For the past several years I have purchased The Far Side weekly (desk) planners, the comics making keeping track of my schedule worthwhile. Trying to get a jump on next year, I was searching for the 2009 version to no avail. I contacted the company that makes the calendars and this is the response I got:
"Thank you for your email regarding our Far Side calendars. We always
appreciate feedback from readers! As you may know, Mr. Larson stopped creating cartoons for newspapers in 1994, although he did continue to allow them to be used in his fantastically funny calendars. Sadly, Mr. Larson has decided to no longer license calendars featuring The Far Side cartoons, thus his 2008 calendars will be his last."
Alas, this year I decided on a Peanuts calendar instead. I do hope Mr. Larson, who retired in 1999, changes his mind in years to come as, once again, his comics were a driving force in my keeping appointments and schedules organized. I wonder if I can write and complain, beg, plead, and bribe Mr. Larson to renew his licensing of The Far Side comics for use in calendars. If only just for me?
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