The Far Side Gallery 2

Author	Gary Larson
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Andrews, McMeel, and Parker
Publication date	October 1986
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	0-8362-2085-4 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC	14264837
Dewey Decimal	741.5/973 19
LC Class	NC1429.L32 A4 1986a
Preceded by	The Far Side Gallery
Followed by	The Far Side Gallery 3

The Far Side Gallery 2 is the second anthology of Gary Larson's The Far Side comic strips. Cartoons from previous collections Bride of The Far Side, Valley of The Far Side, and It Came from the Far Side are featured, all of which were printed from 1985 to 1987. The foreword was written by Stephen King. The cover shows an explorer/scientist opening a coffin with a picture of a cow pharaoh on the front. Inside, there is a mummy cow.

Reception

Mordecai Richler wrote in 1987:^[1]

I have a hunch that Gary Larson, no stranger to irony, is more amusing if his cartoons are caught one at a time rather than gathered in a fat collection, as in THE FAR SIDE GALLERY and THE FAR SIDE GALLERY 2 (Andrews, McMeel & Parker, $9.95 each). The problem is that once you have tuned into his humor it becomes somewhat predictable.

Nevertheless, the book sold well.^[2]