sure bucky could reach any pressure points through all that skin and um, padding.
Suzanne
said, 4 months ago
These two are not even on the same train.lol Satchel is enjoying his “death by pressure point far too much.”
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
I know people who would pay for that (me among them).
t.plumm1 said, 4 months ago
death by kitty keading
J. Short
said, 4 months ago
This could take a while…well in dog years, maybe not as long as I think.
Cooncat said, 4 months ago
Bucky … you need more pressure … use a baseball bat … but even that might not get through all of Sachel’s fat.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
Death by Shiatsu! What a way to go!
Arianne said, 4 months ago
Death by Chocolate Point!
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@Cooncat
Satchel isn’t any fatter, by relative size, than Bucky. Bu tI also believe that Satchel is a Shar Pei with makes him appear fat due to the extra skin.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@Arianne
I often wondered what variety of Siamese Bucky was. Chocolate point, good to know.
SwimsWithSharks
said, 4 months ago
Satch is a good communicator. When I’m looking for a good pressure point, don’t leave me guessing and then post on Facebook later that I never found the right spot and had no idea what I was doing down there. OK?
ttoommyy said, 4 months ago
SwimsWithSharks said, 5 minutes ago
Satch is a good communicator. When I’m looking for a good pressure point, don’t leave me guessing and then post on Facebook later that I never found the right spot and had no idea what I was doing down there. OK?
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TMI!!!!!!
nwbohms said, 4 months ago
No, Bucky is a seal point Siamese cat.
SwimsWithSharks
said, 4 months ago
@ttoommyy
Massage! I’m talking about massage!
Arianne said, 4 months ago
@TheTrustedMechanic
Hi, T.M.!
Well, I really just said that because it fit the joke, but you prompted me to investigate.
A seal point is said to have dark brown, almost black, points, with nose and paw pads the same color.
A chocolate point has slightly lighter dark brown points, with nose and paw pads a “cinnamon-pink” color.
Bucky’s nose is pretty much always pink, (can’t remember ever seeing it not pink) and his paw pads are usually pink, too. (Guess it depends on the colorist?)
So, I guess we can conclude that Bucky is, indeed, a chocolate point! Of course, only Darby knows for sure.
(If anybody does remember seeing this question answered before, please let us know.)
One of my favorite strips had Bucky describe his skin color as a “manly puce.” : )