Reality Check by Dave Whamond for February 15, 2024

J would love to see classic Far Side on this site.

Works for me!

Me thoughts it because KFC opened up on one side and cheecken is wants to gets away from there.

They’re going to analyse the philosophy of Calvin and Hobbes.

Is that cow givin’ the Vulcan Salute? That would be so Larsen… or maybe Spock!

Looks more like a cow-toon Ralph.

It was too far to walk around.

Dave had best be sharing a portion of his income with Gary for today’s comic.

“Come to the Far Side,” We have cookies.

look both ways before crossing…

Needs more ‘Cow bell’, Ralph.

Aw, aw, aw….!

Cow Tools. I read that Gary Larsen and the newspapers got a boatload of calls and letters looking for an explanation to that strip.

According to Wikipedia "Larson took the unusual step of issuing a press release, explaining the joke:

“‘The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness. While I have never met a cow who could make tools, I felt sure that if I did, they (the tools) would lack something in sophistication and resemble the sorry specimens shown in this cartoon. I regret that my fondness for cows, combined with an overactive imagination, may have carried me beyond what is comprehensible to the average Far Side reader.’”

… but, but, but Ralph didn’t apologize …!

Great tribute, Dave. Gary brought funny back to the Funny Pages.

Alas, The Comic is Dead … long live the Comic. And, Scrooge McDuck had to move in with Gary.

There’s a whole Wikipedia page for that Cow Tools cartoon of Larsen’s. https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Cow_tools

I knew that was a Far Side cow in the split second before the words even registered! That’s how amazing Larson’s work is…we all know his characters on sight!

to paraphrase John Cafferty, The Far Side is Calling Now Nothing Seems Real

Sometimes when driving by a pasture of cows, I’ll roll down the window & shout “CAR!” …!!

This is very moooooving.