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The Far Side Gallery is a collection of The
Far Side comic strips. This book includes cartoons from The
Far Side, Beyond The Far Side and
In Search of The Far Side. A
small one-page introduction appear informing the user how Gary Larson
became so twisted by his cruel brother, which is why he can create such
funny and twisted comics. All of the daily cartoons appear in black and
white and a select few appear in the middle of the book in color, but
are duplicated in the book in black and white. Some of the comics have
been enlarged to take up and entire page while there are mostly four or
three (one Sunday) comics on a page.
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.
The Far Side Gallery is a compilation
of the first three books that Gary Large released of his newspaper comic
strip. Like all of the smaller books before, this is a fun book to read
and can save you a little cash if you did not buy the three smaller
books. Please see the other reviews of the three smaller books for my
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