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The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by fedreg »

zem wrote: post #40
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…

my favourite was the horse parliament one. someone posted it to reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/b6g2ti/i_love_it_wh...

So good! Thanks for sharing

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Post by mark-r »

themadturk wrote: post #51
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…

"I'm not content" was especially relevant if you remember the old Darigold Dairies commercial: "Darigold...home of contented cows."

Contented cows were a very common dairy meme.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by senderista »

When I was in college and would go home for Christmas, my mom would buy me a new Far Side calendar for the coming year, and on my last day home my dad and I would invariably stay up late reading through it together. Great memories now that he's gone.

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Post by knodi123 »

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…

although he still disables right-clicking on his site. So he's still putting some effort into the sisyphean "uphill slog"

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by dhosek »

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…

A group of cows huddled around another cow eating a hamburger.

“I’d say we taste like chicken.”

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Post by defaultcompany »

flkiwi wrote: post #48
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…

Inuit leaving an igloo: "Well, it's cold again." Kills me every time.

Haha this reminded me of the two guys in hell and the one whispers to the other “I hate this place”.

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Post by lioeters »

polygotdomain wrote: post #36

Growing up my best friend and I loved The Far Side. In many ways it was the basis to the quirky humor we both shared, and would continue to explore throughout our youth. In elementary school we had countless Far Side books between us, and by middle school a few shirts too (I remember having "Midvale School for the Gifted"). Well he turned 40 just a few weeks ago, and I needed to find a present. I don't know why, as T…

The Far Side was part of my growing up too, my friends and I shared much laughter and silliness. Those comics influenced our sense of humor and worldview.

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by tomcam »

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

Kliban was superior but also R to X-rated and transgressive af outside of his cat cartoons

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Post by krsna »

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…

So many childhood memories reading Farside. Here’s my favourite: https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2...
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