Yes, but remember that he took a sabbatical, and when he came back, he wasn't as funny. Berke Breathed of "Bloom County" took a sabbatical after a serious accident, and when he returned, same thing. Genius is fragile.
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The Berke Breathed example still baffles me. It was as if his brain had been scrambled. The strip wasn't just worse; it was unrecognizable and awful--in a way that made you think (this sounds crazy) that he was trying to make it awful.
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Just. Like. Mozart?
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Not EXACTLY like Mozart.
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Larson was the EPITOME of a deliciously bent sense of humor. I still love re-reading old Far Side panels.
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Couldn't agree more. Easily the best cartoonist of all time. However I still don't get the one about "cow tools".
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Reddit points to an explanation, of sorts:https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/61gcvb/cow_tools/?utm_source=reddit-android …
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yeah thats a scan from the prehistory. my comment was a tongue in cheek reference to it.
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Coincidently the bell shaped curve for creativity peaks around 40. The high level of creativity can be extended past 40, by learning new things. I moved from inventing to writing songs & on to CAD/CNC design & back to inventing.
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True, but it’s better to go out while still producing excellent work than to fade away into mediocrity... like the simpsons
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I think it was good he retired instead of dragging it out too long. The Far Side in its later years saw a decline in quality.
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Perhaps he retired to write pop songs...
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May I recommend the work of John Callahan (he also is no longer doing cartoons):https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B001HCW1X4?_encoding=UTF8&node=2656022011 …
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Absolutely soooooo true! One of the great little pleasures of my life.
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I would include Bill Watterson, even tho I miss "The Far Side" more than "Calvin and Hobbs".
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