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Product Identifiers

PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing

ISBN-100836220854

ISBN-139780836220858

eBay Product ID (ePID)696736

Product Key Features

GenreHumor/Satire, Comics & Graphic Novels

Publication Year1986

LanguageEnglish

Artist/WriterGary Larson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length10.7in

Item Height0.8in

Item Width8.3in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Book TitleFar Side Gallery 2

Series Volume Number8

Lccn84-081550

Dewey Decimal741.5973

SeriesFar Side Ser.

Reviews"Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in between opium binges, once distinguished poetry from prose by noting that the former comprises 'the best words in their best order.' Gary Larson's achievement in The Far Side ® is to have pulled off much the same thing in a humbler medium: the best joke told with the best image ... there is no excuse not to have some Larson in your life." (The Daily Beast), "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in between opium binges, once distinguished poetry from prose by noting that the former comprises 'the best words in their best order.' Gary Larson's achievement in The Far Side is to have pulled off much the same thing in a humbler medium: the best joke told with the best image ... there is no excuse not to have some Larson in your life." (The Daily Beast), "Bless Gary Larson for his wonderful consistency in casting an artful eye on all of Earth's wild critters, human or otherwise." (The Philadelphia Inquirer), "Explain him? No. Explicate him? No. Enjoy him? Yes, God, yes ... Just don't o.d. You could die laughing." (Stephen King), "In an age when black humor is a lost art, Larson's cartoon is an island of insanity, offering us the perspective of a world where the unreal is normal and vice versa. Its message deep down is a dark one-- something about taking ourselves too seriously and strutting around as if we own the place." (Rolling Stone), "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in between opium binges, once distinguished poetry from prose by noting that the former comprises 'the best words in their best order.' Gary Larson's achievement in The Far Side ® is to have pulled off much the same thing in a humbler medium: the best joke told with the best image ... there is no excuse not to have some Larson in your life." (The Daily Beast), "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in between opium binges, once distinguished poetry from prose by noting that the former comprises 'the best words in their best order.' Gary Larson's achievement in The Far Side is to have pulled off much the same thing in a humbler medium: the best joke told with the best image ... there is no excuse not to have some Larson in your life." (The Daily Beast), "Larson communicates a great deal of information in a few simple ink lines. The expressions of his characters are vivid and immediately recognizable ... And with just a strand of beads and a pair of harlequin glasses, he can somehow transfer any animal--a shark, a bug, a warthog--into a dowdy suburban hausfrau." (The Los Angeles Times), "Larson communicates a great deal of information in a few simple ink lines. The expressions of his characters are vivid and immediately recognizable ... And with just a strand of beads and a pair of harlequin glasses, he can somehow transfer any animal--a shark, a bug, a warthog--into a dowdy suburban hausfrau." (The Los Angeles Times), "Bless Gary Larson for his wonderful consistency in casting an artful eye on all of Earth's wild critters, human or otherwise." (The Philadelphia Inquirer), "In an age when black humor is a lost art, Larson's cartoon is an island of insanity, offering us the perspective of a world where the unreal is normal and vice versa. Its message deep down is a dark one-- something about taking ourselves too seriously and strutting around as if we own the place." (Rolling Stone), "Explain him? No. Explicate him? No. Enjoy him? Yes, God, yes ... Just don't o.d. You could die laughing." (Stephen King), "Larson communicates a great deal of information in a few simple ink lines. The expressions of his characters are vivid and immediately recognizable ... And with just a strand of beads and a pair of harlequin glasses, he can somehow transfer any animal--a shark, a bug, a warthog--into a dowdy suburban hausfrau." (The Los Angeles Times)

Dewey Edition20

Target AudienceTrade

IllustratedYes

TopicForm / Pictorial, Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Anthologies, General