That’s insane. Why would someone post old comics with modern dates? Why not just post the original date, unless they were trying to be deceptive? We already know what today’s date is. Truly bizarre.
As others have said, these are taken from Gary Larson’s daily website posts of old comics.
He is still drawing. Although retired, he recently got a tablet and has been experimenting with it, so he puts out new comics on his website every so often when the mood strikes him.
Was this comic from today? I didn’t know they still published Far Side. Glad they are still being published!
Copyright logo on the top right says '92.
Why in the world would the title say June 4th 2024? Is the OP trying to pass these off as current?
Take a look through all the old posts. They all just have the day’s date on them.
That’s insane. Why would someone post old comics with modern dates? Why not just post the original date, unless they were trying to be deceptive? We already know what today’s date is. Truly bizarre.
I’ve complained about the same thing, this is just the title of the page on the website that gets filled into Lemmy when posting.
I think they’re posted on the website with today’s date as the title.
OP is just republishing the comics of the day published on the official Far Side website.
If Gary Larson were no longer with us, he’d be spinning in his grave.
Instead, he’s spinning in his office chair
Gary Larson is retired but there are reruns.
As others have said, these are taken from Gary Larson’s daily website posts of old comics.
He is still drawing. Although retired, he recently got a tablet and has been experimenting with it, so he puts out new comics on his website every so often when the mood strikes him.