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Get Fuzzy: Creepy Clown rating: 1 Creepy Clown (1 C.C. = awesome comic; 5 C.C. = it sucks).
See? Here's another good one. Wow! The comics are actually better than I thought! I think, though, that the bad ones are so bad that they taint the rest of them. It's like, Kevin Costner has had a pretty good career, with some really great movies, but Waterworld? The Postman? They suck, and they make us think Kevin Costner sucks. Maybe he does, but he's not as bad as all that.
[this development puzzles me (the comics, not Kevin Costner), to say the least, and I may just abandon this concept of rating all the comics, and go back to the original idea of sticking to the bad ones.]
Anyway, Get Fuzzy is funny, and it took me a while to figure this out, but it's basically the funny Garfield. Or, it's Garfield for adults. You have a single guy and his talking pets -- a pain in the ass, lazy cat and a dumb, overly excited dog. There are plenty of sight gags (usually on Rob's tshirts or hats), enough pop culture references to make it seem up to date, without necessarily being a strip about pop culture. All very good.
Still, though, I have no idea what the heck this was all about. I always hate it when a comic seems smarter than I am. You know the feeling? Like if you just understood the reference or were clued in to one crucial bit of pop culture, you'd get the joke. It's one big reason I think Zippy the Pinhead sucks. Someone more in tune to the post modern deconstruction of American architectural kitsch may disagree. That's fine.
Oh? And today's Boondocks? Yeah, Poor Hootie. I had no idea that was Hootie until I was watching basketball with some friends this weekend. Oh, Hootie. Let Her Cry, indeed.
See? Here's another good one. Wow! The comics are actually better than I thought! I think, though, that the bad ones are so bad that they taint the rest of them. It's like, Kevin Costner has had a pretty good career, with some really great movies, but Waterworld? The Postman? They suck, and they make us think Kevin Costner sucks. Maybe he does, but he's not as bad as all that.
[this development puzzles me (the comics, not Kevin Costner), to say the least, and I may just abandon this concept of rating all the comics, and go back to the original idea of sticking to the bad ones.]
Anyway, Get Fuzzy is funny, and it took me a while to figure this out, but it's basically the funny Garfield. Or, it's Garfield for adults. You have a single guy and his talking pets -- a pain in the ass, lazy cat and a dumb, overly excited dog. There are plenty of sight gags (usually on Rob's tshirts or hats), enough pop culture references to make it seem up to date, without necessarily being a strip about pop culture. All very good.
Still, though, I have no idea what the heck this was all about. I always hate it when a comic seems smarter than I am. You know the feeling? Like if you just understood the reference or were clued in to one crucial bit of pop culture, you'd get the joke. It's one big reason I think Zippy the Pinhead sucks. Someone more in tune to the post modern deconstruction of American architectural kitsch may disagree. That's fine.
Oh? And today's Boondocks? Yeah, Poor Hootie. I had no idea that was Hootie until I was watching basketball with some friends this weekend. Oh, Hootie. Let Her Cry, indeed.
posted by big al at 2:40 PM
2 Comments:
While I don't think Zippy is like the most awesomest ever, I don't think it's awful and even sometimes clever.
Or maybe I just like to think of myself as in tune with postmodern American architectural kitsch. (most likely)
-Emily
I still kinda like Get Fuzzy but the more I read it the more I'm growing NOT to like it. I can think of only one time that it's actually made me laugh, and that was when the punchline was a line from an old Steve Martin stand-up act ("May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?"). Like today's strip. I read it and I feel a glimmer of funny deep within my bowels, but it's not enough to elicit a laugh or even a smile. It's sort of like watching a comedian with bad timing; it's well-written and it's a pretty good joke but damn if I just don't laugh at it.
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