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the Far Side, by Gary Larson.
Still one of my favorites.
True story. While strolling the exhibit in LA years ago, I overheard “polar bears are Arctic and penguins are Antarctic.” Like that’s the least of it. You know, talking, not seeing through the “disguise” but yeah they’d never meet means everything. Some people.
That story makes it funnier. I’m watching my football game. I read your comment and did a legit spit take.
from a Wiener Dog art book, by Gary Larson
the far side (in 3D)
i'm sorry but i can't let this allegation stand. i composed this scene and made this lumpy man with my own two hands...and many cubes...
It’s fan art, but you studied Gary Larson for years to make it.
“Trouble Brewing”, by Gary Larson
I miss Gary Larson's The Far Side
I have the complete Far Side slipcase. Worth every penny.
some more of ‘the Far Side’ funnies by Gary Larson.
“Trouble Brewing”, by Gary Larson
“From the book ‘Guide to Western Stuff’” (the Far Side - November 21, 1990), by Gary Larson.
Deanna Wagner, Secretary To The Mayor Of Seattle
Pre-Far Side Specialty Illustration
Art by Gary Larson
some of “the Far Side” by Gary Larson.
Original painting by Gary Larson for The Complete Far Side: 1980-94, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003.
the Far Side, by Gary Larson.
the Far Side by Gary Larson.
Do you read many "indie" comics? Or more so, non-action oriented comic books? I only ask because I recently pick up David Chelsea's In Love by David Chelsea and I was curious to see if you had any feelings on his art. I'm almost done with it but I fell in love with the art immediately.
I have read quite a few indie comics. My tastes run more towards action orientated books, but I am in no way adverse to other stories. You will also probably notice that most of the books I list below still have elements of action or suspense.
Like Yogi said, “I yam what I yam.” Anyways, my recommended readings:
“Girls”, by the Luna Brothers, is pretty great.
Anything that Moebius touched is gold. Especially his stuff with Jodorowsky or his Blueberry work. Check this AirtightGarage.Tumblr.com page for more Moebius.
I have not read enough of it to give a definitive answer review, but I have enjoyed every bit of “Love and Rockets” that I have read.
MouseGuard, by http://DavidPetersenArt.Tumblr.com is incredible. Seriously, one of the absolute best books ever. And a really good all-ages recommendation at that.
I cannot fail to mention “Maus”, but that is kinda like high school homework reading at this point. It is really good though. I mean, it is a Holocaust Survivor’s account, so it is not the happiest book in the world, but it is excellent.
“From Hell”, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell is the best book that Alan Moore ever did. Seriously. Warren Ellis thinks so too. Alan Moore has a recurring theme in his books, wherein Superhero characters are typically shown to be either nostalgic homages to a time gone by (Tom Strong, ABC Comics, etc.), or the tights brigade are shown to be kind of silly or wrong for what they are doing (basically everything Alan Moore wrote for DC boils down to “Superheroes are dumb”). But, “From Hell” is a brilliantly researched and intricately told crime investigation story, while also being a glimpse into the history of London. It is really, really good. The movie was not terrible… but read the book.
I am also a big fan of Sunday Newspaper comics, and I have the slipcase boxed set of “the Complete Far Side”, by Gary Larson to prove it.
I want to own all of “Calvin and Hobbes”, by Bill Watterson… but that is a purchase to be made after I figure out where to store all the stuff I already own.
I think you might really enjoy David Chelsea In Love if you enjoyed Maus. They’re not thematically linked in other way other than the fact that they are autobiographical or biographical. So tonally similar I guess. But even if you didn’t really dig on the romance, or are kind of weirded out by how sexual David Chelsea’s art gets, his illustrations really are fantastic. I recommend it.
But on that note, I could talk about Maus all damn day. That was one of the few books to hit me in that specific realm of emotion. It does kind of seen like a textbook for indie comics but I feel like there’s a perfectly good reason for that.
And I unfortunately still haven’t gotten to read From Hell yet. But you bringing it up has prompted me to put that in my Amazon basket.
Good stuff. I have a backlog of stuff I should have read a long time ago, and that backlog is growing by the second.
I will look up David Chelsea in Love.
Also, "Aesterios Polyp", by David Mazzucchelli, is the best work of his career. Yes: seriously. It is AMAZING.
original art for one of 'the Far Side' cartoons, by Gary Larson.
