Sunday, October 29, 2023

The Far Side comic strip animated (video)

Gary Larson (comics); Kerry Uchida (Technomorph Sound Design, YouTube, 9/30/16); MSN.com, 10/29/23; Amber Larson, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Kerry Uchida Sound Design demo: Tales From The Far Side 1 & 2
(Technomorph Sound Design) Here are a few selections of Kerry Uchida's Sound Design work for Gary Larson's TV specials Tales From The Far Side I and II.

NOTE: Original material may have been edited down to pick up the pace to showcase the Sound Design material. Uchida also did the picture editing for this demo reel. More of Uchida's picture editing and video work: demo.technomorph.comimdb.com, sounddesign@technomorph.com

Co-Sound Designer Irving Mulch Foley by Andy Malcom. Directed by Marv Newland. Music by Bill Frisell. Mix by Bill "Otis" Sheppard and Dean Giamarcco from DBC (dbcsound.com). Mixed at Sharpe Sound Studios in Vancouver, BC, Canada.






Hi, I'm Gary Larson. I went bald up front from thinking up all these great gags.

Yeah, Doug, but what kind of life?
Gary Larson's The Far Side is known for its surreal humor and morbid perspective, including several comics where no human is left standing.

Whether taken out by space aliens, big animals, or their own hubris (overarching pride), humans are just another animal trying to get by in an often hostile world.

The people of The Far Side are prone to apocalyptic levels of foolishness, often reflecting the (hopefully) less lethal foibles of the comic strip's millions of fans.

Here are the 10 best The Far Side comics where -- for a truly impressive variety of reasons -- no human makes it out alive. Some are iconic, some underappreciated, but in each case, Larson leaves no room for doubt that his human characters aren't long for this world. More

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