The Far Side, IRL

Having taken a short sabbatical from the tubes it is good to rediscover them. Often I have found that the internet becomes something of a perverse, personal litmus test for me, a private game of one-upmanship between me and myself comprising a back and forth of “You think that’s twisted, take a look at this!”; and while this game is fine for a while it gets old quickly. Before long your mind becomes one big callous, a mass of dead, scarred neurons impervious to all but the most horrid of visions, and by the time you realize what the sparse growth on your face signifies it’s too late and you’ve become Warren Ellis. At which point what else is there, really?

It was nice then to find this Flickr group whose sole purpose is to bring the world of Gary Larson to life. The Far Side was one of my favorite comic strips as a child. His surreal world was ceaselessly amusing to my young mind and, simultaneously, there was something about “getting” a Larson strip that made me feel wise beyond my years. It also ignited in me a passion for writing small, absurd vignettes for photographs, a device I often employ to help myself write and which I have subjected you poor Ectomites to on various occasions. All in all, a fitting way to come back.

The Far side Reenactments [Flickr] : C.O.D. uploaded by biomechanic