The Far Side Observer

10 best books like The Far Side Observer (Gary Larson): The Doonesbury Chronicles, School is Hell, MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin, Let's Face It, Charlie Brown!, 101 Uses for a Dead Cat, Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations, Footrot Flats One, Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless, What, Me Pregnant?, Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection

The Doonesbury Chronicles

Author	G.B. Trudeau
ISBN	0030152569

In 1975, for the first time in the history of journalism awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning went to a comic strip: Garry Trudeau's nationally syndicated Doonesbury.

"It is not only the best comic strip, but the best satire that's come along in a long time."
—Art Buchwald

Carried...

School is Hell

Author	Matt Groening
ISBN	0007179243

I first encountered this book when I was...oh, about 9 or 10. And, while I didn't understand all the humor contained within, I, being a school student and immersed in daily school life, could certainly "get" much of it. And the rest? Well, it went right over my sweet and innocent little pig-tailed head....

MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin

Author	Don Martin
ISBN	0762430508

Just about everyone who came of age during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s was influenced by MAD MAGAZINE, and no one at MAD was more influential than "MAD's MADdest Artist," Don Martin. His immediately recognizable style--featuring bulbous noses, wild sound effects, and the legendary "hinged feet"--was...

Let's Face It, Charlie Brown!

Author	Charles M. Schulz
ISBN	0449205479

Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.

Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul...

101 Uses for a Dead Cat

Author	Simon Bond
ISBN	0517545160

Maslow, Fanci, and Ashley wandered over to the thin red book lying on the floor.

Maslow, the smartest of the three cats, tried to read the title, "D-E-A-D C-A-T"

Ashley pricked up her ears "CATS! It's about cats."

Fanci turned a few pages, 'It's about dead cats, I think."

Maslow...

Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations

Author	Tomoko Fuse
ISBN	0870408526

TOMOKO FUSE is recognized at home and abroad as one of the most original and exciting of all up-and-coming origami talents. In this book, she explains her method for combining folded-paper units in an insertion fashion that results in an endless sequence of multidimensional variations giving new...

Footrot Flats One

Author	Murray Ball
ISBN	0958819033

Norman Tebbit's "cricket test" for New Zealanders has two requirements: 1) Acknowledge the All Blacks as the greatest sports team EVER and for all time and 2) love Footrot Flats.

A question in the NZ Trivial Pursuit is "Who runs the dog?", the answer - as any Kiwi knows - is Wal.

Footrot...

Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless

Author	Scott Adams
ISBN	0836217373

The world is getting more complicated. In the good old days you could set a peasant on fire with a flaming arrow, stomp him out with your horse, and still get away with a simple "excuse me." But these days, what with five billion people - many of whom do not consider themselves peasants - you are expected to...

What, Me Pregnant?

Author	Lynn Johnston
ISBN	0836218760

In this collection, Elly, who is juggling a new job, the adolescent traumas of Michael and now Elizabeth, plus the usual housework woes, finds out she is pregnant!! The shock finally wears off and the family deals with the idea of another person in their household. Then one stormy night baby April is born...

Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection

Author	Berkeley Breathed
ISBN	0316107018

I had a few minutes before my book club. As I am wont to do, I headed over to the graphic novel section to browse. Frankly, the section is looking shabby these days. It appears that the offerings are severely depleted from a couple years ago. Anyhow, I browsed. Somehow I saw this and thought, "Why not?"

I...

Bury My Heart at Fun-Fun Mountain: A FoxTrot Collection

Author	Bill Amend
ISBN	0836217063

FoxTrot is a comic strip with attitude, wit and a big dose of reality. Bill Amend's brilliant understanding of sibling rivalry and generational struggles comes to life in a refreshing blend of humor and truth.

Readers of all ages will love this glimpse into family life with the FoxTrot gang....