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Gary Larson's THE FAR SIDE Cartoon Coming Back
Gary Larson said goodbye to fans and the absurdist universe of The Far Side with his final comic on January 1, 1995, and since then the real world has done everything it can to live up to the inanity of his iconic comic strip. Unfortunately, the foolishness of 2019 isn’t nearly as enjoyable as sentient chickens and oversized suburban bugs. Now, the 21st century might be getting both of those creatures—along with aliens, cavemen, clever cows, and women with beehive hairdos—because for the first time in almost two decades, the cartoon’s official webpage has been updated. And unless this joke is on all of us, The Far Side will soon be returning.
After sitting dormant since 1999, The Far Side‘s webpage was updated suddenly and without warning (which we first learned about at The Daily Cartoonist). It features a new cartoon of an explorer using a blowtorch to melt some of the strip’s most iconic characters from a large block of ice. Below it reads, “Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming!” Since the cartoon itself is signed by Larson, it certainly appears he will be returning with all new comics for the first time in almost 25 years.
Does this make my complete Far Side collection obsolete? Yes. Do I care? Not even a little bit.
As for when the strip might formally return—and based on this announcement it seems to be coming back as an online comic—the best guess is January 1, 2020. The strip first appeared in paper’s on January 1, 1980, and that date also marked its farewell in 1995. (Though a second Gary Larson’s Tales from the Far Side TV special aired on CBS in 1997).
Will The Far Side seem as absurd in the 21st century as it did when it first debuted 40 years ago? We don’t know, but we know we can use a good laugh even more now.
https://www.thefarside.com
https://nerdist.com/article/gary-lar...n-coming-back/
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Larson’s artistry, attention to detail and abstract humor is unmatched. We’ll see how this goes. Some of us fans can be critical of any attempt to replace or even compare to Larson’s cartoons.
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This is funny. I just came across the couple of Far Side books I had a few weeks ago and now have them sitting in my office. Great stuff!
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This is one I always liked:
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This is one I always liked:
Nope, I would bark.
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This is one I always liked:
Yeah that’s a good one.
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This has always been a favorite of mine.
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Good one.
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I'm wondering how "Politically Correct" his return (if it's true) will prove to be? - Does anyone know if he's a liberal or a conservative?
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Originally Posted by
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I'm wondering how "Politically Correct" his return (if it's true) will prove to be? - Does anyone know if he's a liberal or a conservative?
I can't remember any of his stuff being political.
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