 "Graphic SF Reader" | 2007-09-03 |
| - Reviewed By bluetyson |
The Far Side Gallery is the first collection of Gary Larson's crazy comic strips featuring hordes of talking anthropomorphised fauna and fowl of all shapes and sizes.
These are generally very amusing, and generally very witty, and you are bound to get some fridge or door material out of one of these.
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 "realer than real" | 2007-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By kuttner13 |
| Gary is sorely missed. Almost no one saw it the way he did. I hope another comes along. |
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| "Original 1984 Gallery of Masterpieces Will Never Go Out of Fashion" | 2006-12-19 |
| - Reviewed By jamesnsimpson |
Larson's original gallery has so many classic Far Side cartoons that you can not justify not owning this sensational collection of his work. Larson may well have retired a while ago but the power of these works of brilliance to make the reader laugh will never fade. There have been many who have copied Larson's style but I have never come across anyone else who has even come close to achieving the quality of The Far Side.
Buy The Far Side Gallery along with its sequels, the original smaller books that make up these galleries are also great buys, along with the calendars and other merchandise. Larson's 2007 calendar gives all the proceeds to wildlife conservation (which obviously inspired a lot of his work) so get that too. You can never own enough of The Far Side.
In this volume (originally released in 1984) of the Gallery collections you will find such classic Far Sides as on Noah's Ark "Well that's it for the unicorns, from now on all the carnivores are confined to C Deck", the father being held up by his shirt collar by an invisible man with his son saying "BigBob is tired of you saying he doesn' exist, the smashed bottle falling from the clouds with humans running away with the word Uh-Oh! from the sky. The bears riding in the circus car saying "Looks Like a trap I said, nonsense no one would set a trap way out here in the woods you said...." The crocodiles on the river bank saying "That was incredible, no fur, claws, horns, antlers or nothing, just soft and pink" and of course the classic picture of dinosaurs smoking with the caption beneath "The Real Reason Dinosaurs Became Extinct" are just a small sample of the classic laughs within this sensational masterpiece. |
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| "It's the Far Side, but..." | 2006-03-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: AOGUH9JIMGKVC |
| Okay, it's a collection of Far Side comics, which is what I want, so it's awesome for that reason. BUT, the actual final product in book form is a little disappointing. First, all the comics are black and white. Yeah, it's not about the art and you don't miss much without color, but come on, would a little color kill anyone (especially ones that were originally color)? Second, it's pretty thin on strips, with 4 to a page most of the time (a good amount) sometimes 2 on a page, and even occassionally one comic on a single page! It looks pretty silly with just one giant comic on a page. |
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| "My First Far Side Collection" | 2006-03-05 |
| - Reviewed By redravenbooks |
Some of my earliest memories are filled with reading The Far Side on my father's lap after the evening meal. Whenever I asked my parents for a one of the standard collections, they told me to wait, one day they would all be in one book. Then, for Christmas one year, I got this book.
What can I say, but thank you Mom and Dad and thank you Mr. Larson! The Far Side was, and still is, funny, original, and timeless. This collection gives you some of the best of the original strips and lends itself well to watching the progression of humor up and through until the end. |
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| "Always Brilliant!" | 2006-03-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2VE1D1TBEO66 |
| Gary Larson never ceases to amaze me. I've been a religious follower of The Far Side for as long as I can remember. I love the way he looks at the lighter side of life, yet some of the comics really hit home. My favourite still is the deer with the target as a birth mark! Go Larry - you're my super hero! |
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| "I want what Gary is smoking...and I don't smoke!" | 2005-10-19 |
| - Reviewed By chillib |
| LOL!!!!This is one brilliantly funny comic strip from one brilliantly sick (in a good way) mind. The Far Side is timeless. I laugh every time I read them, and that's a good thing. |
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| "The Far Side always cracks me up" | 2005-02-27 |
| - Reviewed By apost8 |
| How Gary Larson keeps coming up with this stuff I have no idea. It seems like the more I read, the more I begin to laugh. This particular Gallery is totally hilarious. If you don't get the humor in "The Far Side", my guess is your brain is wired for something different than reading books. In fact, I heard the current President hasn't got a Far Side chuckle since 1991. |
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| "Hilarious" | 2005-02-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1OLLHHGJCK2G9 |
The Far Side is my favorite comic, out of all. It is positively loaded with randomness that will catch you off guard. Larson's comics are the kind that makes you think about what is going on, comparing the picture to the caption, and it is hysterical. There are scizophrenic kangaroos, plane driving sheep, duck relays, and pretty much any other twisted idea out there.
ANY Far Side book is one that will never fail to please.
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| "Funny, absurd cartoons" | 2005-01-09 |
| - Reviewed By 71603522 |
| Sick, absurd humor is Larson's specialty, and in this collection, Larson is at his best. Many of the cartoons involve reversals of the roles of species, where animals get their revenge on humans. Others are based on themes from popular culture, such as Tonto on his horse outside the outhouse telling Kemosabe that the music is starting. They are funny, but there are times where you have to spend some time interpreting the diagram. If you are a fan of Larson's unique brand of humor, then you will love this collection. |
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