The Far Side® Gallery 2

by Gary Larson

Book Overview

The second Far Side treasury. Copyright (c) 1986 FarWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.The Far Side(R), FarWorks, Inc.(R), and the Larson(R) signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc. in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836220854
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.7" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Far side comics have always been the best

The full size comics are great yet could be fabulous if they were in color! The Sunday Far Side comics were always the best, Hilarious, Quirky comedy with great color and deep thought. I hung many on the family refrigerator for everyone to share and laugh.

Like all good galleries this only contains masterpieces

The Far Side Galleries are literature's version of greatest hits CDs. This edition is even forwarded by Stephen King.The artistic masterpieces in this one come from the books Brides of The Far Side, Valley of the Far Side and It Came From the Far Side. It may be cheaper to buy these books individually instead of this gallery so compare prices before purchasing. The advantage of owning the galleries is that some cartoons are full page size which is three times the size of the original books. Not all cartoons are full size though just some.Classic cartoons contained in this one such as dogs looking at slides with one pointing to the screen, "Now in this slide we can see how the cornered cat has seems to grow suddenly bigger, Trickery! Trickery! Trickery!" Another has a guy waking up with a post it note on his left foot where his toe should be with the words "Went to market" on it. The classic human parody of nagging where a bear demands of her husband who has No. 8 shaved into his fur, a huge tag with no.8 on his ear and a needle sticking out of him "Late Again! This Better Be Good!" Is this book better than other galleries? Well that's a matter of opinion, different ones appeal to different people. Should you buy it? Yes!

The twisted world of Gary Larson

"The Far Side Gallery 2" gathers together a generous helping of cartoons by the brilliant Gary Larson, with an introduction by horror icon Stephen King. Larson's work is a surreal blend of horror, science fiction, and satire, all filtered through Larson's twisted, often macabre, sense of humor.Larson aims his pen at many targets in this collection; vampires, nuclear holocaust, the Bible, the tooth fairy, obesity, game shows, suicide, Vikings, vegetarianism, creationism, and much, much more. He often pokes fun at famous people or characters from literature and popular culture: Albert Einstein, Humpty Dumpty, Frankenstein, Carl Sagan, the Brady Bunch, etc.One of Larson's trademarks is to feature non-human characters who talk and behave remarkably like humans. Many such characters appear in this book: worms, extraterrestrial creatures, sharks, slugs, elephants, dragons, flowers, roaches, and more.The book is full of weirdness, but throughout it maintains an oddly consistent "Larsonian" logic. So if you want to see a Venus Kidtrap awaiting a meal, a devil leading a nightmarish aerobic workout session in hell, or Spanish-speaking dolphins confounding a team of scientists, check out "The Far Side Gallery 2."

Same old goofy humor!

I have read this book through and through about 30 times and I love it! The entire series of Gary Larson books are funny, but this one is one of my favorite collections yet. Larson has a very strange sense of humor that fans of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy books or Close to Home cartoons are sure to be amused by. I guarantee you'll laugh at this book.

Farside is cool

Hey this book is really funny. It has the same old Far Side humor. It is one of the more clever books a guy can read. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes The Far Side. (Especially you fans of his callenders.) I really like it and you should too. :) just kidding. Go with your instincts. Buy it if it is on the Sale rack somtime.

Really hilarious.

I read this book about 6 times cover to cover and every single time I think it is hillarious. This is a book that you do not want to forget.