"Stearn is an exceptional artist whose work is far too seldom seen." — The Comics Journal Ted Stearn is a New York cartoonist/animator who is currently a mainstay at MTV Animation, his credits including Beavis and Butthead and Daria . Fuzz and Pluck—his first book collection—documents the hilarious and existential adventures of a rather annoyed plucked chicken and a dull but lovable bear. Originally serialized in the leading alternative comics anthology Zero Zero, Fuzz and Pluck features ten new pages of never before seen material (including a parody of Cervantes' Don Quixote ). Fuzz and Pluck is a picaresque romp through a surreal world that continually thwarts our protagonists' attempts to live simply and peacefully. "Ted Stearn's farcical tale of a struggle for survival is as cruel as it is funny, as absurd as life itself. This is a remarkable, beautifully drawn book by one of my favorite artists." — David Mazzucchelli, Rubber Blanket " Fuzz and Pluck is like Luis Buñuel, Samuel Beckett, Lewis Carroll, and Abbott and Costello having a circle jerk in Ted Stearn's brain." — Kaz, Underwater "Ted Stearn's Fuzz and Pluck possess more life and humanity than most humans. Plus, they are ursine and foul and artfully hatched." — Gary Panter, Jimbo " Fuzz and Pluck is a highly qualified addition to the Fantagraphics roundtable of \`Haute Couture." — Chris Ware, The ACME Novelty Library

Fuzz Pluck: Splitsville tells the hilariously bizarre adventures of Pluck, an irritable and featherless rooster, and his best pal, the awkwardly unsocialized but lovable teddy bear known as Fuzz. These two usually inseparable and co-dependent misfits find themselves suddenly separated and alone. Pluck vows to establish his place in the world's pecking order by becoming a champion gladiator, while the more demure Fuzz finds himself a POW in a stuffed animal collection, only to escape and befriend a mercurial ferryman who recruits him for an impossible task. These absurdities pile on and eventually converge in a fatal collision course that reunites our heroes. Fuzz Pluck is an odd, and unusually original graphic novel, a "funny animal" comic that is surprisingly human. Rich with pathos, wit, farce, existentialism and drama, often cruel, always funny, this superficially ridiculous struggle for survival is an Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups that reaches absurdly delightful heights. As Simpsons creator Matt Groening says, "This epic tale of a hapless li'l bear and his defeathered friend is why I love comics. All hail the peculiar Fuzz Pluck and their creator, Ted Stearn!" Ted Stearn is longtime storyboard artist for animation. Fuzz Pluck is the author's most personal work, showcasing his vivid imagination and meticulous draughtsmanship.

A bear and chicken have darkly comic adventures in this Winnie the Pooh -for-adults-esque graphic novel. Pluck, an irritable and featherless rooster, and his best pal, the awkward-but-lovable teddy bear known as Fuzz, met long ago in a garbage truck. A tenuous―if decidedly co-dependent―friendship followed, sending them on a series of not-so-heroic adventures. But now, we find them on a ramshackle barge, slowly drifting out to sea. How did they get there? How will they escape? Black & white illustrations throughout.