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Comics Update: August, 2001
This update includes new features at Comics.com and an exclusive interview with Get Fuzzy creator Darby Conley!
Comics by E-mail
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Coming soon, you can register to get a variety of comics daily by e-mail. In the next few weeks, an announcement on the Comics.com home page will let you know how to be one of the first to sign up.
You can get Dilbert by e-mail right now! Subscribe at:
http://www.dilbert.com/dailydilbert/registration
Comic Categories
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Our new category groupings make it easy to find new comics you might like. Maybe you're a fan of the offbeat, you're looking for web exclusives, or you just want to read every comic about cats! You can now quickly find the comics that match your interests.
To find comic categories, click on the "comics" tab on the Comics.com home page, or go to:
http://www.comics.com/categories/index.html
Dilbert Wallpaper
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Banish the demons of stupidity from your desktop - download wallpaper featuring your favorite Dilbert characters. The Dogbert wallpaper is especially helpful if there's any stupidity where you work.
Choose a pattern at:
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/scoop/wallpaper.html
Dilbert E-Cards
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Now you can send Dilbert E-Cards (some of them animated!) for birthdays and other occasions, or just to send a greeting from your cubicle to a friend's.
Choose a card at:
http://www.dilbert.americangreetings.com
Dilbert Store - Wider Strip Selection
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Choose a strip to have custom printed on a T-shirt or sweatshirt.
23 strips have been added to the selection!
Select a strip at:
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/category.aspx?category=Dilbert
Looking for Opinions?
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Whether it's stem cell research, taxes, sports or the Middle East, our editorial cartoonists highlight the humor in current events. If you've heard the news, you'll enjoy the cartoons!
http://www.comics.com/editoons/schorr/index.html
Q and A with Get Fuzzy Creator Darby Conley
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How did you come up with your characters?
The characters aren't really based on anyone or anything specific. I don't look like Rob, though he is named after two of my best friends from Knoxville, Tennessee, where I grew up (conveniently, they're both named "Rob"); and Rob's friend Joe is named after a good friend of mine from college. Embarrassingly, if Bucky reflects anyone or anything that I've ever known, it would probably be me... he is the immature, obnoxious voice in my head that I'm continually repressing. I tell myself that we all have that voice, and man, I hope that's true... at least I know that CATS have it...
Is your house full of pets?
I'm ashamed to say it, but I don't actually have any animals at the moment, no... But that's by necessity, not design. I'd have a house full of critters if I could. I grew up with the best dog in the world (other than yours, of course), "Patch," and around a lot of hysterical, shell-shocked cats. Animals are without doubt my favorite people in the world and until I settle down enough to rescue some of my own guyzos from a shelter, I spend time with friends' pets and even strange dogs in the parks around Boston.
Is "Darby" your real name? Is it even a real name at all, or is it short for something else?
Darby is my real name, yes. It's short for "Darbiliscious." It's French-Canadian, I think.
Get Fuzzy Merchandise
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Get strips custom printed on T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs and mouse pads! 18 strips have been added to the selection.
Select a strip at:
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/category.aspx?category=getfuzzy
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