cutting to the chase…
How did I miss the whole “Cow Tools” controversy?!?
The explanatory (and unusual) press release:
The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness. While I have never met a cow who could make tools, I felt sure that if I did, they (the tools) would lack something in sophistication and resemble the sorry specimens shown in this cartoon. I regret that my fondness for cows, combined with an overactive imagination, may have carried me beyond what is comprehensible to the average Far Side reader
i did not have “Gary Larson comeback” on my 2020 apocalypse bingo card
on a related note, heathcliff is still in publish, has a facebook page, and has gone bizaarely post modernist. like full on dadaist punchlines with words falling on the floor at random
If we could just get Bill Waterson back. Loved the bit he did with Stephen Pastis on Pearls.
Some great comics: Far Side (for warped humor), Calvin & Hobbs (ah the fantasy world of youth), Bloom County & Doonesbury (sorta have keep up keep the news to get the nuances), for oldsters: Pogo (like Doonesbury), There Oughta be a Law (gawd I saw my parents in this … now I see me), Dilbert (If you ever worked in an office this a documentary, you find yourself saying "I swear he works here!’)
So many great ones.
I got to attend a lecture by Scott Adams in Colorado once, it was GREAT. He’s got a whole slew of cartoons that couldn’t make it past the censors. They are something to behold.
Not gonna lie…I revere Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes, and was slightly afraid to read these…
I should not have been. What a great homage! 
(More of the story if anyone wants…