It Came From The Far Side

(The Far Side Collection 6)
by
Gary Larson

Andrews and McMeel, June 1986, 104 pp.
ISBN: 0-8362-2073-0

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Comic Strip / Humor
Reviewed: 4/28/2002

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Comic Strip

Synopsis

It Came From the Far Side is the sixth collection of The Far Side comic strips. All comic strips are in black and white. These are all single shots, not the normal 4 panel comic strips. The Far Side is a humorous comic strip that appeared in a multitude of newspapers daily.

The Far Side became very popular in the early 1980's, and continued into the 1990's, until Gary Larson decided that he was going to retire the comic strip. It was seen daily in hundred of newspapers and enjoyed by millions. The Far Side is just as the name imply...just on the far side of sane. Most of the strips feature humans, but not all. If an animal is the main character, then they are usually placed in the shoes of a human. Most of the Far Side strips deal with the stupid things humans do in every day things. Other strips deals with things that are just totally wacky. Either way, they make fun of us and everything we do. And since it is human nature to laugh at the misfortune of others...you will probably find this comic strip to be very funny.

Review

It Came From the Far Side puts the "fun" in "funny." A lot of these comic strips made me smile and a few of them made me laugh out loud. They are just plain absurd.

Gary Larson is a master of taking the all the stupid things humans do and putting them in the the strangest positions, like that of cows speaking or a caveman working with a crescent wrench. This is just plain funny. Where does he come up with all of his ideas? Who knows? But for years, he had the most humorous comic strips in the papers.

 I know that many of us out there would love the see the strip return to the newspapers. But since it won't, the only way to remember these wonderful moments of humor is to pick up a copy of It Came From the Far Side.