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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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Tarzan visits his childhood home.
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... And once, when I was a kid, a lion chased me up that old acacia... I used to swing on those vines all day long... Gee, all the trees seem so much smaller to me now.
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“That time was just too close, George! … Jimmy was headed straight for the snake-pit when I grabbed him!”
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“Look at this mob. … We’ll be lucky if there’s even a seat cushion left.”
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“Ha! That finishes it! … I always knew he’d be back one day to get the other one!”
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“Look, I know you folks are lookin’ for revenge—but there’ll be no ‘pie-for-a-pie’ justice in my town!”
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SHERIFF
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“Well, one guess which table wants another round of banana daiquiris.”
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“Now remember—roar just as you leap. … These things have some of the greatest expressions.”
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“You want me to stop the car, Larry, or do you want to take your brother off the rack this instant?”
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“Crimony! Talk about overstaying your welcome! … John, open the door and turn the porch light on—see if that gets rid of them.”
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“Well, we just took the wrong exit. I know this breed, Morrison—you have to watch them every minute or WHAM, they’ll turn on you.”
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TAXI
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“Mom! The kids at school say we’re a family of Nerdenthals! … Is that true?”
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Mr. Ed spills his guts.
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… and then I see Wilbur go around to the back of the barn carrying this shovel and he’s got this wild look in his eyes and he’s like real nervous and then I notice he’s trying to bury this big plastic bag which at first I figure is just full of manure but then I start to wonder what the hey is going on and then…
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Life in the primordial soup
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Earl! Something’s out there! … And it’s got a backbone and a complete digestive system!
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Chicken serial killers
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FARMER Bob / One-Eyed Johnson / Arno / Frau Muller / Chef Morrelli / Arkansas Ruth / The Ferguson brothers / Fred / Unknown
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Confused by the loud drums, Roy is flushed into the net.
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“Whoa! This just looks like regular spaghetti! … Where’s my Earthworms Alfredo?”
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EAT Dinner / Pasta / Fish n chips.. w/ fries / Pork chops in the
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Scorpion school
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Okay, Johnny, your turn. Ready? Now keep that tail up! Okay, here I come, Johnny!
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“We better do as he says, Thag. … He’s got the drop on us.”
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Unfair animal names
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tsetse fly / bullhead / booby / platypus / sapsucker / Clarence
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“Hey, you wanna see a real scar? Check this baby out!”
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