The Far Side: The Complete Works by Gary Larson

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calstars (calstars), Saturday, 25 October 2003 04:54 (twenty years ago) link

tell me tell me how to be how to be a mill-ee-un-ay-re... because i wish i could afford this collection which taunts me when i am at work (at a book store natch).

Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Saturday, 25 October 2003 06:55 (twenty years ago) link

What's the going cost, then?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 25 October 2003 13:05 (twenty years ago) link

that's so beautifully garish

mohammed abba (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 25 October 2003 13:10 (twenty years ago) link

i doubt there's one i haven't seen, but i do want this, yes. also: what mohammed said.

mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Saturday, 25 October 2003 13:20 (twenty years ago) link

there's stuff he's drawn since retirement in it, amazon says.

£100! £100!

thom west (thom w), Saturday, 25 October 2003 13:30 (twenty years ago) link

It was more fun back when I was gettin' it for free. Every morning!

Aimless, Saturday, 25 October 2003 14:30 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...
Here's a story about the book, and also a recent interview with Larson. Looks like it will be pricey (actually around 100 pounds as it turns out.. $125US, though apparently under $100US via Amazon), but man what a gift.

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 28 November 2003 04:14 (twenty years ago) link

he did that new yorker cover recently - has he done other things for them?

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 28 November 2003 10:09 (twenty years ago) link

Gahhh! what a garish cover.

I don't think I'll bother. Larson is very hit and miss and this is, like all complete works, for the real fan. A lot of his humour I don't get. That said, a lot I appreciate from a biologist's perspective. I think the fact that he is a cartoonist with a science background (and there can't be too many of those) means he uses subjects that other cartoonists won't (and indeed in some cases can't) explore. What was that book about the worms he wrote? A full colour book with a story to it - I can't remember tht title but it was very funny and clever. My ex had a copy. The book had a serious side to it in that it played with human squeamishness and explored the double standards which we so often apply to the natural world.

as a general rule tho, I prefer condensed Larson - I always appreciate a Larson greetings card or calendar, where the man's work is filtered down to a kind of "greatest hits" I suppose. And my favourite of all (and I suspect a lot of people's)

"CAR!"

MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 28 November 2003 14:12 (twenty years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19821029&id=uvlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6013,6415999

'cow tools' apology statement

j., Thursday, 8 December 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/image-jpg.2796391/

calstars, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link

I think about both of these on a pretty much daily basis

calstars, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link

i say 'same planet, different worlds' in a dreamy regretful fashion in one conversation or another at least once a week

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link

xp :)

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

Hard to tell what the plans are - Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are effective 13 September 2019, maybe there's something to learn there (lots of text though)

StanM, Sunday, 15 September 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link

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lol

hey, all these images on a website - no one make copies of them, ok

Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link

nice to see ANYTHING from this guy tbh though this looks ike new opportunities to license more than anything.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link

you know, i think i really like vanilla

calstars, Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link

i hope this doesn't go poorly

global tetrahedron, Sunday, 15 September 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link

worked for berke breathed

Non stop chantar (crüt), Sunday, 15 September 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWpXVR9djM

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link

Great news !

calstars, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link

When I worked in biochemistry labs in the early 90s, it seemed like 1 to 3 Far Side cartoons were an obligatory complement to the refrigerator or lab doors. I wonder if this is still true.

полезный инструмент (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link

Surely xkcd?

Martialarts Ali (Leee), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 00:44 (four years ago) link

six months pass...

I like them!

https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/115/taxidermist

Alba, Thursday, 9 July 2020 11:42 (three years ago) link

Oh, sorry, already being discussed on other thread

The Far Side: Classic or D.. well, no, it's just Classic really

Alba, Thursday, 9 July 2020 11:43 (three years ago) link


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