The Far Side

[auntiehill]

I agree!

Oh yes I love that one Auntiehill.

How did you get it to appear in the thread

Huh? I used Imgur, like always.

 

[Sibyl]

^^ They were having issues hosting images on their Google drive and were wondering how others posted their images.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

A dead man is slumped over the keyboard of a piano. There is a crowd gathered at the door:

"Ssshhhh....the Maestro is decomposing!"

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

A dead man is slumped over the keyboard of a piano. There is a crowd gathered at the door:

"Ssshhhh....the Maestro is decomposing!"

I think that one was rejected before the ink dried LOL.. it was finally printed in Prehistory

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Anatidaephobia:

The fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Amoeba porn flicks.. (surprised he got away with this one in family newspapers)

 

[Australis]

 

[Butters]

It’s a testament to the quality of these cartoons that, even though I haven’t seen them for about twenty years, I can picture clearly the ones that others have mentioned, and if I try, I can recall probably hundreds more.

 

[Random_Spock]

@Flying Spaghetti Monster Thanks for the heads up! Love The Far Side. Will have to try to get it some time. Love the sheer random ness of the cartoons.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I have all the big anthologies; the Prehistory book with stories, early takes, an early comic strip, etc.; and The Last Chapter and Worse (that contains the last ones that were done, along with some he drew after the strip ended), so I m baffled by the comment from anouncements on this set:

The collection contains more than 1,100 comics that had not previously appeared in any other Far Side

How could there be so many? Were so many left out? Are there even more he's drawn since TLCaW?

I thought I had them all (minus the covers) for the smaller books which just duplicated comics in antologies).

 

[Relayer1]

Early Vegetarians Returning From The Kill. Must be over 20 years since I saw it last.

Oh, and School For Gifted Youngsters - I have that on a mug.

Edit - And Boneless Chicken Ranch !

 

[Butters]

Early Vegetarians Returning From The Kill. Must be over 20 years since I saw it last.

Oh, and School For Gifted Youngsters - I have that on a mug.

Edit - And Boneless Chicken Ranch !

You just reminded me of the Tofuderbeast.

 

[Relayer1]

You just reminded me of the Tofuderbeast.

Hadn't seen that one !

 

[auntiehill]

This is one the English Major in me has always loved. Way back in the Jurassic Period, when I was in college, I went to the office of one of my professors--for some reason I've since forgotten. He always seemed like a humorless stick-in-the-mud, so I was a bit nervous. When I got there, he had this as a poster in his office, right behind his desk. I thought, "Oh, we're going to be friends."

 

[Jedman67]

Trouble Brewing. Always a favorite.
Alligators comparing eating humans to Spam.
Beware of Doug.

 

[Doom Shepherd]

Cow Tools. Because I got it.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

 

[1001001]

There was one where a guy is in his front yard, hiding behind a tree, and there's a sign that says "Beware of Doug".

I always thought that was funny, because my dad's name was Doug.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I have all the big anthologies; the Prehistory book with stories, early takes, an early comic strip, etc.; and The Last Chapter and Worse (that contains the last ones that were done, along with some he drew after the strip ended), so I m baffled by the comment from anouncements on this set:



How could there be so many? Were so many left out? Are there even more he's drawn since TLCaW?

I thought I had them all (minus the covers) for the smaller books which just duplicated comics in anthologies).

Well, I think the answer is that he did a panel for every day.. that is up to six or seven panels a week.. often the collections would be selected cartoons, but there were many that just didn't appear in the collections. The Complete Far Side is HUGE and has every one that was syndicated and few that appear for the first time. That said, to have all the Far Side material, you would The Complete Far Side AND Prehistory, as Prehistory has rejected cartoons etc not syndicated. I also don't yet have There's a Hair in My Dirt! but I heard that is a separate story

 

[Sibyl]

Gotta say, @Flying Spaghetti Monster, I love your avatar! I guess it was inevitable for someone to CG The Far Side.