▁his ▁brother ' s ▁band , ▁the ▁F uz zy ▁Spr outs . ▁" Life ' s ▁too ▁short ▁to ▁be ▁cool ," ▁the ▁poster ▁read , ▁" Get ▁F uz zy ." ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁ ▁Get ▁F uz zy ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁by ▁United ▁Fe ature ▁Sy nd icate ▁since ▁September ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁Initial ly ▁appearing ▁in ▁ 7 5 ▁newsp apers ▁nation ally , ▁the ▁strip ▁grew ▁in ▁popular ity ▁very ▁quickly . ▁It ▁currently ▁appears ▁in ▁over ▁ 7 0 0 ▁newsp apers ▁world wide . ▁ ▁R er uns ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Get ▁F uz zy ▁began ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁repr int ed ▁stri ps ▁into ▁its ▁daily ▁rotation . ▁Initial ly , ▁these ▁would ▁alternate ▁from ▁week ▁to ▁week ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁strip . ▁Event ually , ▁the ▁r er uns ▁became ▁more ▁frequent , ▁and ▁by ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁daily ▁Get ▁F uz zy ▁stri ps ▁consisted ▁entirely ▁of ▁stri ps ▁from ▁previous ▁years . ▁New ▁Sunday ▁stri ps ▁continued ▁appearing ▁sp or ad ically ▁through ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁lack ▁of ▁new ▁content ▁has ▁caused ▁a ▁significant ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁Get ▁F uz zy , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁reader ▁feedback ▁pol ls ▁have ▁been ▁conducted ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁strip . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post