# New Far Side Comics (this time, for real!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736 "2020-07-08T13:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/1 "2020-07-08T13:04:33Z")
Gary Larson started his official site a few months ago, but he has actually published his first new Far Sides in 25 years now. [See them here!](https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/115/taxidermist) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/2 "2020-07-08T13:11:30Z")
Being discussed here: > [@Is The Far Side Returning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244/80): > > I assume there will be a ©2020 line somewhere around any new work. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/3 "2020-07-08T14:05:26Z")
Love the new style! Looks like he is using a tablet to draw them - they look great. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/4 "2020-07-08T14:21:50Z")
Get a load of that raccoon’s face in “taxidermist”. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/5 "2020-07-08T14:58:10Z")
I must be missing a pun or something. “Bears eating cub scouts”? Love the art style. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/6 "2020-07-08T15:35:59Z")
The aliens are doing their “probe and release” in the UK or some other place with right-hand drive pickup trucks… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/7 "2020-07-08T16:24:00Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I must be missing a pun or something. “Bears eating cub scouts”? I think the joke is just that they are putting honey on them. More a chuckle than big laugh. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/8 "2020-07-08T16:27:01Z")
I thought it was mustard. Didn’t look real close, though. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/9 "2020-07-08T16:40:17Z")
I think the joke is simply that when bears go on a picnic, they eat Cub Scouts. Larson doesn’t always rely on a 2nd meaning for his jokes, and his jokes aren’t always all that funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/10 "2020-07-08T16:43:02Z")
Glad to see new work. Not so glad to see if those are the best he’s got. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/11 "2020-07-08T17:09:05Z")
Yeah, I’ve got to be a Debbie Downer as well. In the Letter From Gary Larson on the website, he writes that trying a new digital pen had re-ignited his love of making art, after 15 years of slacking. He says that the new digital tools and monitors can provide the level of detail that makes artistic subtleties possible. It looks like he is a long way from mastering the technique – there are almost none of the charming details that he used to work into his art. And when it comes to cartooning, I think that deadline pressure helps develop genius. Not everyone needs deadline pressure to be creative, but if he went 15 years without producing artwork beyond an annual Xmas card, it seems like Larson could use an external push. I wish him luck and dedication and everything good. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/12 "2020-07-08T17:15:25Z")
For years I kept telling people that GL must at least draw Christmas cards annually. I was right. And he’s under no deadlines so who knows what and how often he’ll share. I love the taxidermist. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/13 "2020-07-08T17:21:54Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Yeah, I’ve got to be a Debbie Downer as well. In the Letter From Gary Larson on the website, he writes that trying a new digital pen had re-ignited his love of making art, after 15 years of slacking. He says that the new digital tools and monitors can provide the level of detail that makes artistic subtleties possible. It looks like he is a long way from mastering the technique – there are almost none of the charming details that he used to work into his art. > > _ **And when it comes to cartooning, I think that deadline pressure helps develop genius.** _ Not everyone needs deadline pressure to be creative, but if he went 15 years without producing artwork beyond an annual Xmas card, it seems like Larson could use an external push. > > I wish him luck and dedication and everything good. Apropos of that: [https://twitter.com/greg\_p\_kennedy/status/987044279544578050/photo/1](https://twitter.com/greg_p_kennedy/status/987044279544578050/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/14 "2020-07-08T21:07:52Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I think the joke is simply that when bears go on a picnic, they eat Cub Scouts. And Brownies for dessert? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/15 "2020-07-08T23:31:04Z")
I looked at them less as fancier versions of his old work but art with a warped little bent to it. They’re humorous, rather than outright comical. I’m ok with that. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736/16 "2020-07-09T01:13:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And Brownies for dessert? This would have been a much better caption than he came up with. Or no caption, but have one of the bears saying that up in the cartoon itself.