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zorra_chiflada
06-01-2006, 07:17 AM
at all. and lots of people do.
P of R
06-01-2006, 07:19 AM
The thing is, at least in the Swedish Larson, that they recycle the material a lot. Because he stopped making new material a while ago.

But yeah a lot of it wasn't funny at all.
Freebasser
06-01-2006, 07:19 AM
A few of his cartoons are devoid of the funny, but 95% of them are pure gold. Gold, I say!

Susan, you strayed from the path - I'm willing to forget about this if you are. Let's never mention this again (y)
zorra_chiflada
06-01-2006, 07:21 AM
A few of his cartoons are devoid of the funny, but 95% of them are pure gold. Gold, I say!

Susan, you strayed from the path - I'm willing to forget about this if you are. Let's never mention this again (y)

joe thinks its the funniest thing ever, along with the framley examiner, which i think is ok. but he hates homestarrunner which i think is funny. weird stuff folks
Freebasser
06-01-2006, 07:22 AM
The Framley Examiner is God's gift to cyncial bastards.

I go to bed with my copy.
enree erzweglle
06-01-2006, 07:22 AM
It's like Seinfeld. It was funny in its time but it's sort of been mimicked lots. Plus, it had its run and so its style is a little stale or dated now. But I did enjoy it for a long time and I still have some favorites stuck in my head.
TAL
06-01-2006, 07:23 AM
Whose far side do you think is funny then?
b i o n i c
06-01-2006, 09:16 AM
oooh i love gary larson. my favorite thing to do when i was a kid was to get lost in my far side books collection. I love how everyone was fat, bespeckled and had a cowlick - even the superheroes looked like they were named ralph.
cookiepuss
06-01-2006, 10:53 AM
gary larson is an alumni of my college. I think his work is clever and funny. and that's just one more thing Zorra and I don't agree on.:)
Bob
06-01-2006, 10:56 AM
Whose far side do you think is funny then?

you beat me to it. i was gonna say "i'd like to see YOUR far side"

although in retrospect that sounds like a sexual innuendo, which i wasn't going for at all. i guess it's better that you did it first.
Waus
06-01-2006, 11:09 AM
I don't think Marmaduke is funny. But then - who does?
Ace42X
06-01-2006, 11:35 AM
at all. and lots of people do.

I don't rate his books or calenders, but I did see a collection of his animated shorts, and some of them were hilarious, in a monged sort of way.
marsdaddy
06-01-2006, 11:37 AM
Family Circus and Blondie = classic.
Waus
06-01-2006, 12:07 PM
Family Circus and Blondie = classic.

Family Circus and Blondie??

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3205/familycircus50vo.gif
ampm
06-01-2006, 12:09 PM
Once you give your eyes a little rest from 12 hours per day internet use reread it again. You'll find it hilarious. Let me know!
DIGI
06-01-2006, 12:55 PM
If you can't find "when potatoe salad goes bad" funny, you are not human.
marsdaddy
06-01-2006, 02:18 PM
Family Circus and Blondie??

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3205/familycircus50vo.gifI can't view that from work, but I was just following your Marmaduke through the door.
abcdefz
06-01-2006, 02:27 PM
Wow. The Far Side was one of the best comic strips ever.

That period was gold -- we had Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County all at the same time.

God loved us, then.
hardnox71
06-01-2006, 03:56 PM
Larson's sense of humor was unmatched. It was hilarious to see two bears walking through the woods, one saying to the other, "Hey, Murray, Gladys and I were wondering if you and Marge would like to come by the house Friday night."

My favorite one is the little fat kid that has a stack of books under his arm and he's trying to get in this door by pushing on it when the damned sign clearly says 'Pull'.

A big sign in the grass next to the door says 'School for the Gifted'.

I love that one.
hardnox71
06-01-2006, 03:57 PM
Wow. The Far Side was one of the best comic strips ever.

That period was gold -- we had Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County all at the same time.

God loved us, then.
I almost cried when Whatshisface stopped doing Calvin and Hobbes.
Drederick Tatum
06-01-2006, 04:01 PM
God loved us, then.


a-z, are you saying that God doesn't love me?!
cosmo105
06-01-2006, 04:09 PM
I almost cried when Whathisface stopped doing Calvin and Hobbes.
bill watterson was a genius. fucking crazy, but a genius. i wish i could afford the anthology.


i still laugh at every single far side birthday card i see. they just don't get old. i grew up on the galleries. love 'em.
hardnox71
06-01-2006, 04:14 PM
I liked Calvin and Hobbes because Waterson was able to reach back and remember exactly what it was like to be a little kid, even though he was a full grown man when he did the cartoon.

There are so many Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that I've read where I yelled, "OMG!! I did that when I was six, too!!"

Waterson would nail right on the head everytime.
Drederick Tatum
06-01-2006, 04:16 PM
I found that Calvin and Hobbes could get a bit too sentimental sometimes.
cosmo105
06-01-2006, 04:19 PM
I found that Calvin and Hobbes could get a bit too sentimental sometimes.
it did. but then it would go right back and have TYRANNOSAURS IN F-14S
zorra_chiflada
06-01-2006, 05:26 PM
Once you give your eyes a little rest from 12 hours per day internet use reread it again. You'll find it hilarious. Let me know!

you're cj hood right?
you actually seem to be around here more than anyone else