Gotta Love the Farside
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nekvermont
Buckeye
Gary Larson is the best.
RC44Mag
Buckeye
Years ago when I picked up the morning paper I'd hit the big news of the day, sports then the comic, I say comic because the only one I looked at was Larson, he always got my day off to a good start. What happened after that morning smile, often wasn't a smile. Thanks for the smiles Gary
contender
Ruger Guru
I too enjoyed a lot of Gary's cartoons. I miss them.
codebreaker
Single-Sixer
How many times did you look at one for a while before you finally got it?
Not a lot but occasionally for me.
Not a lot but occasionally for me.
nekvermont
Buckeye
There's a very good 20-20 interview with Gary Larson from 1986.
It took me a while on one that I saw a few days ago. A bunch of cowboys (big tall hats, chuck wagon, the whole bit, sitting around the campfire eating. The caption was "Bob, not here" or maybe "Bob we don't do that here". Finally spotted it. "Bob" was sitting with one leg crossed over the other, everyone else, legs outstretched.
Larson was one of the very best. I have a number of his books and if I need a pick me up, I grab one of those.
Larson was one of the very best. I have a number of his books and if I need a pick me up, I grab one of those.
nekvermont
Buckeye
^^^ His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies.
Gary Larson is the very best! In the 90's it was my kids go to Christmas and Birthday presents to buy me Gary Larson books and calendars. I still have all the books, and might have the calendars tucked away.
He was the only cartoonist who could make me literally laugh out loud.
He was the only cartoonist who could make me literally laugh out loud.
RC44Mag
Buckeye
Reading your post I got to the cowboys, Chuck wagon and eating and Blazing Saddles scene immediately came to mind then I read crossed legs. lol
↑ Me, too LOL
My son loves his cartoons. We gave him a desk calendar for Christmas, a cartoon for every day. At least get started with a laugh.
Armybrat
Buckeye
Being a former Texas History teacher, this is one of my favorite Larson cartoons…
coach
Hunter
One of my favorites. So incongruous. Like so many of his cartoons.
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My favorite is the one where Kevin the whale is farting!
But they are all so good.
And related to cartoonists. I have one book at home and he writes in the preface that he got his start by stalking Charles M Schultz.
Apparently Schultz had a daily habit of going to some coffee shop every morning. So this guy went there and waited for Charles to show up. They talked and he showed Schultz some of his work. It progressed from there!
Oh and the cartoonist:
Zeeba Zeeba Eata: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
Book by Stephan Pastis
But they are all so good.
And related to cartoonists. I have one book at home and he writes in the preface that he got his start by stalking Charles M Schultz.
Apparently Schultz had a daily habit of going to some coffee shop every morning. So this guy went there and waited for Charles to show up. They talked and he showed Schultz some of his work. It progressed from there!
Oh and the cartoonist:
Zeeba Zeeba Eata: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
Book by Stephan Pastis
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I always loved Calvin and Hobbes. Would make me laugh out loud…
Dare I say, great minds think alike?
I read 10 comics every morning in the "library". Far side is #1, Peanuts (they started from the beginning a few months back, recently introduced baby Schroeder) is #3, and Pearls is #9.
I read 10 comics every morning in the "library". Far side is #1, Peanuts (they started from the beginning a few months back, recently introduced baby Schroeder) is #3, and Pearls is #9.
Don't have time to dig it out, but my favorite is the 2 cavemen, burning their hands holding food over the fire, looking at a third caveman using a stick to hold his over the fire…"Look what Og do."
wheelgun1958
Buckeye
That one hangs on my gun safe.
