In thisFar Sidecartoon,Captain Hook schedules a job counseling appointment to help decide between pirating and massage therapy.

Right away, the counselor says,“Maybe we can help you narrow it down.”

Moreover, on his arm, he’s written"Add, Subtract, and Die!

Gary Larson (black and white, foreground) with the Far Side cast in color behind him

“as a hardcore tattoo.

OnlyThe Far Sidecould turn something so ordinaryinto something utterly absurd.

One man says to the other,“We’ve got a deal.

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We’ll let your people and my people work out the details.

“Surrounding them are the people in question, who are all unrealistically small.

However, in a shocking twist, his boss manages to read his mind - literally.

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

The man’s boss declares,“Lewis, you’re fired!

You apparently forgot this is a cartoon, and I can read every word you think!

“Working a corporate job is definitely not boring when you have to keep your inner monologue in check.

Punk accountants in The Far Side.

The Far Side, Captain Hook is torn between a career in pirating or massage therapy at job counseling

Accountants with piercings and tattoos related to accounting.

Far Side, September 16, 1993, a man’s pocket squid leaks ink all over his dress shirt

The Far Side, two office workers shake hands and say they’ll let their people work out details while surrounded by tiny people

The Far Side, a clown talks to the boss again and his clown coworkers call him a red-noser

The Far Side, two office workers play marble with glass eyes

The Far Side, dogs at a conference as one gets distracted by licking his private parts

The Far SIde, man thinks about how he hates elevator music as the elevator has a full orchestra

The Far Side, a wolf approaches a business meeting and shocks the employees

The Far Side, an employee gets fired when his boss hears his speech bubble in the cartoon

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