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  get fuzzy

  an apology

  I must confess that when I invented the characters for what was to become the comic strip “get fuzzy,” I had never owned a cat.

  I never really spent too much time with them, either, as I grew up in Tennessee, smack-dab in the middle of America’s hound belt. The cats in Knoxville in the ’70s and ’80s were few, far between, and deep in hiding.

  I thought the idea of psychotic cats, scratched-up furniture, and gooey hairballs was funny.

  But now I have a cat.

  And I have furniture that’s been destroyed.

  And I have a cabinet full of enzyme-based cleaning products.

  And I have some of those flesh wounds which seemed so comical on other people.

  And I’ve come to the conclusion that, well . . . cats aren’t funny. I understand that now.

  So as you read this book, please remember that it was written out of ignorance, and

  I am sorry.

  Sorry and ignorant.

  But mostly just sorry, ’cause, you know . . . I got the cat now.

  Sorry.

  Respectfully,

  darby conley

  Other Books by Darby Conley

  The Dog Is Not a Toy (House Rule #4)

  Fuzzy Logic: Get Fuzzy 2

  Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury

  The Get Fuzzy Experience: Are You Bucksperienced

  I Would Have Bought You a Cat, But . . .

  Blueprint for Disaster

  Get Fuzzy is distributed internationally by Universal Uclick.

  Bucky Katt’s Big Book of Fun copyright © 2004 by Darby Conley. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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  ISBN: 978-1-4494-2587-6

  Library of Congress Control Number: 2003113251

  Get Fuzzy can be viewed on the Internet at:

  www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy

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  Get Fuzzy first appeared in newspapers in 1999. Darby Conley lives in Boston, with four cats and three boxes of Band-Aids.

 

 

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