# Is The Far Side Returning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244 "2019-09-15T02:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/62 "2019-12-18T16:35:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > already discussed here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=882062](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=882062) Merged ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/63 "2019-12-18T16:39:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The New York Times article says that the site is mostly going to have existing strips, although it also mentions new stuff, “There will also be a look at doodles from the sketchbooks of Larson, who said: ‘I’m looking forward to slipping in some new things every so often.’” > > (I imagine that one of the tough things about being a daily cartoonist is having to come up with new ideas on a regular basis, so this frees him to only do new stuff when he wants to and has a good idea.) You’d think over the years he’d just have an idea occur to him. But being retired, he probably didnt have a cookie jar to put them in. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/64 "2019-12-18T18:48:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Or at least, an idea that he thinks is a good one. You can’t hit Larsonesque levels of absurdity without occasionally hitting a few duds. Surely you have not forgotten “Cow Tools”? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/65 "2019-12-18T19:02:08Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Surely you have not forgotten “Cow Tools”? It always made perfect sense to me. Dumb animals, dumb tools. But I’m from Wisconsin, so exposure to bovine intellect and artifact happens early and often. I often regretted that he didn’t follow up with “Cow toys”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/66 "2019-12-18T19:21:12Z")
Of course I haven’t forgotten Cow Tools. That was, in fact, the specific example I was thinking of. And yeah, I understand what he was going for, but it didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/67 "2019-12-18T20:03:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Of course I haven’t forgotten Cow Tools. That was, in fact, the specific example I was thinking of. And yeah, I understand what he was going for, but it didn’t work. Chronos I see your shriveled head somewhere on a shelf. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/68 "2019-12-19T16:52:17Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It always made perfect sense to me. Dumb animals, dumb tools. > > But I’m from Wisconsin, so exposure to bovine intellect and artifact happens early and often. > > I often regretted that he didn’t follow up with “Cow toys”. > > :eek: Udder clamps?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/69 "2019-12-19T16:57:26Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Udder clamps?:eek: Of course not! Just the teat! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/70 "2019-12-19T20:17:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Excerpted from [here](https://www.thefarside.com/about/48/a-letter-from-gary-larson). > [@](#): > > **I won’t have to release the Krakencow.** — Gary Larson I, for one, welcome our new Krakencow Overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/71 "2019-12-20T00:21:48Z")
And now I’m wondering how a Krakencow would work. Tentacles coming off the udder instead of teats? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/72 "2020-02-23T22:35:38Z")
[They’ve gone live!](https://www.thefarside.com/2020/02/21) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/73 "2020-02-23T22:53:25Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [They’ve gone live!](https://www.thefarside.com/2020/02/21) Uh, meaning what? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/74 "2020-02-24T00:04:51Z")
Don’t mind me. Being unable to go back further than a couple of days made me think actual Far Side panels was a new development. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/75 "2020-02-24T01:01:57Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t mind me. Being unable to go back further than a couple of days made me think actual Far Side panels was a new development. I am still hoping Gary Larson writes even one a month or one every other month. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/76 "2020-02-24T01:17:29Z")
Berke Breathed retired so many times I’ve lost track. At least 3 times I know of. And he started Bloom County back up in 2015 due to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/77 "2020-02-24T01:32:47Z")
Are any of the panels at that site new art? And will it be obvious when there is new work? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/78 "2020-02-24T01:38:43Z")
he wrote a letter about the website but it does not mention anything about new comics [A Letter From Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com | TheFarSide.com](https://www.thefarside.com/about/48/a-letter-from-gary-larson) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/79 "2020-02-24T01:58:11Z")
The [About page](https://www.thefarside.com/about) mentions new art, “And finally, beginning in 2020, and commemorating the fortieth anniversary of The Far Side, we will periodically unveil new work by the man himself!” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/80 "2020-02-24T03:01:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And will it be obvious when there is new work? I assume there will be a ©2020 line somewhere around any new work. ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/81 "2020-07-07T08:01:01Z")
Far Side new stuff is now [here](https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244.md?page=5)