Gary Larson, how many did he kill?

[mindseye]

Larsen has always been one of my very favorites. Genius, certainly! Who can forget the controversy that raged across the country over "Cow Tools".

I recall that the day the Loma Prieta earthquake struck California in 1989, the Far Side calendar cartoon for that day showed all the familiar characters randomly floating around in the frame. The caption was "Out of Order". Spooky!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Will you pay the postage?

Oh fine.

Some people

[embalmer42]

Originally posted by mindseye
Larsen has always been one of my very favorites. Genius, certainly! Who can forget the controversy that raged across the country over "Cow Tools".

I recall that the day the Loma Prieta earthquake struck California in 1989, the Far Side calendar cartoon for that day showed all the familiar characters randomly floating around in the frame. The caption was "Out of Order". Spooky!

Sorry, either I've taken too many bad drugs or I was sleeping that day but what was the "Cow Tools Controversy"?

[Straybow]

The canine decoder helmet one has always been a favorite.

[Chemical Ollie]

I remember a good one:

A guy sits at a lawn. An alien spaceship lands, an alien jumps out, walks up to him and punches him in the face. The alien walks back to the space ship, climbs in and takes off. Explaining text: Jim Olsen never knew what hit him

[Pekka]

Oh yees, Larson's rock. I had some book as a present some years ago and I laughed so hard I almost choked. So his work and Dilbert are my favourite cartoons, I really don't follow anything else.

One of my favourite Larson's would be where these two people, a man and a woman try to pick up something from the floor at the same time, the same item, and their heads bump so the bird(?) in a cage says 'There you go'.

That's it.. brilliant But you should see the picture of course.

[Winston]

[Provost Harrison]

[Winston]

Arrgghh!

[Kontiki]

One of the best one's was where the kid at the "Midvale School for the Gifted" is trying to push open the door marked pull.

I also liked the "School for the Mechanically Declined" where there's a giant diagram of how to put a screwdriver into a screw.

[St Leo]

None of them are funny.

[Winston]

Bah.

[Asmodean]

at this thread.

I had a bunch of Gary Larson books when I was younger, but for some reason, I gave them to my kid brother. So now he has a bunch of Gary Larson books.

at me.

Asmodean

[Sava]

good thread

[Winston]

Oh Mercy.