Get Fuzzy is an American daily comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. The strip features the day-to-day adventures of advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two anthropomorphic pets: cat Bucky Katt and dog Satchel Pooch. Get Fuzzy was first published by United Media Syndicate in September 1999. Initially appearing in 75 newpapers nationally, the strip grew in popularity very quickly.
Rob is a sports fan and named both pets after stars of baseball's Negro Leagues – Buck O'Neil and Satchel Paige. Coincidentally, Bucky also has only a single "buck" tooth.
Bucky and Satchel's personalities are extreme simplifications of the stereotypes of "cat" and "dog". Bucky is cruel, self-centered and aloof, while Satchel is sweet, trusting, and at times quite naïve (Bucky once sold Satchel his own Nerf football by writing "Super" above "Nerf" to make it a "Super Nerf"). Rob, the middleman, is often a little frazzled from dealing with these two, or more specifically, from dealing with Bucky's destructive nature and overall nastiness.
Characters
Main
- Satchel Pooch - A simple, friendly, easily amused dog of mixed pedigree. He wears a watch, although he can't tell time.
- Bucky Katt - Egotistical Siamese cat. He delights in trying to deflate Satchel's rosy outlook on life. He seldom succeeds in this, since Bucky is not sharp enough for the withering sarcasm he tries to use and Satchel often doesn't realize he's being insulted.
- Rob Wilco - "Owner" of Satchel and Bucky. Works in advertising, but not proud of it. Vegetarian, Leo Kottke fan, and Boston Red Sox fanatic. Serves as the "straight man" between Satchel's goofy naïvete and Bucky's cynical hostility.
Supporting
Other characters that appear occasionally:
- Joe Doman - Rob's friend and co-worker
- Francis Wilco - Rob's father, a retired firefighter who reluctantly "babysits" Bucky and Satchel
- Fungo Squiggly - a neighboring ferret whom Bucky intensely dislikes
- Chubby Huggs - a portly cat who believes that positive reinforcement solves all problems
Books & Treasuries
A number of books have been produced, as well as treasuries. The treasuries contain two previous books in one binding (with some color strips):
- Groovitude - contains The Dog Is Not a Toy and Fuzzy Logic
- Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun - contains The Get Fuzzy Experience and Blueprint for Disaster
Awards
In 2002, Get Fuzzy was honored with the Reuben Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society [1].
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