Original 1984 Gallery of Masterpieces Will Never Go Out of Fashion: Larson's original gallery has so many classic Far Side cartoons that you can not justify not owning this sensational collection of his work. Larson may well have retired a while ago but the power of these works of brilliance to make the reader laugh will never fade. There have been many who have copied Larson's style but I have never come across anyone else who has even come close to achieving the quality of The Far Side.

Buy The Far Side Gallery along with its sequels, the original smaller books that make up these galleries are also great buys, along with the calendars and other merchandise. Larson's 2007 calendar gives all the proceeds to wildlife conservation (which obviously inspired a lot of his work) so get that too. You can never own enough of The Far Side.

In this volume (originally released in 1984) of the Gallery collections you will find such classic Far Sides as on Noah's Ark "Well that's it for the unicorns, from now on all the carnivores are confined to C Deck", the father being held up by his shirt collar by an invisible man with his son saying "BigBob is tired of you saying he doesn' exist, the smashed bottle falling from the clouds with humans running away with the word Uh-Oh! from the sky. The bears riding in the circus car saying "Looks Like a trap I said, nonsense no one would set a trap way out here in the woods you said...." The crocodiles on the river bank saying "That was incredible, no fur, claws, horns, antlers or nothing, just soft and pink" and of course the classic picture of dinosaurs smoking with the caption beneath "The Real Reason Dinosaurs Became Extinct" are just a small sample of the classic laughs within this sensational masterpiece.

The Far Side did get better as it went on. I feel like at this point he hadn't really hit his stride yet... ( )

As always, Gary Larson delivers. The Far Side Gallery is funny, provocative, and insightful, like all of Larson's books. Unfortunately, as with most comics strips, it's either all or nothing, love it or hate it. If you like Larson, then you are guaranteed to love this book. If you don't care for Larson...why are you here? ( )

#287. An excellent conglobation of three Far Side cartoon books. The best of the best. ( )

This is a book of cartoons and I'm kind of cheating by just putting in this one when I have lots of Gary Larson books. But I'm on the free page at the moment and I only have 200 spaces to spare. Gary Larson has to be some kind of genius. Don't ask me what kind. But trust me he is. His collection of weiner dogs, mad scientists, cows, lynch mobs, ladies in pointy spectacles, fat boys, aliens, spiders, explorers and everything else is brilliant. My very favourite is "Hey Bird, shut up". You'll know it when you find it. ( )