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{{Short description|American comic strip (1999-2013)}}
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{{Infobox Comic strip
|title= Get Fuzzy
|image= Get Fuzzy Logo.png
|caption= Logo for ''Get Fuzzy'' comic strip
|creator= [[Darby Conley]]
|status= Running (on hiatus)
|syndicate= [[United Feature Syndicate]]/ [[Andrews McMeel Syndication]]
|publisher= [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]
|genre= Humor, Pets, Family
|first= {{Start date|1999|09|6}}
| last = ''New installments:''<br>November 9, 2013 (Daily); February 3, 2019 (Sunday)
|website= {{URL|https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy}}
}}
'''''Get Fuzzy''''' is an American [[gag-a-day]] [[comic strip]] written and drawn by [[Darby Conley]]. It features Boston advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] pets, a dog, Satchel Pooch, and a cat, Bucky Katt. While there have been no new comics produced since 2019, the reruns continue to appear in newspapers.

The strip's humor comes from the conflict between Bucky's and Satchel's personalities, which are extreme stereotypes of cats and dogs. Sweet, trusting, naïve Satchel is routinely subjected to the exploitation of cruel, self-centered Bucky, who is always torturing the poor canine. Rob, the middleman, is often frazzled from dealing with them, or more specifically, from dealing with Bucky's destructive nature and overall nastiness. The three characters live in an apartment on Boston's Longwood Avenue. ''Get Fuzzy'' often eschews the traditional "setup-punchline" format of most funnies, instead building on absurd dialog between characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joshreads.com/?p=573|title=Bother – The Comics Curmudgeon|work=The Comics Curmudgeon|date=9 April 2006|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208004804/http://joshreads.com/?p=573|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goingwashingtonpostal.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-of-day-saturday.html|title=Comics of the Day|author=Zpop|work=Going Washington Postal|date=10 December 2007|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012041634/http://goingwashingtonpostal.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-of-day-saturday.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goingwashingtonpostal.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-of-day-friday.html|title=Comics of the Day|author=Zpop|work=Going Washington Postal|date=10 December 2007|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122502/http://goingwashingtonpostal.blogspot.com/2007/12/comics-of-day-friday.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/04/one-liners_sure_well_eat_em_up.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Deliciously Good Dialogue? Sure, We'll Eat It Up|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=September 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915081847/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/04/one-liners_sure_well_eat_em_up.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The unusual title of the strip comes from a concert poster that Conley once created for his brother's band, the Fuzzy Sprouts. "Life's too short to be cool," the poster read, "Get Fuzzy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nya-nya.us/getfuzzy/conley.html|title=Get fuzzy by darby conley|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107061509/http://www.nya-nya.us/getfuzzy/conley.html|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Publication history==
''Get Fuzzy'' was first published on September 6, 1999 by [[United Feature Syndicate]] (now [[Andrews McMeel Syndication]]). Initially appearing in 75 newspapers nationally, the strip quickly gained popularity. It currently appears in some 400 newspapers worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/get-fuzzy-darby-conley/|title=Get Fuzzy|work=Andrews McNeel Publishing|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>

===Reruns===
In 2011, ''Get Fuzzy'' began to incorporate reprinted strips into its daily rotation, initially alternating from week to week with new strips. The reruns became more frequent, and by November 2013, the daily strips consisted entirely of strips from previous years. New Sunday strips continued appearing sporadically until February 2019.

The lack of new content caused a decline in the popularity of ''Get Fuzzy'', and in some cases reader feedback polls were conducted as to whether to keep the strip.<ref name=SMN>{{cite news|title=Good-bye Fuzzy, hello WuMo|work=Savannah Morning News|date=Nov 30, 2013|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2013/12/01/good-bye-fuzzy-hello-wumo/13487484007/|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-date=June 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610131157/https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2013/12/01/good-bye-fuzzy-hello-wumo/13487484007/|url-status=live}}</ref> One of these was conducted by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in October 2013; the paper cited the reruns as the reason for the strip's lack of support and announced that they would be dropping it from the paper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/post-drops-get-fuzzy-o-how-high-the-tolerance-for-comic-strip-reruns/2013/10/30/a5e5987c-41b1-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_blog.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Michael|last=Cavna|title=Post Drops 'Get Fuzzy': O, how high the tolerance for comic-strip reruns?|date=31 October 2013|access-date=August 28, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802013230/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/post-drops-get-fuzzy-o-how-high-the-tolerance-for-comic-strip-reruns/2013/10/30/a5e5987c-41b1-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_blog.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Seattle Times]]'', which stopped carrying ''Get Fuzzy'' on March 3, 2014, said their reasoning was "because the creator is no longer producing new installments."<ref>Seattle Times, 3 March 2014. p. B1</ref>

