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Title: Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury by Darby Conley ISBN: 0-7407-2894-6 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 02 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: pets with attitude
Comment: This strip was only in the paper a few days before I became a fan of Rob Wilco and his seriously offbeat pets. Though it superficially resembles Garfield, the characters are more fully developed, are better drawn (this is one of the best-looking comic strips in the paper), and are a lot more-- well-- non-linear in their thinking. In fact, this is probably how real cats and dogs would attempt to cope with the human world if they could interact with us. Though there are a few strips that fall flat, there are enough seriously deranged ones to make up for it. It may not join the ranks of the all-time classic strips, but it's close enough for me.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not What I Expected...
Comment: As a newcomer to the world of Get Fuzzy, having discovered it in the local paper and following it closely for the past few months, I was excited to learn of the treasury available that includes the first two installments of Get Fuzzy. Already a fan of the strip, I was taken aback by one reviewer's opinion of the book (A reader from Provo) who found the artist pretentious and the comic to be mediocre and not funny. After receiving the book and reading the introduction, I certainly understand this reviewer's point. Darby Conley makes bold statements like all comic strips are rip-offs of Far Side, including strips such as Calvin and Hobbes (which in my opinion, is by far the greatest comic strip ever made and is infinitely more original and imaginative than Get Fuzzy can even hope to be). I enjoyed the comic strip, but Conley's ridiculous introduction did sap a great deal of that enjoyment. The premise for Get Fuzzy- a single male living with an ever-hungry, temperamental feline and a lovable, yet gullible dog- screams of un-orginality (think Garfield). I didn't care for the first half of the book in terms of the way Rob is drawn while Bucky and Satchel are rarely humorous in the first strips, but they do provide an interesting look at the character development of the strip. By the end of the book, the strips are enjoyable and contain the characteristics that first attracted me to Get Fuzzy, so this treasury certainly isn't a total loss. I can't respect Darby Conley for his statements about other comics (Bill Watterson was not only creative, imaginative, and a genius, but he had morals when it came to marketing his strip), but it is possible to enjoy Get Fuzzy in itself.
Rating: 5
Summary: phenomenal
Comment: Since Gary Larson retired The Far Side and Bill Watterson retired Calvin & Hobbes, and since Jim Davis has farmed out Garfield (which has lost its edge as a result), I've had a hard time finding a strip worth reading. Then I came across Get Fuzzy. This strip is hilarious. In Bucky (the cat) you've all the edge and humor that was in Calvin & Hobbes and the old Garfield. Satchel (the dog) is a talking Odie, though a bit smarter. And they interplay with their strait man, Rob. It adds up to the best strip I've seen in years.
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Title: The Get Fuzzy Experience by Darby Conley ISBN: 0740733001 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 02 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Blueprint for Disaster: A Get Fuzzy Collection by Darby Conley ISBN: 0740738089 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Fuzzy Logic Get Fuzzy 2 by Darby Conley ISBN: 0740721984 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Dog Is Not a Toy: House Rule #4 by Darby Conley ISBN: 0740713922 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: I Would Have Bought You A Cat , But... A Get Fuzzy Gift Book by Darby Conley ISBN: 0740734954 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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