Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 20, 2020). "Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards". The Verge . Retrieved May 22, 2020. Anyway, The Far Side is one of those legendary comic strips. I was a little young for the humor during its initial run so I had an ambition to reread it. I'm sure Gary Larson never intended for anyone to read four and a half years of his strip in less than 24 hours but this was a great read. a b Solomon, Charles (December 2, 2014). "20 years later, 'The Far Side' is still far out, and the new collection is lighter!". SCPR . Retrieved September 16, 2018.

I had this on my wishlist forever, waiting for it to fall into my cheapness zone. Fortunately, my wife bought it for me sometime after the collapse of society. It may have been an effort to stave off cabin fever for another week or two or perhaps a Father's Day gift. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-08-28 21:01:27 Boxid IA1917319 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set booksgrouptest External-identifier Creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Side®in quirky and thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters. Complaint letters, fan letters, and queries from puzzled readers appear alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels. Actor, author,and comedian Steve Martin offers his pithy thoughts in a foreword, and Gary The Complete Far Side - Book Two: Witness one of the greatest newspaper strips of all time in its prime. Five out of five stars.The Complete Far Side". Andrews McMeel Publishing. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008 . Retrieved September 3, 2008. While I consumed it in a way far faster than nature and Gary Larson intended, The Complete Far Side - Book One was an amusing read. Bring on the next four year chunk! Four out of five cows. During its 14-year run, The Far Side was syndicated internationally to over 1,900 daily newspapers. It spawned 23 books and has been translated into 17 different languages. Larson, Gary (September 26, 2019). "A Letter From Gary Larson". TheFarSide.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019 . Retrieved September 20, 2022.

And sometimes, he was just a lunatic jokester casting a bizarre-filtered folk wisdom or pop philosophy in a comedic, fell good light... Interesting note: the two-volume microprint dictionary comes in its own display case, complete with magnifying glass, and turns out to be EXACTLY the same height and depth as "The Complete Far Side". So they look really nice together. Larson, Gary. The Far Side Gallery 5. Kansas City, MO: Andrew and McNeel, 1995. ( ISBN 0-8362-0425-5). and when it burst on the scene like a talking, cow-shaped comet in 1980, the strip was like nothing the newspaper funnies had ever seen.Cook, Rebecca (November 30, 2003). "Gary Larson revisits 'The Far Side' ". Associated Press . Retrieved July 26, 2020– via The Lawrence Journal-World.