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The Far Side
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Hello fellow Far Side fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips and one of those was The Far Side. These days of course you find just about anything online including www.thefarside.com where they post several comics a day and I repost them here. Just to note, the date you see in my posts is not the initial release date, but the date they were posted on the website.
The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in life… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side
Hope you enjoy and feel free to contribute to the community with art, cool stuff about the author, tattoos, toys and anything else, as long it’s The Far Side!
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Fine print: All comics I post are freely available online. In no way am I claiming ownership, copyright or anything else. This is a not for profit community, we just want to enjoy our comics, thank you.
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Harold would have been on his guard, but he thought the old gypsy woman was speaking figuratively.
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Back in his college days, Igor was known as the HBOC.
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ALL / LIBRARY
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“Now, this end is called the thagomizer … after the late Thag Simmons.”
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As the smallest member of the gang, Wendell was used as an attention-getter while cruising for girls.
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DRIVE IN
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Through mostly grunts and exaggerated gestures, two fishermen-gatherers attempt to communicate.
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The living hell of Maurice, Jacques Cousteau’s cat
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“Harry! I found this note from Mary Beth! … She’s run off with a spoon!”
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“Man, Larry, I don’t know if we’re up to this. … I mean, this guy’s got kneecaps from hell.”
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Circa 1500 A.D.: Horses are introduced to America.
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Scotty in hell
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Satan! Satan! … It's the main megafurnace! She's losin' power and the temperature is droppin' fast! … I'm not sure I can hold her!
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Each time the click beetle righted itself, Kyle would flip it over again—until something went dreadfully wrong.
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After years of harboring his secret desires, Ned finally hits on the senior librarian.
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So, Ms. Clavell … read any good books lately?
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Farmer Brown froze in his tracks; the cows stared wide-eyed back at him. Somewhere, off in the distance, a dog barked.
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Shoulder Chops / throw-away / spare ribs
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“Well, well … seems we’ve found what’s been causing that ringing sensation in your ear, Mr. Foley.”
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"Amazing! The mummified remains of a prehistoric cave-painter, still clutching his brush! ... Seems he made an enemy, though."
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His wish to be a real person granted, the Visible Man takes his first steps into the real world—not suspecting that most people, upon seeing him, would either faint or throw up.
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Andy's TOY & HOBBY SHOP
