Take Our Cat, Please: A Get Fuzzy Collection

Get Fuzzy #8

by Darby Conley

The humor is a wickedly authentic blend of young-professional-bachelor shtick and pets-from-hell high jinks. . . . And, perhaps best of all, the strip keeps getting better." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Get Fuzzy was named Best Comic Strip of the Year in 2002 by the National Cartoonists Society.

Satchel, the Shar-pei-Lab mix in the Get Fuzzy family who actually believes what TV commercials say, and his owner-housemate Rob Wilco, a single, somewhat befuddled, Red Sox-obsessed ad exec, endure the scourge of their daily existence, Bucky Katt. Whether baiting the ferret down the hall for battle, gorging on rubber bands (and the ensuing gastric consequences), or joining the gun repair club, Bucky continuously tests the patience and endurance of his hapless mates.

Three Get Fuzzybooks, Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun, Blueprint for Disaster, and Say Cheesy, have been New York Times best-sellers.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Cats, Animals

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

About the author

Darby Conley is an American cartoonist best known for the popular comic strip Get Fuzzy.

Conley was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1970, and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee.

While in high school in 1986, he won a student cartooning competition. During his Senior Year at Doyle High School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, Conley was voted 'Most Talented' by his graduating class. He attended Amherst College, where he studied Fine Arts, drew cartoons for the student newspaper, played rugby, and was a member of an all-male, jazz-influenced a cappella group, the Zumbyes. (Fellow cartoonist alumni of Amherst include FoxTrot creator Bill Amend and the late John Cullen Murphy of Prince Valiant fame.)

Like Rob Wilco, the human protagonist in Get Fuzzy, Conley is an enthusiastic rugby union fan, playing during college and sustaining several injuries that failed to diminish his passion for the sport.

Before becoming a cartoonist, Conley held a wide array of jobs: elementary school teacher, art director for a science museum, lifeguard, and bicycle repairman. This eclectic collection of professions is reminiscent of those held by Douglas Adams, whom Conley has mentioned as a comedic influence.

Conley, an animal rights activist and vegetarian, lives in Boston.

Reviews

[TK421 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do yourself a favor and read this strip. It is hilarious. What's not to like about a sadistic Siamese cat who is always planning ways to take over his human owner or manipulating the third member of their dysfunctional family, a dog with self-esteem issues.

Think Garfield, but from the other side of the tracks.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

[Amber the Human · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I think I like the earlier cartoons better (the way that Bucky acts then is more amusing to me than how he acts later on), I still enjoy the cartoon and I'm looking forward to slowly building my collection through used books stores so that I can pass this type of humor on to the children I plan to eventually have.

[Stacia · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like the strip, you'll like the book. Not much else to say. I think I've kind of moved on so I'd give it more of a 3.5 to 3.75 but it was fine.

[Llalan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dumb, sweet dog + mean, lazy cat + lonely Boston bachelor *always* = hilarious. I love you Darby Conley.

[Schnaucl · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a Get Fuzzy collection. I was amused.

[Raina]

Love me some Get Fuzzy.
That's all.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bucky Katt is hilarious, as usual! Love all the geeky references.

[Arctic]

I've loved Bucky and Satchel for a very long time. This book is no exception!

[Sharper1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Get Fuzzy!

[Jerry Yoakum · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Sevan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book lived up to the expectation Get Fuzzy has made. Darby Conley is magic, for he can make almost anything, including everyday life, funny. So, as a recommendation, Read this Book, Please!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not usually crazy about talking animals, but who wouldn't love friendly (but not too bright) Satchel, a shar-pei Lab mix, and his difficult companion Bucky Cat? Whether Bucky is attempting to kill the ferret next door (not even a contest), or Satchel is unhappy because his collie wig isn't realistic enough, they both add something (note I didn't say something good) to the life of adman Rob, who is their nominal owner.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carpe carp: Seize the fish. And Caveat chipmunkfia as well.