==Characters==

===Main characters===
'''Rob Wilco''' is the "owner" of Satchel and Bucky and serves as the [[straight man]] sandwiched between Satchel's goofy naïveté and Bucky's cynical hostility. In the ''Get Fuzzy'' universe, virtually all animals talk, a situation that no one seems to find odd. Rob is portrayed as a bit of an [[everyman]]: a mediocre performer in a job he dislikes, not successful romantically, and an all-around relatively quiet guy with a poor haircut and chronic lower back pain. His passions, which often border on obsessions, include sports (particularly the [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[New Zealand All Blacks]]), video games, books, and guitarist [[Leo Kottke]]. He is also a strict vegetarian, due to what he feels are too cruel methods of killing the animals. The character was named for two of Conley's classmates at [[South-Doyle High School]] (then 'Doyle') in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] who were named "Rob".

'''Bucky B. Katt''' is Rob's self-absorbed and cynical [[Siamese cat]]. His ears are nearly always drawn laid back flat on his head, a feline sign of defiance, aggressiveness, and he is missing an upper canine tooth. The Humane Society found Bucky huddled on a trash can, while the cat was only a few weeks old, in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]], later to be adopted by Rob. While Bucky's father has never been mentioned, Bucky gave his mother's maiden name on a [[credit card]] application as "Tricky Woo," an allusion to the ludicrously pampered (but in fact good-natured) pet dog of that name in [[James Herriot]]'s stories of his experiences as a vet.{{Citation needed|date = May 2017}} Bucky lives in a dresser located in the hall closet of Rob's apartment because he refuses to share a room with Satchel. On most outdoor excursions, when Rob is present, Bucky is carried in a strap-on "Bundle-O-Joy" baby carrier, referenced as a way of keeping the cat out of trouble. Bucky's aggression is often directed at Satchel, although his attempts usually fail as Satchel is too kind or unaware to play along with Bucky's often ignorant dabs at [[sarcasm]]. Three obsessions dominate Bucky's life: his hatred of a neighborhood [[ferret]] named Fungo Squiggly; his desire to stop the "[[monkey]] invasion"; and wanting to film a movie or TV show about himself.

Bucky owns a miniature [[teddy bear]] named "Smacky", obtained by his refusing to exchange toys with Satchel at a "[[McDonald's|McDoodles]]" restaurant even though each had the toy the other wanted. It is one of the few objects to which he shows affection. As Christmas gifts, Bucky received two other bears which he named "[[Cracker (pejorative)|Cracker]]" and "Punk", but they do not appear as often as Smacky. Bucky also owns a [[rag doll]] named "Ms. Pretty", similar to [[Barbie]]. Bucky claims to be a fan of the "[[New York Yankees|Yankers]]", even wearing a Yankees cap throughout the series, although it appears more to be an opportunity to annoy Rob because he wouldn't let him wear his [[Boston Red Sox]] [[baseball cap]] (he calls it the "'B' is for 'Bucky' hat") than anything else. Bucky identifies as Republican as shown in strips dated July 22, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conley |first=Darby |date=2007-07-22 |title=Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for July 22, 2007 {{!}} GoComics.com |url=https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2007/07/22 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=GoComics |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328130004/http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2007/07/22 |url-status=live }}</ref> and September 12, 2008<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conley |first=Darby |date=2008-09-12 |title=Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for September 12, 2008 {{!}} GoComics.com |url=https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2008/09/12 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=GoComics |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328123822/http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2008/09/12 |url-status=live }}</ref> among others. Bucky has been shown to hold extremely reactionary political viewpoints throughout the strip, but these may not stem from actual convictions as much as a desire to antagonize Rob and Satchel, both tolerant in their views. Bucky is also frequently shown to have [[Francophobia|francophobic]] and [[anti-Quebec sentiment]]s. He regularly says words like [[Frog (pejorative)|frog]] and [[canuck]], although these (like his politics and support of the Yankees) appear to stem from the desire to antagonize Satchel for his background, rather than racism or [[Nativism (politics)|nativism]].

