Get Fuzzy is pretty geeky too (just not computer-geeky). How does it come across as yuppie?
Incidentally, once I read an interview with Darby Conley (which I can't find anymore) where he mentioned that his "proxy" character (at least personality-wise) isn't Rob, but Bucky. I found that pretty interesting, especially since Bucky is definitely the antagonist of the strip. (Though in other interviews he's said that Bucky and Satchel are just representations of the different urges in his head and Bucky is the one he ignores.)
Also! Ozy and Millie isn't a furry strip, it's a cartoon animal strip.
Discuss.
A furry strip is about humans with animal heads grafted onto them, wanting to do sexy things to each other. A cartoon animal strip is about metaphorical humans using a non-human appearance as a level of abstraction.
A furry strip is about humans with animal heads grafted onto them, wanting to do sexy things to each other. A cartoon animal strip is about metaphorical humans using a non-human appearance as a level of abstraction.
Bugs Bunny was not a furry.
True, but I don't think that sex is a necessary ingredient in the furry formula. Ozy and Millie is largely identified with in the furry community, and the author himself has two "fursonas".
The line can be kind of hard to distinguish.
The rule of thumb I generally follow is: If the animals in the strip wear clothing (as their regular appearance, I mean, not when Bugs Bunny dresses up in drag) or if they have human-esque hair on their heads, or if their bodies are otherwise overtly human in an anatomical sense, then it's a furry strip. Otherwise, it's a talking animal strip.
Another thing to look out for is a complete absence of humans, since most non-furry cartoons and comics have at least one human in the universe, and furries don't want lousy mundane hyooomans anywhere near their magical animal land.
Of course, these are just general guidelines and aren't always correct; Disney cartoons break several of these rules and most people don't consider them furry.
Ultimately the definition is, I think, more influenced by intangible variables, like the attitude of the author, and its reception among the furry and non-furry demographics.
For example, the Furry movement didn't exist in 1973, but the animated film "Robin Hood" has been claimed and accepted by the furry community, and it's seen as one of the prime examples of animation within the fandom.
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Mutts is Marmaduke for dog lovers who are 95 years old and forgot what humor is.
B.C. is Overboard for Christians.
Overboard is B.C. for atheists.
Get Fuzzy is Fox Trot for yuppies.
Fox Trot is Get Fuzzy for geeks.
Bloom County was Doonesbury for penguin lovers.
Ozy and Millie is Calvin and Hobbes for furries.
Cat and Girl is Calvin and Hobbes for pretentious pseudo-intellectuals.
Boxjam's Doodle is Peanuts for people who still identify with Charlie Brown into their 30s.
Dinosaur Comics is The Angriest Dog In The World for people who enjoy humor.
Achewood is for people who enjoy the finer things in life.
Triangle and Robert is for Patrick Shaughnessy.
Listening to 11.975 MHz is ***CARRIER LOST***
Trix are for kids.
Incidentally, once I read an interview with Darby Conley (which I can't find anymore) where he mentioned that his "proxy" character (at least personality-wise) isn't Rob, but Bucky. I found that pretty interesting, especially since Bucky is definitely the antagonist of the strip. (Though in other interviews he's said that Bucky and Satchel are just representations of the different urges in his head and Bucky is the one he ignores.)
Also! Ozy and Millie isn't a furry strip, it's a cartoon animal strip.
Discuss.
What's the difference?
Bugs Bunny was not a furry.
True, but I don't think that sex is a necessary ingredient in the furry formula. Ozy and Millie is largely identified with in the furry community, and the author himself has two "fursonas".
The line can be kind of hard to distinguish.
The rule of thumb I generally follow is: If the animals in the strip wear clothing (as their regular appearance, I mean, not when Bugs Bunny dresses up in drag) or if they have human-esque hair on their heads, or if their bodies are otherwise overtly human in an anatomical sense, then it's a furry strip. Otherwise, it's a talking animal strip.
Another thing to look out for is a complete absence of humans, since most non-furry cartoons and comics have at least one human in the universe, and furries don't want lousy mundane hyooomans anywhere near their magical animal land.
Of course, these are just general guidelines and aren't always correct; Disney cartoons break several of these rules and most people don't consider them furry.
Ultimately the definition is, I think, more influenced by intangible variables, like the attitude of the author, and its reception among the furry and non-furry demographics.
For example, the Furry movement didn't exist in 1973, but the animated film "Robin Hood" has been claimed and accepted by the furry community, and it's seen as one of the prime examples of animation within the fandom.
So yeah, it's mostly semantics.