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Summary It's almost unheard of that any franchise runs for over a decade - with new entries pretty much every day - and still maintains its quality, and yet Gary Larson's Far Side managed it. Beginning in 1980, the comic was syndicated until 1994, with Larson still sporadically posting new entries on the comic's official website. Thanks to the quality of Larson's work, almost every month sees one masterpiece or other celebrate a significant birthday.
Related 10 Funniest Far Side Comics Where Gary Larson Made Pirates Hilarious Gary Larson's The Far Side has a lot of recurring themes, from cowboys to clowns, but pirates are some of its most underrated stars. 2:46 Related 10 Funniest Far Side Comics That Prove Gary Larson Is Obsessed with Nerds Published in the '80s, Gary Larson's The Far Side released at a time when pop culture was strangely obsessed with stereotypical nerds.
Close While being hit by a rocket's backdraft and attacked by literal army ants are both dark fates, none of Larson's other picnic comics get as dark as the idea of what the cowboys would see if they did peek into the buzzards' picnic basket. A Short One 'The Far Side Island' Has Become Iconic The Far Side's desert island setting is so iconic that, today, professional cartoonists refer to this kind of joke as 'The Far Side Island.' A tiny island, a single coconut tree, and one or two survivors are fertile ground for Larson's endless gags, often focused on how people manage to entertain themselves in such extreme conditions.
However, Larson also uses chickens at every opportunity, often casting them in an even more tragic light. In Larson's world, chickens exist almost exclusively to be eaten, and their lives are governed by the humans who are essentially their jailors. Chicken vs human is a major theme of The Far Side, even though the poultry spend most of their time at a major disadvantage.
Longtime Far Side fans know that Larson's love of insects didn't go unrewarded, and he has multiple insect species named in his honor by entomologist fans - including strigiphilus garylarsoni - a kind of louse found exclusively on owls. In a letter shared in The Prehistory of The Far Side, the louse's discoverer Professor Dale H. Clayton acknowledges his request to name the louse for Larson is "a somewhat dubious honor," though one the cartoonist readily accepted.
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