The Far Side Gallery 2
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- Author：Gary Larson
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Summary
The Far Side Gallery 2 is the second anthology of Gary Larson's The Far Side comic strips。 Cartoons from previous collections Bride of The Far Side， It Came from the Far Side， and Hound of the Far Side are featured， all of which were printed from 1985-1987。 The foreword was written by Stephen King。 The cover shows an explorer/scientist opening a coffin with a picture of a cow pharaoh on the front。 Inside， there is a mummy cow。
Reviews
Frank
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Most were ho-hum， some I didn't understand， but some cracked me up。 Still it was entertaining。 I useless waste of time， but soothing overall。 Most were ho-hum， some I didn't understand， but some cracked me up。 Still it was entertaining。 I useless waste of time， but soothing overall。 。。。more
Bill
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Thoroughly enjoying these galleries again with my kids。
Kyle
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I have never seen The Far Side's appeal， and I doubtless never will。 I have never seen The Far Side's appeal， and I doubtless never will。 。。。more
Sophie U
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Amazing
Nathan Albright
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This selection of Far Side cartoons was especially familiar to me because I had just read and reviewed the collections from which this book was drawn， namely "Bride Of The Far Side，" "Valley Of The Far Side，" and "It Came From The Far Side。" As is the case with a great many of the compilations of the humorous and entertaining Far Side that have been made over the years， and there are a lot of them， it must be admitted， this is a funny collection of entertaining cartoons that has a specific persp This selection of Far Side cartoons was especially familiar to me because I had just read and reviewed the collections from which this book was drawn， namely "Bride Of The Far Side，" "Valley Of The Far Side，" and "It Came From The Far Side。" As is the case with a great many of the compilations of the humorous and entertaining Far Side that have been made over the years， and there are a lot of them， it must be admitted， this is a funny collection of entertaining cartoons that has a specific perspective that is skewed but also hilarious， and a narrow but entertaining range of material that draws the interest of the cartoonist。 Although the cartoons involved many be familiar to many readers [1]， the collection as a whole is still entertaining when it is familiar， and this collection has an introduction by Stephen King， which will be worth something to some readers even if it felt entirely unnecessary to me as someone who isn't very impressed with his writing。 At any rate， though， a reader of this book knows what they are going to get and is going to get a lot of， enough to put on a coffee table as a sort of surrealistic virtue signalling。[1] See， for example:https://edgeinducedcohesion。blog/2020。。。https://edgeinducedcohesion。blog/2020。。。https://edgeinducedcohesion。blog/2020。。。 。。。more
Gail
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You either love Gary Larson or you don't。 I do。 You either love Gary Larson or you don't。 I do。 。。。more
Carole Martell
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Worth an occasional lol， but otherwise not as good as the original。
Kathleen
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Weird， hilarious， occasionally veer into dude not funny but mostly just an extremely funny sideways look at life。
Jake McAtee
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Larson is king。
Slow Man
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This is so good。 Not only that， it’s so clever。 I believe we all love comics。 They are digestible， bite-size wisdom。 And we see a lot of life and us stupid human beings in the Master’s strips。
KennyO
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There’s never enough Far Side in the world。
Ben
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Really， Stephen King's forward to this collection sums up everything there is to say about The Far Side and Gary Larson。 Its an 'either you get it or you don't'。 Showing Far Side clips to people， either they laugh at the jokes like I do/did， or they look at me as if my head is spinning， vomiting pea-green soup and I may or may not be incontinent。 I think its a friend barometer for me。 You laugh， your in， you don't laugh， your out。 Sorry， thems the breaks。 Really， Stephen King's forward to this collection sums up everything there is to say about The Far Side and Gary Larson。 Its an 'either you get it or you don't'。 Showing Far Side clips to people， either they laugh at the jokes like I do/did， or they look at me as if my head is spinning， vomiting pea-green soup and I may or may not be incontinent。 I think its a friend barometer for me。 You laugh， your in， you don't laugh， your out。 Sorry， thems the breaks。 。。。more
Abecatman
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It is funny and witty and I love that in a book
Shaina
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This one had some of the BEST！ Though I am not starting at the beginning， I am a long time fan and I just really loved these。 The intro by King was also good！ He tells you his favorites， so that you get a sense of what is funny to him。
Kasey Wilson
