everyone is getting serious about get fuzzy
Get Fuzzy is the hottest comics property since Dilbert
NEW YORK, NY - June 10, 2003 - The most cut-out, downloaded and e-mailed comic property from United Media since Dilbert is Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley. On its way to being a sure fire hit, the new bitingly hilarious comic strip is read in 400 newspapers worldwide, is the most read strip on www.comics.com, and garners one of the largest number of subscribers on the site's daily comic e-mail service. In just a short amount of time, Get Fuzzy's publishing program has experienced phenomenal success for a new up and coming property.
Early Get Fuzzy publishing highlights include:
The 2001 debut of the first Get Fuzzy reprint book, The Dog is Not a Toy. The Andrews McMeel book was so popular that the first printing sold out in a matter of weeks! It was also in the top 100 sellers list on Amazon.com for six weeks running.
The successful build of the Get Fuzzy publishing program with the release of the second reprint book entitled Fuzzy Logic -- launched with an in-store signage program at Borders/Waldenbooks. The third book, a treasury entitled Groovitude was unleashed in September of 2002.
The continual bestselling achievements of the most recent reprint book, The Get Fuzzy Experience - Are You Bucksperienced released in April of this year. Having experienced nearly a month of bestseller success on both the New York Times and Amazon.com lists, the latest Get Fuzzy installment has been an instant hit at bookstores, ranking #1 in the humor section in its first week at Barnes & Noble.
The popularity of the 2003 wall calendar and page-a-day calendars - so successful that in 2004 Andrews McMeel will be adding a third format - engagement calendars! Look for these calendars to hit stores in August 2003.
"In just a short amount of time, Darby Conley's Get Fuzzy has garnered quite a significant fan base and is primed for future growth. The three main characters, Rob, Bucky, and Satchel are well-developed and have an attitude that appeal to today's consumer taste," said Helene Gordon, Vice President, Sales at United Media. "The publishing accomplishments of this hip new comic strip property give us great leverage as we strategize our plans for a more fully fleshed out licensing program."
Coming off the heels of being named the "Best Newspaper Comic Strip" of 2002 by the National Cartoonists Society, more good things are on the way for Get Fuzzy. Just recently, the popular strip's first gift book, I Would Have Bought You A Cat, But- was released. The quirky hardcover gift book addresses all the reasons you may not want to receive a cat as a gift. This fall, consumers also should be on the lookout for new watches and plush.
ABOUT GET FUZZY
When he was a child, Darby Conley used to wonder what his beloved dog Patch was thinking. That curiosity led to his creation of the hilarious strip Get Fuzzy in 1999, which has rapidly become one of the most popular cartoons in newspaper syndication. Showcasing the relationship between Bucky, a temperamental cat with an attitude; the sweet and sensitive dog Satchel; and their mild-mannered human companion, Rob Wilco, Get Fuzzy has cornered the market on anthropomorphic antics. Anyone who finds animals both amazing and amusing will find Get Fuzzy to be bitingly hilarious. Get Fuzzy appears in 400 newspapers worldwide including, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Seattle Times. Get Fuzzy is the most read strip on comics.com and garners one of the largest number of subscribers on the site's daily comic e-mail service.BACK TO TOP