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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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“We’ve got the murder weapon and the motive … now if we can just establish time of death.”
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Fortunately, even the Boy Scouts who fail knot-tying get to go camping.
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BIG BOY VELCRO KIT
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“I can’t believe you. … We go in and out of this cave a hundred times a day, but you always just have to try that thing!”
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“The big fellah’s gonna be A-OK, Mrs. Dickerson. Now a square knot would’ve been bad news, but this just appears to be a ‘granny.’”
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F.E. MEYER VETERINARY MEDICINE
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“And the really great thing about this jungle of ours is that any one of you could grow up to be King of the Apes.”
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Clown therapy sessions
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Gee, am I the only one here who's laughing on the outside and the inside?
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Famous patrons of Chez Rotting Carcass
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I loved the food! / Delicious / My favorite carrion. Ely / The best! BG / I eat here all the time.
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“Just nibble at first. … But when you hear them yell ‘Piranha!’—go for it.”
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Zeke froze. For the longest time, all he could do was stare at the chocolate mint that “someone” had placed on his bedroll.
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“Stop! Stop! What’s that sound? What’s that sound?”
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“Crimony! … Seems like I just cleaned out that fixture last week.”
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“I heard that, Simmons! I’m a wimp, am I? … Well, to heck with you—to heck with all of you!”
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Warren Hagstrom: professional Western movie background street crosser
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SALOO / WARREN
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This is your egg. / This is your egg covered with bugs.
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“Now what theorem applies to this … Douglas! Is that a fly you’re sucking on? Well, I hope you brought enough for everyone!”
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“Pie trap! … We’re in Zubutu country, all right.”
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