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Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by danparsonson »

eichin wrote: post #62
nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

The "wings stay on/wings fall off" switch is the one I keep having to dig up at work (alternating with "Why do we even have that lever?" from emperor's new groove.) And then there's "Cow Tools"...

I think about the former almost every time I fly XD

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by crabmusket »

eichin wrote: post #62
nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

The "wings stay on/wings fall off" switch is the one I keep having to dig up at work (alternating with "Why do we even have that lever?" from emperor's new groove.) And then there's "Cow Tools"...

All three of these are also frequently on my mind.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by b112 »

MiddleEndian wrote: post #60
xoxxala wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Bummer of a birthmark, Hal" has made its way into my everyday lexicon. Most of my coworkers immediately got the reference. There is something about Far Side humor that appeals to people in tech beyond all the science and nerd jokes.

I have that comic (text included) on a t shirt. Sometimes people ask me about it, and I will explain it in an excruciating amount of detail for my entertainment. Sometimes they will try to out-do me and respond by pretending to be confused by my explanation, but my tolerance for playing the fool is incredibly high so I can keep it up for quite some time and they inevitably give up first.

I picture an octogenarian, bored on a park bench, with endless time, inquiring as you pass and you outlasting them.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by neilv »

When I was an intern at a company that developed high-end software development tools, there was an intense project to build a new product suite...

So I posted the Far Side comic, about the office workers trapped by fire, atop the building of the Ace Ladder Co.

I can't find a non-copyright-violating copy on the Web, but the caption was: "Wait a minute! Say that again, Doris! ... You know, the part about `If only we had some means of climbing down.'"

(I'm lucky that my coworkers were so kind about my youthful tone-deafness.)

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by pdonis »

dylan604 wrote: post #10
OldGuyInTheClub wrote: post #5

If I had to pick a favorite, it'd be all of them. I only wish I had a thagomizer for the routine problems of work and day-to-day living.

Mine was School For the Gifted

My parents gave me a mug with that on it for my birthday one year. I still have it.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by aidenn0 »

Modified3019 wrote: post #30
jancsika wrote: post #9

Is there a name for a cartooning style where the creatures seem to always be drawn as wide as possible? I remember a few animators for Sesame Street who did the same thing. It was always striking. Larson seems to also give them tiny heads for maximum ridiculousness. :) It make me think of that Aubrey Beardsley illustration of Ali Baba where he's got the curved lines running off the page suggesting these gi-normous fl…

I'm not certain there's a name, but Larson was heavily influenced by the work of B. Kliban

Wow, if you told me that this[1] was a Far Side, I'd believe you.

1: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a8/8c/46/a88c46ca525d66d6444b55b3c...

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