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 Get Fuzzy is created by Darby Conley, an illustrator and former elementary school teacher. He grew up with Richard Scarry, Peanuts, and Tintin books (in that order), and always wanted to be a cartoonist. Born in Concord, Mass., he spent most of his childhood in Knoxville, Tenn. He came north again to attend Amherst College, where he earned a Fine Arts degree. At Amherst, he sang in an a cappella group, played rugby, and drew cartoons for the newspaper, the Amherst Student. He is grateful that, of all the bones he broke playing rugby, none of them were in his right hand. "I grew up with Patch, the greatest dog in the world," says Conley, a single guy who now lives in a Boston apartment where pets are banned. "I am a great 'animal watcher.' I hang out with stray cats and other people's dogs, not to mention the rats in the subway." Conley was the only male teacher (i.e., "human jungle gym") at an elementary school where he taught fourth and second grades. He was also the art director for a museum. His first real job was putting boats and mountain bikes together at an outdoor sports store, work that he says shredded his hands. The best job he's held to date (except cartoonist, of course) was his stint as a lifeguard at a pool where no one ever actually swam, so he could draw to his heart's content.
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