"The Far Side" debuted on January 1, 1980.
I loved the far side and as a kid bought some of his books, why did he stop making them?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 1, 2018 7:49 PM |
I love this OP
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 1, 2018 7:53 PM |
A poor man’s kliban imo
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 1, 2018 7:54 PM |
While Kliban wass very good, Gary Larson was genius. I believe he stopped because he said he had begun to repeat himself. He wass so popular with entomologists I believe they named a bug after him.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 1, 2018 8:06 PM |
^^Sorry, but I have a sticky "s".
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 1, 2018 8:07 PM |
And don't forget his "Life in Hell," with Akbar and Jeff being rather foundational gay characters.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 1, 2018 8:12 PM |
R6 - two different cartoonists. "Life In Hell" was by Matt Groening who would go on to do "The Simpson"
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 1, 2018 8:15 PM |
After all these years, still one of my favorites.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 1, 2018 8:16 PM |
And its feline counterpart.
Of course, R8. I had a graxy-induced moment of idiocy. Thank you. As my Tante Sophie would say, "I'm so embrassed."
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 1, 2018 8:17 PM |
ONE more favorite (can't find the one of the dog intently sniffing a spot on the pavement as Armageddon, nuclear bombs, mass destruction and all hell takes place around it).
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 1, 2018 8:20 PM |
They used to sell T shirts with Larson cartoons on them. My favorite was the Larson cartoon with the girl chimp holding a blonde hair and telling the boy chimp "You've been hanging around with that slut Jane Goodall again.."
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 1, 2018 8:20 PM |
I can't remember if I bought this or someone gave it to me but I had a shirt with this cartoon on it
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 1, 2018 8:22 PM |
R14, this article deals with the Jane Goodall incident, and I forgot that they named (unofficially) a dinosaur part after one of his cartoons.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 1, 2018 8:27 PM |
This one has been hanging in the office at our local volunteer fire department add long as I can remember and still makes me laugh:
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 1, 2018 9:20 PM |
His art was basically a straight copy of kliban and hid humor was surrealism for the hoi polloi, as opposed to kliban’s much more subversive, esoteric and darker work.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 1, 2018 10:19 PM |
One of my favorites. I had this t-shirt and wore it until it died.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 1, 2018 11:03 PM |
I always liked this one. Actually I liked them all but this sticks in the memory most.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 1, 2018 11:22 PM |
He was very prescient about the world we live in and managed to find a way to convey what the world is like in a funny way.
For example:
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 1, 2018 11:30 PM |
R21 lol, that took me a second.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 2, 2018 3:37 AM |
Love this stuff!
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 2, 2018 3:51 AM |