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The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1995. Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in life. Larson's frequent use of animals and nature in the comic is popularly attributed to his background in biology. Reruns are still printed in many newspapers.
The Far Side was ultimately carried by more than 1,900 daily newspapers, translated into 17 languages, and collected into calendars and 23 compilation books.
The series was preceded by a similar panel called Nature's Way, also by Larson.
Most The Far Side cartoons are a single rectangular panel, occasionally split into small sections of four, six, or eight for the purposes of a storyline. A caption or dialogue usually appears under the panel as typed text, although word-balloons are sometimes used for conversations. Sunday comics were double-sized, done in watercolor or colored pencils, with captions handwritten in Larson's own hand. Most of Larson's comics relied on some combination of a visual and verbal gag, rather than just one or the other. Some recurring themes in the comic include people being stranded on desert islands, aliens, heaven, hell, and the life of cavemen. Many cartoons focused on animals, especially cows, bears, dogs, flies, and ducks. Notably, virtually all characters portrayed in the comic were overweight or obese, and usually wearing glasses. In addition, unless needed for a facial or comic expression, eyes are almost never drawn and characters usually show only a brow ridge.
1. Better Than Crying 2. I'm Not Shy, I Just Don't Like You 3. I Hope You're Unhappy 4. Seven-day Constant 5. Statues Of Snow 6. My Man Harvey Milk 7. Moral Straightjacket 8. The Lonesome Ballad Of El Bobo 9. Liz Hurley 10. The Fashionable Rebellion 11. Teach Me How To Die 12. Save It For The Children 13. Bled 14. This Pill Is Hard To Swallow 15. Too Much, Too Late 16. The Slowdance 17. Blue Highway Revelation Records, 1999.
I must have had a dream about you Cause I woke up in the worst of moods And when I looked at the clock my day was already ruined I'm glad that you like your new place And I hope your new job works out well I'm getting used to my kitchen and sleeping by myself And as we talk and reminisce I barely mask how deeply I'm depressed And though I can't complain I think I just might Cause it can't get much worse And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone I'm at my suit job everyday And Farside's writing a new LP And though I still hate school I've almost got my degree I keep myself so busy now Cause I don't want to be at home at all Cause everytime that I'm there I'm crushed that you haven't called And then I dwell and reminisce About the time I bought the angel dress That you wore for me And t...
1. Square One 2. Page 3. Nice 4. Buck 5. Audience 6. Gesture 7. Kill Me 8. Wait For Monday 9. Silver Anniversary 10. Someday Too Soon Revelation Records, 1994.
1. Worlds 2. Search For Ourselves 3. Ro-Sham-Bo 4. Free Your Mind 5. Smarter Than Ever 6. Safe Or Sorry 7. Constant Reminder 8. Lost In Space 9. Nowhere Fast 10. Future Days 11. Hero (bonus track) 12. Third Person Paranoia (bonus track) 13. Keep My Soul Awake (bonus track) 14. Boiling Over (bonus track) REV 025.
Popeye Vogelsang from Farside / Your Favorite Trainwreck performing "Blue Highway" and "I Hope You're Unhappy" acoustic. This took place at Crossroads on August 16, 2012. Enjoy! Brought to you by: http://thisisalbatross.com Cameras : Greg Pallante and Tom Duhamel Edited by: Greg Pallante http://gregpallante.com
Music video by Wall Of Voodoo performing Far Side Of Crazy.
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I must have had a dream about you
Cause I woke up in the worst of moods
And when I looked at the clock my day was already ruined
I'm glad that you like your new place
And I hope your new job works out well
I'm getting used to my kitchen and sleeping by myself
And as we talk and reminisce
I barely mask how deeply I'm depressed
And though I can't complain
I think I just might
Cause it can't get much worse
And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone
I'm at my suit job everyday
And Farside's writing a new LP
And though I still hate school I've almost got my degree
I keep myself so busy now
Cause I don't want to be at home at all
Cause everytime that I'm there I'm crushed that you haven't called
And then I dwell and reminisce
About the time I bought the angel dress
That you wore for me
And the sun went down
And you swore you were mine
And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone
I don't want to cry anymore than I cry, just as least as much
I know your children will be beautiful
But I don't ever want to know that they exist at all
So let's not talk and reminisce
Cause it won't clear the cobwebs in my chest
When I clench the phone and I grind my teeth
I know that I'm alone
And I hope, I hope you're miserable