10"What Are You Going to Tell Your Dad, Chuck?"

The Far Sidetransforms the rite of passage into cowboys and horses rather than teens and cars.

Usually cowboys are brave and competent, something at odds with the dorky adolescent cowboysof thisFar Sidestrip.

Far Side polar bear disguised as a penguin

The cowboy with the small hat has a fashion sense that leans towards the dorky side.

Why would he choose a hat so small?

Or is he so large that a regular-sized hat just looks exceptionally tiny on his head?

The Far Side, scientists look at their colleague who has melted

Readers may never know the answers to these incredibly important and philosophical questions.

Regardless, thisFar Sidecowboy is nothing like the more dashing cowboys of classic Hollywood.

Cowboys are not immune to letting sartorial disasters get them down, asThe Far Sidebeautifully illustrates.

Far Side grinning man (left) and a man walking into a pole as he takes the stage at a conference (right.)

6"Bart, You Fool!"

Only a dork would shoot first and ask questions later, as this strip would suggest.

He looks like he has been burned up, with flames still around him and wearing tattered clothes.

Far Side, A cowboy who crashed his horse into a tree.

However,asThe Far Sideloves to do, things take a strange turn in this strip.

The Teapot Kid has a fiercer reputation than one would assume.

As thisFar Sidestrip can attest, one is never too old for some nursery rhymes, even a cowboy.

Far Side, A cowboy who crashed his horse into a tree.

The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson. The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections, calendars, art, and other miscellaneous items.

Two cowboys make a house of cards, except their version is made out of guns.

The Far Side is renowned for its dark humor.

Sometimes, though, the dark humor takes a step to the extreme side and is just outright disturbing.

Three cowboys sitting at the bar in The Far Side.

The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson.

Two cowboys wearing the same outrageous hat in The Far Side.

Far Side, A cowboy tipping over other horse.

A cowboy shooting and killing another cowboy in The Far Side.

A cowboy horribly burned from riding into the sunset in The Far Side.

Far Side, cowboy doing teapot dance.

Cowboys stacking guns like a house of cards in The Far Side.

Cowboys sitting around the campfire in The Far Side.

Far Side, October 29, 1991, cowboys face each other in a game of table tennis

The Far Side Comic Poster

The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson. The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections, calendars, art, and other miscellaneous items.

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