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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Unbeknownst to most ornithologists, the dodo was actually a very advanced species, living alone quite peacefully until, in the 17th century, it was annihilated by men, rats, and dogs. As usual.
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[mathematical equations on rocks]
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“There’re some, folks! These rare and lovely creations have no natural enemies, but balloon animals never last too long in this harsh land.”
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TOURS
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“Look, marriage is okay—but I also want my own identity. … I mean, how would you like it if everyone referred to you as ‘Chocolate Bar and Chocolate Bar’?”
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COUNSELOR / m m
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“Wow, this place is really packed—or maybe it’s just my compound eyes.”
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“We can’t go this way either, Simmons. ... See those lines? That’s the international cartoon symbol for glass! ... He’s got us good, the dirty bugger.”
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“Well, I’ll be. … I must’ve been holding the dang work order like this!”
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999
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“Yeah? Well, I’ll tell you who your friend saw me with—a decoy! That’s who!”
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Hummingbirds on vacation
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Dad! Dad! There’s a feeder! … Can we stop?
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Out there, ominously moving toward its destiny, was a truck with Reuben’s name on it.
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REUBEN
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Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775: An unfortunate twist of fate for one young redcoat, Charles “Bugeyed” Bingham, was not knowing that the opposing American general had just uttered the historic command, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
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Some of our more common rescue animals
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CEREAL / FLOSS
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“Curses! ... Quick, Igor! Run down to the store and get two size D flashlight batteries!”
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Click! Click! Sputter!
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And by a lucky coincidence, Carl had just reached the “m’s.”
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LITTLE ANIMALS I HAVE EATEN
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Suddenly, everyone turned and looked—there, standing in the doorway, was one wretched, mean-looking ingrown.
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Witch doctor waiting rooms
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WADANGILA KALADOOTA, WD.
