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The bozone layer: shielding the rest of the solar system from the Earth’s harmful effects.
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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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God as a kid tries to make a chicken in his room.
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“Calm down, Edna. … Yes, it’s some giant, hideous insect … but it could be some giant, hideous insect in need of help.”
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“Oh, yeah? Well, I’d rather be a living corpse made from dismembered body parts than a hunchbacked little grave robber like you!”
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Burger … Cheeseburger … Bacon & Cheeseburger … Transylvania Special … Cormed Beef … Pastrami … Meatloaf … Reuben … / MENU
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“So … you wanna sell our pencils, do you?”
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“My next guest, on the monitor behind me, is an organized crime informant. To protect his identity, we’ve placed him in a darkened studio—so let’s go to him now.”
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click! STUDIO 3
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“Go back sleep, Thag. … You only dream we live just so long then die.”
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“Remember, Calloway, this is their biggest and best warrior—so stay alert! When you knock him down, he’s gonna come right back at ya!”
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The townsfolk all stopped and stared; they didn’t know the tall stranger who rode calmly through their midst, but they did know the reign of terror had ended.
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WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE $5,000
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“Wow. … That’s ironic. I think something bit me.”
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“Whoa! Smells like a French primate house in here.”
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A-1 COSMETICS Sales
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Unwittingly, Irwin has a brush with Death.
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Hey!..Watch the elbows, buddy!
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Saturday night at the crypt
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UNRAVEL! UNRAVEL! UNRAVEL
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“I’m sorry, Delores—I didn’t think you’d truly ever leave! … But where will you go?”
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Structures, organs, and accessories (shown actual size) pertaining to Mellisuga helenae , the world’s smallest hummingbird.
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egg / nest / brain / heart / wishbone / keys / lunchbox // Structures, organs, and accessories (shown actual size) pertaining to Mellisuga helenae, the world’s smallest hummingbird.
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“Say, Will—why don’t you pull that thing out and play us a tune?”
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MORE FACTS OF NATURE: As part of nature’s way to help spread the species throughout their ecological niche, bison often utilize a behavior naturalists have described as “ballooning.”
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The four basic personality types
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The glass is half full! / The glass is half empty. / Half full … No! Wait! Half empty!.. No, half … what was the question? / Hey! I ordered a cheeseburger!
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The 25th annual “Part of the Problem” convention
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WELCOME POTP ETTA BETTY DON BOB LARRY
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“You idiot! Don’t write that down—his name ain’t Puddin’ Tame!”
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