For all his aggressiveness, Bucky is a part of the family. When he is absorbed in some scheme, Rob and Satchel are his preferred audience; when he is not, he does take an interest in their problems, usually looking for preposterous solutions and eager to take credit for any positive development.

'''Satchel Pooch''' is Rob's overweight, naïve, and easily amused dog. His father, named [[Copernicus]], a [[Labrador Retriever]] and retired [[guide dog]], and his mother, a [[Shar Pei]], live in [[Chéticamp, Nova Scotia]]. It is suggested by Rob's friend Joe Doman, that he is named after the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] player [[Satchel Paige]]. Satchel is kind, gentle, and sympathetic. These traits, coupled with his naïveté and gullibility, make him a natural target for the scheming Bucky. Satchel's personality serves as [[comedic foil|foil]] to that of Bucky's: easy to please, [[Optimism|optimistic]] to the extreme, having little more [[common sense]] than Bucky, and perfectly content to peacefully coexist with everyone. He is good friends with Bucky's nemesis, Fungo Squiggly, much to Bucky's dismay.

True to his character, Satchel takes a neutral position in the ongoing [[Major League Baseball]] feud between professed [[New York Yankees]] fan Bucky and rabid [[Boston Red Sox]] fan Rob. Satchel occasionally expresses support for the [[Chicago Cubs]]-although he once was punished by being forced to wear a Cubs hat, dubbed the "hat of shame" in reference to the team's [[Curse of the Billy Goat|long record of futility]]. Satchel is also proud of his Canadian and European heritage, taking the time to watch [[Queen Elizabeth II]] whenever the [[monarchy|royal figure]] is on television. Satchel holds to a very [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal political viewpoint]] and is an [[animal rights]] supporter; occasionally asking Rob for money to donate to [[PETA]] or [[Greenpeace]]. Although Satchel cannot tell time, he wears a [[watch]] that he calls "Handy".

===Secondary characters===

'''Joe Doman''', Rob's friend and co-worker. One of the few people who gets along reasonably well with Bucky and has pet-sat Bucky and Satchel a few times. Although Joe was frequently seen in the strips early years, this has decreased since taking a job in France. Joe is also a fan of [[Rugby union|rugby]], having worn a jersey of the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scottish national team]] on a golf outing.

'''Francis Wilco''', Rob's father. A retired [[firefighter]] and former member of the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He reluctantly pet-sits Bucky and Satchel from time to time, has thinning hair, and is usually pictured with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

'''Fungo Squiggly''', the pet ferret of the neighboring Garcia family, who is Satchel's friend and Bucky's rival. Fungo does not have any audible speaking lines throughout the entire strip, but is able to communicate by writing out his thoughts (although Satchel can apparently understand ferret-speak). Fungo and Bucky take the impetus given by their rivalry as a chance to keep their hatred for each other going strong by setting traps for each other or playing tricks, such as Bucky's challenging Fungo to a duel or Fungo's stealing Bucky's closet space. The exact motive for Bucky's hatred of Fungo is unexplained, although it is possible that Bucky may mistake Fungo for some sort of rodent, as Bucky has referred to him as a "rat" or "rodent" at various times.

'''Chubby Huggs''', a portly, interminably cheerful cat who believes positive reinforcement (mostly through hugging) solves all problems. Rob refers to him as the [[Dalai Lama]] of cats because of his peacemaking abilities. Once Chubby is locked in his hug position, he is unable to move for 10 minutes—a fact Rob used against him by tricking Chubby into hugging a teddy bear tightly so Satchel could carry him home. He once had a "little mouse friend" named Fowly Mouse who hated him and was vicious toward him, even though Chubby would take the threats as words of kindness, à la Ignatz Mouse and [[Krazy Kat]].

