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Napoleon
10-29-03, 09:44 AM
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!
10-29-03, 09:56 AM
Far Side ruled. Now I have somethin to ask for on Christmas. Thanx, Nappy!

Warlock!

Ankf00
10-29-03, 10:41 AM
far side Tshirts were the best in middle school :)

mapguy
10-29-03, 10:45 AM
My favorite Far Side 'toon.

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

IlliniRacer
10-29-03, 11:15 AM
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
10-29-03, 12:49 PM
Best comic ever. EVER!!

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

FTG
10-29-03, 04:02 PM
"The real reason dinosaurs became extinct."

RaceGrrl
10-29-03, 04:08 PM
"Car!!!!"

chop456
10-29-03, 11:50 PM
"Boneless Chicken Ranch"

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

devilmaster
10-29-03, 11:59 PM
In my best Homer Simpson voice.....

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Steve

rabbit
10-30-03, 12:16 AM
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
10-30-03, 11:03 AM
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
10-30-03, 11:49 AM
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!
10-30-03, 11:57 AM
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
10-30-03, 12:26 PM
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
10-31-03, 09:27 PM
I read:

Peanuts
Dilbert
Zits
Foxtrot
Sherman's Lagoon

JoeBob
10-31-03, 09:29 PM
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
10-31-03, 09:42 PM
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
10-31-03, 10:00 PM
hey railbird, houston chronicle has some of those comics online:

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

Railbird
10-31-03, 10:08 PM
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
11-01-03, 01:37 AM
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
11-01-03, 01:56 AM
double post, my bad.

JoeBob
11-19-03, 12:42 PM
Just realized that amazon.com has Prehistory of The Far Side! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0836218515/qid=1069259979

Twisty Bits
11-19-03, 07:31 PM
Why does "Cheetah Wheelies" crack me up so much? Believe me, I've got all the books, but that one, I dunno.

RTKar
11-19-03, 07:48 PM
"Even the coffee's cold, they thought of everything"

IlliniRacer
11-19-03, 09:42 PM
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
11-20-03, 11:34 AM
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
11-20-03, 03:49 PM
calvin & hobbes and the far side...

:thumbup: :thumbup: & :thumbup: :thumbup:

racermike
11-23-03, 04:52 PM
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
11-23-03, 06:30 PM
Yep, I miss The Far Side too. As well as C & H.

chop456
09-17-19, 12:21 AM
https://www.thefarside.com/

nrc
09-17-19, 02:23 AM
Talk about unfrozen. :D

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

datachicane
09-17-19, 11:28 AM
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
12-18-19, 03:44 PM
https://www.thefarside.com/

:thumbup:

nrc
12-18-19, 05:40 PM
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
12-18-19, 08:58 PM
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
12-18-19, 09:31 PM
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
12-18-19, 11:37 PM
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
01-09-20, 08:59 AM
https://assets.thefarside.com/uploads/splash_images/splash_pc_02.jpg

SteveH
07-05-20, 12:02 PM
New stuff coming July 7
https://www.thefarside.com/

SteveH
07-09-20, 06:49 PM
'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
07-10-20, 02:22 AM
Very encouraging start. It looks completely fresh.

SteveH
08-14-20, 08:25 AM
He could not be more right

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