"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 07/10/2020 at 10:57 • Filed to: far side friday

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 11:01

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In case you missed the news this week, Gary is now debuting new Far Side on his website. I will *not* be posting any of those strips.

vondon302 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 11:05

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That feels like me looking in my lunchbox this week.  Damn it's been hot.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 11:11

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Good morning. Why will you *not*? Do you have beef with Gary Larson?

TheRealBicycleBuck > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 11:11

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FRIDAY IS HERE! 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 11:35

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Gary is pretty against internet sharing in the first place outside his website. I know these are everywhere though but the new stuff should probably stay there at least until someone else distributes it. The art style is very different but it is the same Gary we know and love.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/10/2020 at 11:40

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Quite the opposite. He has launched the site to provide his own home for Far Side strips on the internet, and as a reaction to the fact that basically every Far Side strip in regular print has already been reposted by someone on Pinterest/etc. If I repost from such places where they’ve already had hundreds of views, I’m doing minimal *additional* damage. Also, those strips are 25-40 years old. They are not singly enriching Gary except insofar as he does post better versions on his own website now - every day! Far Side Friday is something I hope encourages people to go and *buy* Far Side books from Gary and visit his website. Now, even more so.

If he wants to host website-exclusive strips that are not ones at risk of slipping out of all memory, far be it from me to make the attraction of going to his website - the genuine article, the real McCoy - reduced in any way.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/10/2020 at 11:51

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I went and looked at his site. Turns out the art is different for a reason. It’s now drawn on a tablet and he is experimenting with that.

Different  look, same twisted humor.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/10/2020 at 11:55

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Yep. Literally why I ain’t doing it. If his website is the exclusive place for new Far Side, I am not going to make it less exclusive.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/10/2020 at 13:24

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I think the new art style and medium will keep him at it for a while to come. Good on him.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/10/2020 at 13:56

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Your intent is honorable, Sir; I applaud you.

It’s an interesting topic for a conversation, the idea of earning a living making art, and how one should, and when one should, be paid. I know I very much enjoy the cartoons that you post.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/10/2020 at 13:57

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I appreciate your take on this.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/12/2020 at 09:31

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I’d say the Dark Side has gotten darker, though Larson has developed a compelling style. I’m curious what program he uses and on what sort of tablet.