'''Mac Manc McManx''', Bucky's cousin from [[Manchester, England]]. Mac speaks in British slang and is an ardent supporter of Manchester City Football Club. Mac's father arrived in England during the [[Gulf War|First Gulf War]] from a place Mac only remembers being called "Otis", so Rob tells Bucky that his family is from Massachusetts, to which Bucky replies, "Blast! I'm a filthy communist!!!". Mac's mother is from [[Hartlepool]].<ref>Conley, Darby. "Dumb Heart: A Get Fuzzy Collection". p. 52</ref> Mac spent three and a half years at Rob's apartment and has come back and forth since that time. It is implied that Rob originally let Mac stay at the apartment since he and Satchel never came up with an effective way of getting Mac to leave.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/2010-12-28/|title=Get Fuzzy Comic Strip, 28 December 2010|author=Darby Conley|work=GoComics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231190749/http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/2010-12-28|archive-date=31 December 2010}}</ref>

'''Foodar''' is a Canadian cat with a radar-like-seventh sense (according to Bucky all cats have six senses, the sixth being knowing which humans are afraid of them or dislike them so they can sit on their laps) that allows him to detect food at great distances (though he doesn't bother detecting fruit or vegetables). His name is a [[portmanteau]] of 'food' and 'radar'.

'''Oreo''' is Satchel's friend and love interest from his puppy days, but over the years she seems to have lost interest in him. She has the fur patterns of a Border Collie, has black and white fur, and wears a collar with a heart-shaped medallion.

'''Ira Chihuahua''' is a generally irritable [[Chihuahua (dog)|Chihuahua]] who first appeared in Satchel's dog conference. Ira prefers to go by his initial, I (as a play on the term "ai chihuahua"). He apparently likes to play in garbage and once contracted [[Helminthiasis|worms]].

'''Shakespug''' is a small pug who wears a green dishwashing glove, and usually applies Shakespearean quotes to his speech. Shakespug also seems to understand Mac Manc McManx the best through his "Brit-speak".

'''Motor''' is a dog who is Satchel's friend. He is 3/4 Belgian Tervuren and gets offended when someone calls him a German Shepherd.

==Books==

===Collections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Publication Date
!ISBN
!Strips Collected
|-
|''The Dog Is Not a Toy (House Rule #4)''
|April 15, 2001
|{{ISBN|0-7407-1392-2}}
|September 6, 1999 – June 17, 2000
|-
|''Fuzzy Logic''
|April 1, 2002
|{{ISBN|0-7407-2198-4}}
|June 18, 2000 – March 25, 2001
|-
|''The Get Fuzzy Experience: Are You Bucksperienced ''
|April 2, 2003
|{{ISBN|0-7407-3300-1}}
|March 26, 2001 – January 12, 2002
|-
|''Blueprint for Disaster''
|October 1, 2003
|{{ISBN|0-7407-3808-9}}
|January 13, 2002 – November 9, 2002
|-
|''Say Cheesy''
|May 28, 2005
|{{ISBN|0-7407-4663-4}}
|November 10, 2002 – August 31, 2003
|-
|''Scrum Bums''
|September 1, 2006
|{{ISBN|0-7407-5001-1}}
|September 1, 2003 – June 13, 2004
|-
|''I'm Ready for My Movie Contract''
|September 1, 2007
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-6922-1}}
|June 14, 2004 – March 26, 2005
|-
|''Take Our Cat, Please!''
|May 1, 2008
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-7095-1}}
|March 27, 2005 – January 29, 2006{{efn|May 13, 2005 strip is excluded due to its resulting controversy.}}
|-
|''Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky''
|April 21, 2009
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-8098-1}}
|January 30, 2006 – December 9, 2006
|-
|''Dumbheart''
|October 20, 2009
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-9189-5}}
|December 10, 2006 – October 7, 2007
|-
|''Masters of the Nonsenseverse''
|December 13, 2011
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-2020-8}}
|October 8, 2007 – August 9, 2008
|-
|''Survival of the Filthiest''
|May 29, 2012
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-2190-8}}
|August 10, 2008 – July 5, 2009
|-
|''The Birth of Canis''
|May 28, 2013
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-2776-4}}
|July 6, 2009 – May 23, 2010
|-
|''The Fuzzy Bunch''
|October 22, 2013
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-2939-3}}
|May 24, 2010 – April 23, 2011
|-
|''You Can't Fight Crazy''
|November 4, 2014
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-5994-9}}
|April 24, 2011 – July 14, 2012
|-
|''Clean Up on Aisle Stupid''<ref>{{cite book|title=Clean Up on Aisle Stupid: A Get Fuzzy Collection|isbn=978-1449462949|last=Conley|first=Darby|year=2015|publisher=Andrews McMeel }}</ref>
|November 17, 2015
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-6294-9}}
|July 15, 2012 – May 25, 2014
|-
|''Catabunga!''<ref>{{cite book|title=Catabunga!: A Get Fuzzy Collection|isbn=978-1449487102|last=Conley|first=Darby|year=2017|publisher=Andrews McMeel }}</ref>
|November 14, 2017
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-8710-2}}
|June 1, 2014 – April 23, 2017
|}

