― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 28 November 2003 10:09 (twenty years ago) link
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
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
https://newbeautifulera.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/gary-larsen.png?w=500
― calstars, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:40 (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
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 :)
https://www.thefarside.com/
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 15 September 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
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
No images or other content displayed on this Website may be reproduced, digitalized, stored in a retrieval system, made available via any computer or wireless networks, transmitted or in any form or by any means, or otherwise circulated in any form, without prior written permission of FarWorks, Inc.lolhey, 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWpXVR9djM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/arts/far-side-gary-larson.html
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:57 (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
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