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Fecking awesome。
David Sarkies
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80’s Memes26 December 2018 – AdelaidetAs you can probably tell， this Christmas I am slowly making my way through a collection of Far Side books。 Well， okay， this is only the second one that I’ve read， but a part of me is starting to feel as if these aren’t the type of books that you are supposed to read in one sitting。 In fact， a part of me feels that maybe just rushing through the cartoons isn’t what you are supposed to be doing here， namely because I feel that they are the type of jokes that s 80’s Memes26 December 2018 – AdelaidetAs you can probably tell， this Christmas I am slowly making my way through a collection of Far Side books。 Well， okay， this is only the second one that I’ve read， but a part of me is starting to feel as if these aren’t the type of books that you are supposed to read in one sitting。 In fact， a part of me feels that maybe just rushing through the cartoons isn’t what you are supposed to be doing here， namely because I feel that they are the type of jokes that sometimes you need to sit down and think about them。 This one for instance:ttWell， it probably helps if you have some background knowledge， because I suspect that for quite a lot of people this will probably go right over their heads。 Then again， we are looking back at the 80s here， and maybe， just maybe， people were a little bit more familiar with their ancient history。 Actually， come to think of it they probably weren’t。 In fact， when I first saw the above cartoon it probably went right over my head as well。tThe thing is that these cartoons do remind me a lot of memes。 In fact， I’d probably go as far as calling them 80s memes。 Well， yeah， they are certainly somewhat more absurd that what I would expect from memes， but I guess that happens to be the genius of Larson – he just simply seems to draw whatever and just give us a small caption， before moving on to the next one。 In a way， just as some really cool memes appear as we scroll through out social media feeds， Larson had the habit of appearing out of the blue back in the days of the black and white newspapers。 。。。more
Tor Lenoir
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lol
Jsrott
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Only added for inclusivity。 Obviously Larson's comics will always be welcome， although some of them feel somewhat dated。 Still， light years better than most comics being published today。 Only added for inclusivity。 Obviously Larson's comics will always be welcome， although some of them feel somewhat dated。 Still， light years better than most comics being published today。 。。。more
Kathleen
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A classic。
Marc Pressley
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Bought and read this at the same time as Berke Breathed's "Bloom County: Babylon。" I don't think I've laughed so hard for an entire week。 More hilarity from one of the comic masters。 Bought and read this at the same time as Berke Breathed's "Bloom County: Babylon。" I don't think I've laughed so hard for an entire week。 More hilarity from one of the comic masters。 。。。more
Nick
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Never fails to tickle my humerus。 I go back again and again。
Barbara
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Gary Larson is a national treasure。 I love when one of his cows or chickens is named Barbara。
Bill Conrad
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This collection has some of the best cartoons that Gary Larson made。 He is such a creative person and there are several really great gems。 I love that even this many years later， they are still funny。
Lone_shewolf
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These comics are the absolute best。 I love them
A。 L。
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*2。5 stars This volume I enjoyed more than the first I read。 I probably liked it more because my expectations had been adjusted。 At first I expected it to induce me to laugh out loud。However， now I know that I should only prepare for the sort of thing that I might consider clever， or might think "heh， I see what you did there。" I still prefer things that make me laugh though， which is why I didn't rate this too highly。 *2。5 stars This volume I enjoyed more than the first I read。 I probably liked it more because my expectations had been adjusted。 At first I expected it to induce me to laugh out loud。However， now I know that I should only prepare for the sort of thing that I might consider clever， or might think "heh， I see what you did there。" I still prefer things that make me laugh though， which is why I didn't rate this too highly。 。。。more
Bob Schmitz
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Many of the same cartoons that I have seen in other Far Side books。 Still they make me chuckle。 Great calming bedtime reading in this era of Trump。
Wyktor Paul
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Seriously brilliant！
Ashley
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The Far Side always reminds me of my dad and my childhood :） wonderfully nostalgic and always funny- so many of these comics are just brilliantly funny :）
Ahmad Zaki
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Clever
spike marlin
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Excellent！ Excellent！ Excellent！
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