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The Complete Far Side Archive

Posted by michael on from the boneless-chicken-ranch dept.

Muddie writes "Amazon is carrying the complete works of The Far Side. Weighing in at about 19 pounds, it features over 4,000 cartoons, including 19 Larson made after retirement, letters from readers, and more packed into 1,250 pages in 2 hardcover books boxed as a set for about USD$95. My life is complete."

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  1. South of the Border by Lane.exe · · Score: 4, Funny
    The archive will be distributed by the feared Tyrannosaurus Mex.

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    1. Re:South of the Border by NixterAg · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was compiled by researchers at the Midvale School for the Gifted.

  2. Overstock.com by Krackbaby · · Score: 5, Informative

    Overstock.com has it for a little over $79 plus a couple bucks for shipping.

  3. "Noooooooooo..." by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sound of postal carriers everywhere.

  4. Re:Referrer... by rodbegbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, the link in the story isn't a referrer link. No commission will be earned by anyone on it. Which is a shame, since you can get $15 for every copy sold.

    So in an attempt to redress the balance, here's my cash-whoring attempt. Give ME your referral credit!

    Rod.

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  5. Costco has it for $79.99 by Gavin+Scott · · Score: 4, Informative

    Picked it up at the local Costco here in the SF bay area the other day. They had a pallet-load of them for about $80.

    Yes, it actually weighs 19.5 pounds.

    G.

  6. Re:Metric r00lz by cgranade · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's about 8.62 kilograms...
    [lbs.]==[N]!=[kg]==[slugs]
    The units of weight are Newtons and pounds, whereas the units of mass are kilograms and slugs (yes, that is an imperial unit...). Oh, and the [ ] means "dimensions of".

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  7. Who get sued? by onyxruby · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does Gary Larson get sued when a significant portion of society stops working for about two days in a row?

  8. Re:Not searchable!? by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the old farside books had indexes with the only the letter 'T' having any entries. Each cartoon was indexed like this:

    'The one about the chicken and the cat.'
    'The one about the man trapped on an island'

    etc

  9. Calvin && Hobbes! by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay, Gary Larson is fine, but I want my Bill Watterson fix!
    -russ

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  10. Sounds like the Far Side of a hernia to me by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Honey, Where's the forklift? I wanna curl up in bed with my new book."

    You could always put it on one of them permanent bookstand thingies that some people put Bibles on, which is kinda apropos actually, but I'd be sure to reinforce my floor first.

    Otherwise you might be starring in your own Far Side cartoon.

    KFG

  11. Far Side Reference by drivers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, Far Side is so old. Anyone remember Cheers?

    Woody: I don't get the Far Side.
    Cliff: Well you see... [explains joke]
    Woody: What I meant was the newspaper in Hanover didn't carry the Far Side but thanks for treating me like an idiot!

    (paraphrased)

  12. Re:Referrer... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Damn, now that's rude: using Slashdot to earn referrer revenue. Shouldn't the editors have spotted this? Oh well. Nice offer, anyway."

    What's the big deal? It's a book you want, right? Why not reward the guy who pointed it out to you? Honestly, of all the things to be annoyed by in the world, this is pretty low on the list.

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    "Derp de derp."
  13. too bad... by MoFoQ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    too bad they don't have a DVD-ROM version, weighing alot less.