===Treasuries===
Treasuries contain two [[Comics collection|collections]] in one binding with some [[Sunday comics|color strips]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Date
!ISBN
!Notes
|-
|''Groovitude''
|September 2, 2002
|{{ISBN|0-7407-2894-6}}
|Contains ''The Dog Is Not a Toy'' and ''Fuzzy Logic''
|-
|''Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun''
|April 2004
|{{ISBN|0-7407-4136-5}}
|Contains ''The Get Fuzzy Experience'' and ''Blueprint for Disaster''
|-
|''Loserpalooza''
|May 7, 2007
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-5709-9}}
|Contains ''Say Cheesy'' and ''Scrum Bums''
|-
|''The Potpourrific Great Big Grab Bag of Get Fuzzy''
|September 1, 2008
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-7367-9}}
|Contains ''I'm Ready for My Movie Contract'' and ''Take Our Cat, Please''
|-
|''Treasury of the Lost Litter Box''
|May 4, 2010
|{{ISBN|978-0-7407-9335-6}}
|Contains ''Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky'' and ''Dumbheart''
|-
|''The Stinking''
|November 20, 2012
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-2798-6}}
|Contains ''Masters of the Nonsenseverse'' and ''Survival of the Filthiest''
|-
|''Jerktastic Park''
|May 6, 2014
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-4658-1}}
|Contains ''The Birth of Canis'' and ''The Fuzzy Bunch''
|-
|''I'm Gluten Furious''<ref>{{cite book|title=I'm Gluten Furious: A Get Fuzzy Treasury|isbn=978-1449463014|last=Conley|first=Darby|year=2016|publisher=Andrews McMeel }}</ref>
|April 19, 2016
|{{ISBN|978-1-4494-6301-4}}
|Contains ''You Can't Fight Crazy'' and ''Clean Up on Aisle Stupid''
|}

;Note:
{{Notelist}}

==Reception and awards==
Conley received the [[National Cartoonist Society]] Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 2002 for his work on ''Get Fuzzy''.

===Controversies===
Residents of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] reacted angrily to the October 30, 2003 strip, in which Pittsburgh—in an apparent inside joke—was made out as smelly. Conley said he received [[hate mail]] and even death threats in response.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/travelgetaways/2613194/detail.html|title=Pittsburgh Not Laughing At Smelly Joke|publisher=KCRA Sacramento|date=15 November 2003|access-date=13 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204090709/http://www.kcra.com/travelgetaways/2613194/detail.html|archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref> An apology promised by Conley took an unexpected form; his November 17 strip questioned why the Pittsburgh joke caused such an uproar, and noted that several protesters stated that [[New Jersey]] smelled worse than Pittsburgh. Satchel closes the strip by explaining that the original strip "should have made it more clear that it was [nearby borough] [[Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania|Sewickley Heights]] that smells", coupled with a [[post-it]] note advertising an apology to Sewickley Heights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03322/240984.stm|title=Comic strip apology to Pittsburgh really isn't|publisher=Post-gazette.com|date=18 November 2003|access-date=13 May 2010|first=Dan|last=Fitzpatrick|archive-date=February 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222211112/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03322/240984.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Bob Lobel]], the longtime sports director for [[WBZ-TV]] in Boston, filed a libel suit against [[Darby Conley]], [[United Feature Syndicate]], and The Standard-Times of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]] for implying that Lobel was intoxicated while on air;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conley |first=Darby |date=2005-05-13 |title=Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for May 13, 2005 {{!}} GoComics.com |url=https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2005/05/13 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=GoComics |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328134003/http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2005/05/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> the lawsuit was settled out-of-court in November 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20051120/opinion/311209928|title=Our apology to sportscaster Bob Lobel|accessdate=20 March 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417113548/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20051120/opinion/311209928|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy}} at [[GoComics]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080629073540/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp NCS Awards]

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