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Summary: Not Funny
Review: This is not a funny strip period. All it is is Garfeild. Do not compare this to the best strips of the past. It is a simple shallow cartoon. Darbey has yet to explore areas that might make this strip entertaining. What made "The Great" strips entertaining were that they used political, historical, religious, and philisophical outtakes to make them work. "Get Fuzzy" is not any of these.Simply owning a pet does not mean this is funny. Also Conley must be pretty thin skinned to have so many bad reviews deleted from Amazon.com. It is a bad strip, really bad strip.
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Summary: Bucky and Satchel are Awesome
Review: This is the best and funniest comic strip. I don't understand all these people writing things like "this represents everything that is wrong in America." These are characters. Personifications of animals with a brilliant outlook. If you take it so seriously that you can't see that you should just resign yourself to being miserable. I find this so much fun to read and laugh at. You should too!!!!
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Summary: Bucky and Satchel are Awesome
Review: This is the best and funniest comic strip. I don't understand all these people writing things like "this represents everything that is wrong in America." These are characters. Personifications of animals with a brilliant outlook. If you take it so seriously that you can't see that you should just resign yourself to being miserable. I find this so much fun to read and laugh at. You should too!!!!
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This is the best stuff since Calvin & Hobbes gave up the ghost years ago.The premise of the strip is that Rob (a fairly pleasant rugby enthusiast) shares his home with a nice, but dimwitted dog named Satchel (believe me, Satchel is no golden retriever) and an evil one-toothed Siamese cat named Bucky (but Bucky, deciding that he needs a tougher nickname asks to be called Shirley). The reason this strip works is that while the animals converse with Rob, they say things that an actual pet might say if it had vocal cords: Bucky on Rob--"Aaa, what do you know, you big, pink, water-loving freak!" Bucky on getting in trouble--"Oh, sure, blame the cat! That is such a chipmunk mentality." Bucky on life as a cat--"Hey, my life isn't all warm cream and dead rats either, man." Then there is Satchel the big loveable doofus dog, who has about a five second attention span. When dressing up for Halloween he makes a Dirt Devil costume--it was the scariest thing he could think of. The drawing is well-done. You can't miss this one if you have pets, or grew up with pets or just like animals. Guarenteed to make you laugh out loud at least half-a-dozen times.
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Summary: A book full of the comic that highlights my day!
Review: Truly, I look forward to reading "Get Fuzzy" every morning as the highlight of my day. The first collection was great, but this one is even better, if only because it's more "Get Fuzzy"! If you are an animal lover who enjoys comics with attitude, try "Get Fuzzy" and get hooked. My only disappointment was that I think some of the story lines included (like the sock puppet incident) were not complete. But otherwise, a treasure I'll read again and again whenever I need a pick-me-up!
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Summary: Slow Witted.
Review: What is the praise this strip recieves? That Kat is so not funny. There is something that I have never seen before, an annoying cat. Where did Conley come up with such a brilliant idea? I can't believe that an annoying cat has never been thought of before for other comics. Please somebody put this strip out of its misery, or else just realize that this is a less than average strip.
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Summary: Very Funny! Dilbert Recommended!
Review: When my friend and I have tried to explain the characters in this comic strip collection, a frequent response was, "Oh, like Garfield." Nope. Bucky, Satchel, and Rob are not like Garfield, Otis, and Jon. Honestly, they are much funnier. I learned of this strip when Scott Adams, who writes Dilbert, recommended it on his website as "the funniest comic strip about talking pets." It took me a few days to get into it, but now I look for it everyday. Bucky (the cat) is a self-centered, mean-spirited animal who won't confess to having a softer side. He's often trying to scam money out of who he believes to be the gullible public (or Satchel) or make the next hot seller. His grasp of English is never perfect, so he may say a word he thinks is cool, but actually insults him. Satchel, on the other hand, often proves that he's simple and dim-witted, but he can come up with some great puns and verbal zingers. I love the series that explains why each of the animals aren't allowed outside alone, Satchel because he's so innocent he'd take up with anyone who fed him, Bucky because his sassy mouth would get him killed. (This from the cat who's never won a fight in his life.) A classic strip shows Bucky watching a TV that's not on. Rob asks, "You know that TV is off, don't you Buck?" "No, I don't, and how do you know it isn't one of those reality shows that just makes it look like a blank TV screen?" To which Satchel says, "Wow! That's the best one I've seen! The screen _really looks_ off!" Another one I love shows the two pets watching late-night TV info-mercials with a phone in hand. The caption reads, "Why late-night TV ads are so effective." A wide-eyed Satchel exclaims, "Man! I need that. I don't know what it is, but boy, do I need it." Bucky hands him a credit card and tells him to put in on the yellow one, since the green one stopped working over an hour ago. Ha! I know. You probably had to be there, but seeing these guys is much better than reading about them. Darby Conley is brilliantly funny! Get Fuzzy is one of the best comic strips in print.
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Summary: Original and funny. Comparisons to others are just silly
Review: Why spend time comparing this strip to Garfield? The major difference between this strip and Garfield is that this strip is funny! Garfield was funny a decade or more ago, but has been recycling the same jokes since. It sits next to Family Circus as safe and reassuring, a "cute" strip that may cause a smile, but never a laugh out loud moment. And Darby is aware of Bloom County comparisons too. Look at the strip with them on the subway: Steve Dallas is sitting there! That strip answers all the criticisms. Not that he needs defending, but I find his strip refreshing. As the comics section of the paper gets smaller and smaller, and all the strips start looking the same, his stands out. I also recommend Monty by Jim Meddick, though I think he made a BIG mistake getting rid of Robotman. Maybe one day he'll return.
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