The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
Gary Larson has a lot to answer for! Namely for planting a very early seed in my mind about wanting my own comic. If you are not familiar with The Far Side comics then you have probably been living in a cave, under a rock, for the past twenty years! More here… The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
Reader’s review:
“I just purchased this book for my twin brother for our birthday. It is a book that appeals to almost every member of our family, and will appeal to anyone possessing a slightly warped, if normal, sense of humor. How can you possibly do better than to buy every Far Side cartoon produced by the unique mind of Gary Larson? Even after 17 years of no new material, I still get a buzz out of looking over old Far Side cartoons. There just is nobody like Larson, even though other cartoonists seem to be trying to synthesize his form of humor. If you are contemplating buying this book, and are unsure that you want to commit to spending nearly a hundred dollars, just borrow someone’s Far Side calendar, or one of the many Far Side books out there, and see for yourself what a gut buster you have the opportunity to buy. For those of us who were regular readers of Far Side, I don’t need to say anything. We all know what a deal this is. Over the next year or two, I intend to buy at least 4 more copies of this book for myself and 3 more of my brothers. I know they will love the book, and I know I will also.
***UPDATE: My twin beat me to the punch and sent me these books. God, I had no real appreciation of just how nice, and how incredibly heavy these books are! I love them, but am so glad my wife didn’t try to haul them in from the outside. I’d worry that she might throw her back out picking them up off the ground. Seriously, they are heavy. I’m not complaining though as quality made books are seldom feather weight. The colored cartoons are so incredibly vivid, and as another reviewer said the size of the cartoons isn’t at all compressed. They are roughly comparable to the size they originally were printed in newspapers. Final word: If you want to get a Larson fan a gift that will really wow them, the Complete Farside will do just that. Incredible book that is bound to become an heirloom!”
