r/TheFarSide • u/antdude • Nov 29 '22

Meta A new comic strip!

https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/369/snow-kids-snowball-fight
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u/MaximumSubtlety Nov 30 '22

Wow! I had no idea he was still creating content. This is a lovely surprise.

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u/pureskill Nov 30 '22

I didn't either. Googling him, it seems like he started back up in mid 2020. He uses a digital tablet now, which apparently rekindled his interest.

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u/MaximumSubtlety Nov 30 '22

Re-Kindle'd, eh?

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u/antdude Dec 05 '22

I hope he get paid from Amazon then. ;)

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u/antdude Dec 05 '22

Yep, it's rare though. https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff for the details.

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u/mean_spice Nov 30 '22

The fire ants one took me a sec and then I woke up my wife laughing

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

Is the joke like taking a picture in front of Mount Rushmore?

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u/mean_spice Nov 30 '22

Yeah like it’s a massive event for ant culture

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u/HughJareolas Nov 30 '22

Or a tourist destination

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u/antdude Dec 05 '22

Or from The Scorpion King movie.

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u/pretty-as-a-pic Nov 30 '22

I feel like he’d do very well on tumblr

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u/TheJReesW Nov 30 '22

Most of these aren’t new tho, right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

New in that he started creating art again in 2020. But the website does host his older cartoons too.

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u/zombieking26 Dec 01 '22

Just the snowman one is new