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Ack

bitdamaged — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:45:39 -0800

1250 pages, hardbound. 2 volumes. Over 4000 comics in chronological order with 1100 never seen before. Lady's and gentlemen. I present The Complete Far Side. 1980-1994

By: xmutex

xmutex — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:47:37 -0800

You present it? How'd you get that gig?

By: tiamat

tiamat — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:49:42 -0800

cool

By: kenaman

kenaman — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:52:40 -0800

Isn't The Far Side just the same joke repeated. Some aspect of humanity bring hoist on dogs, cows, flys with results.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:53:20 -0800

Mmmm, I'd like to sit down and read this with a refreshing glass of Pepsi Blue... Just kidding. This is actually cool. I didn't know this was coming out until I saw it in the store last night. I wish it was on CD-ROM like they did with Mad Magazine.

By: Badmichelle

Badmichelle — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:55:44 -0800

...consider it an essential addition to any bathroom reading library...

By: ao4047

ao4047 — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:56:02 -0800

Between this opus and the impending return to of another Opus, I'm all atingle.

By: briank

briank — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:57:14 -0800

And for only $750, you can have it bound in leather.

By: bonheur

bonheur — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:59:41 -0800

Oh man, I got all breathlessly excited when I thought I was clicking on the ultimate Gary Larson internet archive. Imagine my disappointment when I clicked through to Amazon instead. Argh.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:00:04 -0800

Does Amazon still offer a cut to people who link to them? Yes? I guess Matt won't be seing any of that cash...

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:26:05 -0800

spazzm: I don't see a referral code in the link, so I guess you'll have to find something else to get worked up about. Here. Here's a fetus. (Apologies to Bill Hicks

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:27:51 -0800

Saw this at work, and I have to say that I will get it eventually. The best part is that it has letters people wrote in about the strips. Word of advice though, if you're planning on getting one for yourself, wait until either right before christmas, or the months after christmas, there's a good chance if the bookstores order too many that you can get it for half off or more.

By: eastlakestandard

eastlakestandard — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:29:47 -0800

Speaking of new releases, there's a Complete Career-Spanning Two-Disc Set of Billy Bragg's music coming out next tuesday. I might present that next week, stay tuned...

By: dakotadusk

dakotadusk — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:41:33 -0800

That 16 pound package nearly gave my mailman (sorry - postal carrier) a hernia. I feel sorry for those of you who waited for Amazon's Oct 20 release date. Barnes & Noble shipped my copy three weeks ago. PS: It's worth every penny.* The essays written by Gary before each year's chapter sends you deeper into his fantastic mind than you'd cull from just the cartoons. Excellent. *And yes, I got the big new hardcover discount - B&N and Amazon were about the same there.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:58:26 -0800

I just goet back from the bookstore and saw this. *drool.* I spent the entire time trying to convince my wife to make room on the budget, but instead I got the "maybe for christmas."

By: ursus_comiter

ursus_comiter — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:08:14 -0800

Eastlakestandard, I already have it! I ordered early and got an extra CD with rarities, so I'm getting my kicks on the A16. As for the complete Larson... I want, but I think I can wait a while for that and see if I can dig it up at a discount. Might be worth a visit to the Strand to see if it turns up there.

By: soplerfo

soplerfo — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:09:56 -0800

I don't get it.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:11:04 -0800

Must...find...way...to let relatives know in time for Xmas purchases...

By: Prospero

Prospero — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:17:24 -0800

A question for anyone that has it in hand--what is the quality of the book (as a physical object, as opposed to its content)? Is it on acid-free paper, for example? Is it a Nice Book? If I shell out $100 for this, I don't want to ever have to buy it again.

By: jonah

jonah — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:23:03 -0800

Just this morning I walked into a huge spider web on the way to my car (for the third time this week) and was thinking of the Far Side where the spiders have spun a web at the bottom of a playground slide and one says to the other "If we pull this one off, we'll eat like KINGS!".

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:26:58 -0800

"Cat Fud." Best. Far Side. Ever. (IMHO.)

By: mikhail

mikhail — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:15:01 -0800

Wow, it's been so long. How does that go again? Oh yeah,... Get your own blog, fuckwit.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:48:15 -0800

It's a really nicely bound, with glossy paper, and a box to hold both volumes in... lots of color printing. All around it should last you a while.

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:04:25 -0800

And for only $750, you can have it bound in leather. Huh. For $500, you can get me. grabbingsand, I'm with you. It's one of the ones that occurs to me for no good reason while walking down a hallway. That and "Careful mister. Ol' Zeke's liable to fire that thing up."

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:26:20 -0800

~~Midvale~~ [insert your school's rival here], school for the gifted

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:57:18 -0800

What marketing genius decided to release a "Greatest Hits" album of Billy Bragg's stuff? He's not exactly somebody with broad appeal. I think that his fan base (myself included) probably already has everything in the two main discs. In fact, Billy owes me because I actually paid money for England, Half English when it was clearly released as a prank.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:23:29 -0800

keswick: Actually, yes. There is a "ref=sr_8_1/104-4074192-1092744" ref-code in there. Not that I care, really, but if it's ok to advertise in FPPs I just wish someone had told me sooner.

By: kindall

kindall — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:27:49 -0800

Actually, yes. There is a "ref=sr_8_1/104-4074192-1092744" ref-code in there. That is an internal Amazon code that Amazon uses to track where you came from within Amazon. Associate codes do not start with "ref=" and are more or less plain English. Nobody is getting any Associates kickbacks for the link.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:28:26 -0800

...which is supposed to be there. My bad, carry on. Nothing to see here. Nothing to see, except excellent cartoon humor, that is.

By: shadow45

shadow45 — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:36:40 -0800

how nature says "do not touch"

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:39:32 -0800

I always liked the one with the two trucks crashed in front of a house -- "Bob's Assorted Rodents" and "Al's Small, flightless Birds" -- with a cat pressed up against the window. Oh, and "Early Microscopes"... "It's a mammoth." Heh.

By: vito90

vito90 — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:00:14 -0800

I like the two Chinese soldiers standing on top of the newly erected Great Wall of China. "NOW we'll see if that dog can get in here..."

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:00:49 -0800

This is my personal favorite. I already have an extensive collection of "Far Side" cartoons. For safety's sake, I keep them on separate servers all over the world. (apologies to Steven Wright).