Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for February 04, 2017

I wonder what horses are like in the Fuzzyverse.

I didn’t know Satch could go to the park with his buddies, and no adult supervision.

Where do they carry their poop bags?

I just discovered something fascinating about the new GC pages.

I wanted to check the original version of this strip because I felt there was a lack of continuity with yesterday’s (I was wrong BTW).

And I found it. But at least at this time the image of the strip itself is broken:

http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2009/06/13

This reveals that behind the strip there is a transcript of the strip itself!

In case they fix the image, this is the transcript (taken from the HTML source code):

Satchel says, “Alright, boys? To the park!” Dog says, “It’s party time!” Dog says, “Where’s the frisbee? Go get the frisbee, spooch.” Satchel says, “Uh?no, Bucky’s asleep o the frisbee. To the park!” Dog says, “Gotcha to the park!” Dog says, “Who is Bucky? Let’s go wake him up.” Dog says, “Why are you looking at me like that? Is he big or something?” Dog says, “‘Big’? Fortunately, no. But if he’d made the height requirement, he’d be the 5th horseman.” Satchel says, “War, death, famine and cat-hair-in-your-food! Ha ha! Wait, that’s not funny…”

This page also reveals the transcript:

http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2009/06/16

The odd thing is that while all the Get Fuzzy strips from that time seem to have the transcripts embedded, their recent re-runs don’t have it.

That’s a pity, because embedded transcripts could eventually mean that strips would be easier to find via Google and other search engines.

I guess Darby left out Pestilence (Disease) because he was running out of space for lettering?

In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, the 5th Horseman is Chaos.

Hmm, just a few weeks ago I was complaining that I was about to quit the strip if they didn’t go outside. How long has it been that they have been apartment bound?

It might be time for the carrot and stick approach on Bucky…..chew on the carrot while you swing the stick…it worked with the dog who carried the baseball bat.

So lets see, the Five Horsemen, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard and Bucky Katt.

I’m starting to think the re-runs are being cherry picked for a more current feeling….