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Wildlife Preserves: A Far Side Collection

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Wildlife Preserves, the tenth book in the Far Side series, is not quite as funny as the rest of the books in this series. That is not to say that it is not a funny book. There are several of my all time favorite cartoons in this book and an average Gary Larson is still far funnier than any other cartoonist in the world. However, there were not quite as many laughs as some of his previous books. I still like this book and feel that there are enough laughs to make it a worthwhile addition to the Far Side collection. There are also enough laughs for me to recommend it to someone who needs a good laugh.

Wildlife Preserves, the 10th Far Side Collection is a very informitive book. I bought it because The Far Side is my favorite comic strip and I have 10 others. But, I never thought I could learn so much from a comic strip. I found out about Cowmen Miranda and the woolly watermelon. I learned about when naturalists found The Seccret Chipmunk Burial Grounds and how the spitting cobras live at home. If wou want ace all you history quizes, this book will be helpful (It could happen).

Classic Greg Larson. I enjoyed this book very much. I laughed over and over. How I wish that Far Side was still being written. If you are a Far Side fan you will find this book worth buying!

One thing I love about the Far Side is its Quirky sense of humour - something that this book has in spades.

Whether it's cartoons depicting an ointment factory (with a suspicious looking fly stirring one of the vats) or cartoons around the theme of 'Thor's Hammer... screwdriver & crescent wrench', this collection is refreshingly different and shows quite a variety of creative humour.

Add to this a reading time of 5-10 minutes and you have the perfect coffee table book at a really cheap price (48 cents at time of writing).

I have to confess I got mine from a charity shop, but this is definitely a worthwhile read...

Using the word funny to describe the cartoons in this collection is almost a misuse of the term; the best word to use is hysterical. My favorite is on page 72 and depicts a man walking up to the backside of a dinosaur with a large thermometer in his hands. The caption is "An instant later, both Professor Waxman and his time machine are obliterated, leaving the cold-blooded/warm-blooded dinosaur debate still unresolved." While most of the others are not at this level, in many cases the differences in distance are minor, Larson has a superb and twisted sense of humor and he expresses it well.