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Submitted by M Sanchez
We’d love to feature a panel or two of The Far Side for this post, but according to several other sites, it’s a sure-fire way to get a Cease & Desist letter from the creator himself, Gary Larson.
Instead, here’s a couple images from a Photoshop contest at Worth 1000 inspired by The Far Side.
Is The Far Side where LOLcats learned to spell?
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My ex-husband is related to Gary Larson. Funny guy!
And yeah, I meant Gary Larson is funny.
My ex-husband is an a*shole.
Honey, most Ex’s usually are!!! Mine sure is.
That’s what makes them ex-husbands.
The Far Side…my first discovery of it in the newspaper was a milestone! It made me realize that yes, there are others with the same sense of humor I have. This led to me buying every Far Side wall calendar, page-a-day calendar and book that hit the market.
Holy crap, The Far Side is considered nostalgia now?! How dare you make me feel old at age 30! /cry
Im almost 20 and they are calling it nostalgia!
Sad they dont make the calendar anymore. I really enjoyed getting them for Christmas.
Now, the ones I get are lame and not as funny.
Same here Nick…same here.
The Far Side = WIN!
Casey Kasum is a win too.
I was just thinking the exact same thing Alex.
Funniest. Comic. Ever.
My favorite was the one where the mom is telling the boy “Now go to sleep Kevin, or once again I’ll have to knock 3 times and summon the Floating Head of Death”, and you see the dad downstairs with a scary face drawn on a balloon waiting to send it up the side of the house to the boy’s window.
I love it! It’s taped to my fridge right now.
My hubby’s favorite is where the bears are peeking around a tree and see campers sleeping in sleeping bags and one says to the other “Oh Look. Sandwiches!”
I had a tshirt in highschool I wore for PE, it had two deer on the front, one had a bullseye on his chest. both are looking at it…
below the caption read “Bummer of a birthmark Hal”
i loved that shirt
we got that shirt for my uncle!
i loved the far side!
dont have a favorite…all are amazing!
calvin and hobbes > far side
Apples and oranges.
agreed, they are both epic in their own right, but you can’t compare them.
Calvin and Hobbes are Epic wins!!! Far Side is Great, C & H is Greater.
I concur…
did I spell that right?..
concur?…
hmmm…
That was good. I never looked at cows the same way afterwards.
Best. Comic. Ever.
Been reading the Far Side since I could read. My dad says that it f*cked me up. ;D
Same here, on both points!
me too!!
the far sied is friken aswom
Total classic.
Far Side = C&H. Cows : Dobermans :: Forest : tiger getting youngin.
I totally just read my first Far Side comic in years today. And now this. Is it a sign???
clearly one of the biggest warping influences for me in making http://www.hellowithcheese.com
I soo have that book, and the crash-test dummies, and the mummies, etc
loooove
I absolutely adore the Far Side. Fantabulous comic!!!
And yes, “fud” has been the proper spelling for food in my family’s household for decades now!
You know when someone’s a real fan of the Far Side when you mutter some obscure quote from a comic and they get the reference. Great bonding moment, for sure!
I even HAD this particular book. I literally read it to shreds, bought a new copy, then my daughter read the new one to shreds. Loved Gary Lawson.
What is it with them falling apart!!!?? Kidding, of course, mine were loved to pieces, and replaced.
My favorite was the spiders building a huge web at the bottom of the slide, with the fat kid about to go down and one spider says to the other “If we can pull this off we’ll dine like kings!”
I totally have this in my room along with a few other volumes!
Larson is the best!
Boneless.
Chicken.
Farm.
C&H and FarSide are guidebooks for two different stages of life. C&H gives us all the best ideas as kids, and Farside points out the dark hilarity we may miss as we grow older.
I had the t-shirt with the kid at the Riverdale (?) School for the Gifted, and he’s pushing on the pull door. I wore that t-shirt out. I even painted it on the wall of one of my dorms in college. Wonder if it’s still there.
Good comparison, kr0w. If I weren’t an atheist, I would think that Gary Larson is God and Bill Waterston is Jesus, but now I think I just came up with people to worship on a daily basis.
Oh yeah, in the container of cat “food” in our house, it is labled “cat fud” – right by the dryer.
Wasn’t it the Midvale School for the Gifted? I bought the tee shirt for my Dad maybe 5 years ago. It is definitely my Dad’s favorite Gary Larson comic. I know that every time I or someone around me does something “gifted” i think about it. The Midvale School is where my family declares such people are alumis
Yes, Midvale! Thank you!! (Hey, the cat that my parents owned when I was born 31.999 years ago was named Mama Kitty.)
I always assumed that the Far Side was where LOLcats/ICHC got the idea of how animals spelled.
Too many good ones to pick an actual fave but the cat fud sign on dryer is a definite standout.
I have this book! I was just reading it yesterday. I got it when I was 8 or 9 I think from my cousin. Amazing that its on here!
Copyright fail: I think Worth1000.com images are also not supposed to be reproduced =0(
I discovered the Far Side when I was 12 and instantly fell in love. I have the 9th book and I read it everytime I’m feeling down. I think my favorite is the one with the wolves shoving ducks up their nose with the caption saying something about snorting quack. xD
Gad, that has to be one of my favorites, along with the bear pressing his head to a hubcap and saying “Oooh, i can hear the traffic!” Genius.
god how i miss gary larson
what can i say about gary larson – i wish he were still making this cartoon. such an interesting perspective on life and animals.
As you can probably tell by my name, I LOVE THE FAR SIDE