now turn off the light! so we can find our way back outside.

Color strip today, just for fun. Beards of our Forefathers includes ten strips that have been colored in a similar fashion.

I’ve been getting a lot of very kind emails from people who’ve received their copy of Beards and enjoyed it — thanks very much! If you really dug the book, one thing that’s very helpful to me is if you leave a review on its Amazon page. Let’s see if we can get some reviews on there!

Fresh(-ish) Far Side Cartoons

Back in 2020, an official website was launched for Gary Larson and his comic The Far Side, which until then had only existed online as unofficial fan archives and so on.

Along with the site, which reruns a smattering of daily cartoons, there was a section called “New Stuff” in which Larson described the joy of learning to draw with a digital tablet for the first time.

Since then, the “New Stuff” section has been very infrequently updated with new cartoons — including one quite recently. It’s lovely to see more work from Larson; for many of us, The Far Side is like an old friend.

I also recommend looking through the “Sketchbooks” section to see a ton more proto-comics and draft ideas, many of which might easily have become a classic during the comic’s run.


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