In both ways, the author reminded readers of the thin distinction between human and beast.

7The Far Side Tackles A Perennial Question: Who Gets To Be The Front Of The Horse?

Still, other than the"What the?"

Far Side, surprised man (right, foreground) and samurai dog about to ambush mailman (background, left)

Far Side comics are comprised of two core elements: an image and a caption.

Except sometimes Gary Larson left out the caption here’s why.

Far Side (wide-eyed man, left) and birds at a bar (right.)

A man in a yellow shirt writing on a piece of paper while a bearded man, a woman, and a cow wave behind him in The Far Side.

Far Side staring man (foreground) with a bullfighter facing off with a human in the background.

Far Side, December 23, 1991, a man cornered in an alley way uses his ‘eye spots’ to scare off an aggressor

Far Side, April 22, 1991, a bullfighter faces off against a man instead of a bull

Far Side, August 31, 1988, a dog wishes humans would stop watching it eat

Far Side, September 8, 1988, two men sharing a horse costume argue over who is the back half

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Far Side, July 7, 1988, giant aliens capture astronauts in a jar

Far Side, February 4, 1988, captioned ‘when ornithologists are mutally attracted

Far Side, January 29, 1988, ‘hibernating eskimos’ piled in an underground cavern-1

Far Side, April 15, 1982, dogs scratch a human’s belly, making his leg kick

Far Side, August 4, 1982, an alien feeds humans like chickens

Far Side, December 31, 1980, indigenous hunters hide under a buffalo skin

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