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Summary As Gary Larson once explained, his legendary newspaper comic The Far Side was meant to do more than just make his audience laugh – it was also a test of readers' "What-the?" reflex. While laughter was certainly a priority for Larson, his more abstract goal was to provoke any response from his readers, including confusion, uncertainty, and even outright outrage at the content of his cartoons.
3 12 Gary Larson's Improvisational Creative Process Resulted In The Far Side's Best Jokes – And Its Strangest First Published: January 10, 1983 Though he carved out a successful niche for himself as a comic artist, and carved out an enduring legacy with The Far Side, Gary Larson's true creative ambitions always lay in an altogether different medium, as he dreamed of being a jazz guitarist – something that informed his improvisational approach to drawing comics.
10 The Best Far Side Comics Asked More Questions Than They Answered First Published: March 19, 1983 This Far Side panel, depicting "the Cyclops family at breakfast," is an example of one that is more likely to leave readers with their brows furrowed in bemused skepticism than it is to result in full-on chuckles.
8 The Far Side Took Universal Experiences And Made Them Ridiculously Specific First Published: May 4, 1983 Many people are familiar with the misfortune of getting a huge, unsightly pimple just before going on a date – an experience that is so common as to be nearly universal, yet one that Gary Larson effortlessly extrapolated in his singular comedic vision.
Related 12 Far Side Comics From 1981 That Make Readers Go "What The?" The Far Side could be hilarious , but as often as it was intended to make readers laugh, it was designed to leave them scratching their heads. An incredulous response from readers might result from this Far Side not because its humor is unclear, but in fact the opposite. The simplicity of the joke, and its execution, is another example of Gary Larson's habit of producing work that led readers to search for deeper meaning – whether a theme, or social critique – that the artist plainly said was not there.
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