The Far Side Gallery 3
Encyclopedia
The Far Side Gallery 3 is the third anthology of Gary Larson
's The Far Side
comic strips. Cartoons from previous collections The Far Side Observer, Night of the Crash Test Dummies, and Wildlife Preserves are featured, all of which were printed from 1987-1989. The volume is dedicated to guitar maker Jimmy D'Aquisto
, and the foreword was written by Stephen Jay Gould
. The cover depicts a parody
of Leonardo da Vinci
's Mona Lisa
, substituting a cow for the female subject.
Gary Larson
Gary Larson is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to newspapers for 15 years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. His 23 books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than 45 million...
's The Far Side
The Far Side
The Far Side is a popular single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1995. Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world,...
comic strips. Cartoons from previous collections The Far Side Observer, Night of the Crash Test Dummies, and Wildlife Preserves are featured, all of which were printed from 1987-1989. The volume is dedicated to guitar maker Jimmy D'Aquisto
Jimmy D'Aquisto
James L. D'Aquisto was an American guitar maker best known as the premier maker of custom guitars. He served as an apprentice to John D'Angelico from 1952 and was considered his successor after the latter's death in 1964....
, and the foreword was written by Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation....
. The cover depicts a parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
's Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503–1519...
, substituting a cow for the female subject.