Product Description

The Far Side® and the Larson® signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160532 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Midwest Book Review
The daily Far Side cartoon, a staple item for legions of Gary Larson fans, is no longer published in the morning newspaper but continues to have one more incarnation as the final published volume of these eccentric, off-beat depictions of Larson's unusual perspectives. Last Chapter And Worse features more than 140 cartoons which have never been published in book form before. Only in The Far Side world can fans experience Aunt Vivian's Prison for Ne'er Do Wells or discover the ultimate boon to evading customs inspectors: Marv the kangaroo's secret pouch. Where else have two astronauts discovered that is is only a paper moon? Or that Noah played poker with some of the dumb animals (until God told him to knock it off)? Last Chapter And Worse is a badly needed fix for all Far Side fans suffering withdrawal symptoms since their favorite cartoon addiction can no longer be sampled daily in their local paper.

Customer Reviews

If your funnybone is twisted, then you will love this book
Gary Larson has a macabre and twisted sense of humor and I commend him for it. His "The Far Side" comic strip was one of my favorites from the first time I read it until he retired the strip. This book contains the cartoons of the last six months of the strip as well as 13 additional cartoons drawn by Larson after he retired. They all have the twisted look at life that was Larson's trademark. If your funnybone is twisted into a similar contortion, then this is a book that you must read.

a tearful farewell
This book is the last six months of Far Side cartoons. Plus 13 new cartoons. They are phenomenal. And now, a moment of silence for The Far Side...

Probably is the worst Farside book but still great
This isn't Larson's best book but being his last Farside cartoon collection before retirement is a collectors piece. The 140 cartoons in the bulk part of the book contain some classics such as the Inferiority Complex Sufferers cartoon and the ACME Wingbaby cartoon. The majority are good but there are some that you can tell were being left out of earlier books due to their standard. I love the two cartoons on page 80 (the end of the general cartoon section) that tell us The Far Side cartoons were all a dream of a man and the cavemen, cows, nerdy kids all looked like members of his family. The 13 full page cartoons at the back of the book are drawn after retirement and in most cases I would say aren't up to Larson's usual brilliant standard.

There is also an Afterword by Gary Larson that tells a tale his father drew on his kitchen table about a kid in school, drawing a box that becomes a lightbulb then becomes his mum bending over. Interesting story but I would have preferred a few more cartoons.

There are better Far Side collections than this one but if you own the rest you need this to complete your collection. There are plenty of good cartoons here.