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''Sam and Fuzzy'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Sam Logan. It initially appeared in 2001 in The Martlet as a four-panel gag strip with a rough yet consistent, heavily contrasting black and white style. In May 2002 Logan began posting the strips on his website, and it quickly transitioned to an online format. Since then, it has run over 1600 strips, and developed into a more story-driven format with multiple short arcs connecting into longer epic "volumes." The comic is about the unusual friendship between its title characters, a young adult named Sam and a mischievous, unruly bear-like creature called Fuzzy. Sam struggles with his insecurities and his need for direction, while Fuzzy generally creates mayhem, disrupting Sam's life. Despite the comic's shift from a slice-of-life format to an action-adventure story, this character dynamic has continued to drive much of the comic's humor and drama. The comic has become known for its increasingly intricate plots, which involve conflicts with supernatural adversaries and the "Ninja Mafia" crime syndicate. ==Author and History== The comic is written and drawn by Sam Logan, a Canadian hailing from Victoria, British Columbia. In addition to his work in comics and freelance illustration, Sam is the graphic designer for Canadian children's science magazines (YES Mag ) and (KNOW ). Logan is also the chairman of Dayfree Press, an informal webcomic syndicate containing other popular webcomics such as ''Girly'', ''Able and Baker'', ''Questionable Content'' and ''White Ninja Comics''. Although ''Sam and Fuzzy'' is less well known than some other online comics, it has a very loyal and loving following, and has been linked to by prominent webcomics such as ''Scary Go Round'', ''Penny Arcade'' and ''Ctrl+Alt+Del''. The evolution of Logan's visual style and story structures can be seen throughout the course of the comic. Early comics conform to the one "page," 4-panel format. A consistent format was necessary for publication in The Martlet, the student newspaper of the University of Victoria located in Sam Logan's home town of Victoria, British Columbia. As the comic gained its primary audience through the website, Sam gradually experimented with other layouts, occasionally doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling the usual comic size. ''Sam and Fuzzy'' now regularly features at least two "pages" in each strip, and in 2009 Sam introduced a single shade of gray for more variation in the art. Certain ''Sam and Fuzzy'' strips were collected into three "mini-books" ("Weekly World ''Sam and Fuzzy''," "Noosehead," and "Skull Panda in Love"). These books were created primarily as a gateway for new readers at ComicCon, containing popular strips and exclusive original strips. In 2010, Sam published the first book-length collection, Sam and Fuzzy Fix Your Problem. Although the book collects strips from the story-line of the same name beginning in 2009, the book is numbered as the first volume. The second print volume, Sam and Fuzzy Are Very Famous, is forthcoming, and Logan hopes to publish further collections of future stories as well as older material. As a running joke in news posts and at conventions, Sam Logan often suggests that he has a fierce rivalry with ''Questionable Content'' author Jeph Jacques. They regularly sling humorous accusations at one another, including in the foreword of Sam's first print book. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam and Fuzzy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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