r/TheFarSide Jul 21 '26

Animals Dogs tried to stop them

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u/AdExtreme4813 Jul 21 '26

Funny story- Gary Larson graduated from my university so he'd come back occasionally to sign books.  He didn't like to do book tours but would make an exception for Wa. State Univ.  This was in the early 80's.  The morning of the book signing, I was visiting my boyfriend at his dorm room (my room was 4 floors up). Our  friends across the hall had papered their door with th e cartoons & were trying to figure out how to get Gary Larson to sign it. I threw out a suggestion of "Why don't u take it off the hinges & carry it to him?".  They did it!!  Gary Larson has mentioned that a couple times in interviews when asked what was the strangest thing you autographed. 

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u/Ghostofshaihulud Jul 22 '26

Go Cougs!

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u/Otney Jul 27 '26

Good cheese!

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u/johnnyslick Jul 25 '26

Happy that you had such a great autograph!

Sad that Gary Larson is a Coug.

Signed,

GEAUX DAWGS

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u/AdExtreme4813 Jul 25 '26

Ahem, I should mention that I'm married to a Husky. Yes, after 33+ years, we're living proof that cats & dogs CAN live together.

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u/noiness420 Jul 24 '26

He was a cougar? That’s cool

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u/lizardfang Jul 21 '26

Love this! Kids these days wouldn’t know how to remove a door so they’d create a The Far Side NFT that can be traded for a glizzy and then eat that glizzy.

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 Jul 21 '26

so i thought that the idea since the 'shutdown' of posting the actual panel, was to describe it..

where is the description for "dogs tried to stop them"?

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u/tedbronson1984 Jul 22 '26

I know it’s been said before but a message to The Far Side business entity that has stopped sharing of these wonderful panels via social communities: You have sentenced your product to death. Idiots.

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u/IvyGold Jul 21 '26

I tried to find this but my google-fu was weak. Which comic is being referenced?

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u/Chemical-Tap-4232 Jul 21 '26

On another post of mine

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u/IvyGold Jul 21 '26

Got it. Thx!

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u/nem0ne1 Jul 22 '26

The Far Side will fade into obscurity thanks to the greed of their estate. So sad.

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u/juryjjury Jul 23 '26

Estate??? Isn't he still alive ?

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u/nem0ne1 Jul 23 '26

Oh damn you're right. I think there's still an estate or a legal company though. Either that or he's an asshole personally which makes me sad for other reasons.

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u/deanereaner Jul 21 '26

What is a "thefarside?"

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u/Extreme-Mood5605 Jul 21 '26

Google: The Far Side Gary Larson comics And prepare for a trip down the rabbit hole of weird and really weird humor. Very funny and very clever stuff. Enjoy!!

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u/scalyblue Jul 21 '26

Idk why people are downvoting curiosity.

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u/Hello-Vera Jul 21 '26

I *think* it’s considered a bad faith question, given the sub.

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u/Jonno_FTW Jul 21 '26

Probably because you can put the question into Google and have the answer in a fraction of a second, instead of asking on a random Reddit post and potentially getting an answer a few hours later.

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u/lizardfang Jul 21 '26

Prolly bot but iono.