Michael Dirda reviews The Complete Far Side
“Given the investment required of any purchaser of The Complete Far Side, even an irresponsible reviewer needs to answer one key question: As it’s now been nearly 10 years since Gary Larson stopped producing his panels, do they still seem funny?
Given that weird register Larson perfected — blending American gothic, baby boomer nostalgia and gallows humor, the marriage of ‘I Love Lucy’ and ‘The Twilight Zone’ — the answer is yes, emphatically yes.”
THE COMPLETE FAR SIDE
Volume One, 1980-1986; Volume Two 1987-1994
By Gary Larson. Andrews and McMeel. 644 pp.; 601 pp. $135