The Far Side

[Napoleon]

Larson was on NPR this morning talking about his new anthology, "The Complete Far Side". Boy did I love that cartoon.

http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1481038.html

[Warlock!]

Far Side ruled. Now I have somethin to ask for on Christmas. Thanx, Nappy!

Warlock!

[Ankf00]

far side Tshirts were the best in middle school :)

[mapguy]

My favorite Far Side 'toon.

http://ptty.loxinfo.co.th/~jburen/farside/archive/schlgift.gif

[IlliniRacer]

Originally posted by mapguy
My favorite Far Side 'toon.

http://ptty.loxinfo.co.th/~jburen/farside/archive/schlgift.gif

As I type, I am drinking my coffee from this mug!

[RacinM3]

Best comic ever. EVER!!

The one with the cow ding-dong-ditching the farmer was a classic too.

[FTG]

"The real reason dinosaurs became extinct."

[RaceGrrl]

"Car!!!!"

[chop456]

"Boneless Chicken Ranch"

I haven't read the comics since Calvin and Hobbs and The Far Side left.

[devilmaster]

In my best Homer Simpson voice.....

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Steve

[rabbit]

Originally posted by chop456
I haven't read the comics since Calvin and Hobbs and The Far Side left. What?!?! :eek: And miss out on Luann's exploits?! :gomer:

[cart7]

Originally posted by devilmaster
In my best Homer Simpson voice.....

"OOOO! A Far Side Calendar....

Don't get it....
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Steve

:D

[RaceGrrl]

I miss Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes too, but have found a couple of strips that I like almost as much: Sherman's Lagoon and Get Fuzzy. Dilbert is a favorite too.

[Warlock!]

Originally posted by chop456
I haven't read the comics since Calvin and Hobbs and The Far Side left. No kiddin' man. One of my favorites from C&H... Calvin and Suzy are sitting beside each other for lunch, discussing what they have in their lunchboxes. Calvin holds up a slice of bologna and says, "Eww... a cross-section of a dachshund!"

Still LMAO when I think about his expression...

Warlock!

[JoeBob]

The Far Side is back in syndication until about Christmas, to promote the book - rerunning classics.

Of the Far Side books, my favorite (by far!) was "The Pre-History of The Far Side Gallery: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit"

If you can find it, pick it up! Larsen shares sketches from his sketch book, rejected cartoons, complaints from readers, mistakes and misprints (some of the ones where the Far Side Caption is swapped with the Family Circus Caption are really, really funny), and a bunch of other cool stuff (like his personal favorites).

[Chaos]

I read:

Peanuts
Dilbert
Zits
Foxtrot
Sherman's Lagoon

[JoeBob]

The only cartoons I read these days are Red Meat (weekly - http://www.redmeat.com/ ) and Get Fuzzy (daily - http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/getfuzzy/ ).

[Railbird]

I really miss Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes

I'm a comic junkie.

I pick up the Chi Trib just to read Get Fuzzy, Agnes and Sherman's Lagoon.

Boondocks, Dilbert, For better or for Worse, Crankshaft, Mutts plus a few I'm spacing come in the Star.

[Chaos]

hey railbird, houston chronicle has some of those comics online:

http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/comics/archive/showComics.hts

[Railbird]

I know they're online, but it's tough to haul the lap top to the crapper in the morning.

I'm an old fart, I still pick up three papers every morning.

[devilmaster]

www.ucomics.com

www.comics.com

www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/comics.htm

My personal faves, in no particular order....

1) Calvin and Hobbes
2) Beetle Bailey
3) Sam's Strip
4) Boner's Ark

Steve

[devilmaster]

double post, my bad.

[JoeBob]

Just realized that amazon.com has Prehistory of The Far Side! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0836218515/qid=1069259979

[Twisty Bits]

Why does "Cheetah Wheelies" crack me up so much? Believe me, I've got all the books, but that one, I dunno.

[RTKar]

"Even the coffee's cold, they thought of everything"

[IlliniRacer]

Originally posted by JoeBob
The only cartoons I read these days are Red Meat (weekly - http://www.redmeat.com/ ) and Get Fuzzy (daily - http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/getfuzzy/ ).

My favorite Get Fuzzy

http://www.kurtkaufmann.com/nonsense/getfuzzy2003026096701.gif

[indyfan31]

One of my favorite Far Side panels involved what dogs hear (as opposed to what people think they hear): "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Ginger! Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Ginger!"

When they made a reference to it Gilmore Girls I just about laughed my butt off the couch.

(Very much off-topic but G.G. is one of the best "dramedies" on TV, not to mention that Lauren Graham is VERY easy on the eyes.)

[Ankf00]

calvin & hobbes and the far side...

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[racermike]

A few of my favs ...

http://ivis.eps.pitt.edu/bears/images/far-side-bears.gif

http://www.fullfont.com/images/fud.gif

http://www.acc.umu.se/~ps/farside/jettest.gif

http://home.olemiss.edu/~rmerlos/fs/fs3.jpg

[Joelski]

Yep, I miss The Far Side too. As well as C & H.

[chop456]

https://www.thefarside.com/

[nrc]

Talk about unfrozen. :D

So it sounds like this is going to be an online presentation of the originals?

[datachicane]

Talk about unfrozen. :D

So it sounds like this is going to be an online presentation of the originals?

That was my assumption, but there's much chatter in the press about the possibility of Mr. Larson coming out of retirement. Almost seems like too much to ask, but after 25 years anything's possible.

[SteveH]

https://www.thefarside.com/

:thumbup:

[nrc]

It's alive!

Interesting comments from Larson around his reasons. Interesting that the guy whose cartoons were badly copied and posted on every nerd cube wall in the '90s is bothered by poor reproductions on the Internet. Not sure how a trickle of official reposts solves that.

[SteveH]

After 25 years, 'The Far Side' is back -- with an online debut and new comics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/entertainment/gary-larson-far-side-return-trnd/index.html)

[TravelGal]

After 25 years, 'The Far Side' is back -- with an online debut and new comics (https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/entertainment/gary-larson-far-side-return-trnd/index.html)

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[chop456]

It's alive!

Interesting comments from Larson around his reasons. Interesting that the guy whose cartoons were badly copied and posted on every nerd cube wall in the '90s is bothered by poor reproductions on the Internet. Not sure how a trickle of official reposts solves that.

It doesn't, but you're not beholden to media conglomerates and you control* your advertising/revenue streams, I guess.

*Until you don't.

[SteveH]

https://assets.thefarside.com/uploads/splash_images/splash_pc_02.jpg

[SteveH]

New stuff coming July 7
https://www.thefarside.com/

[SteveH]

'Far Side' cartoonist Gary Larson publishes first new work in 25 years (https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gary-larson-new-stuff-trnd/index.html)

[nrc]

Very encouraging start. It looks completely fresh.

[SteveH]

He could not be more right

https://www.thefarside.com/2020/08/14/0