Broadly speaking, there were two types ofFar Sidefridge jokes.

What elevates this from a good to a greatFar Sidecomic?

The answer is a mix of composition and tone.

Far Side man in yellow shirt (foreground) woman holding a sword (background.)

8"Dang!

an anthropomorphizedbird asks in thisFar Side, having gone into the fridge eagerly looking for the spidery snack.

that the bird in thisFar Sidecartoon squawks out upon its discovery.

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.

7"As I Always Suspected!"

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 man looking concerned (foreground, color) with a cow & barn in the background.

Far Side man (color, right, foreground) and potato salad with a gun (b/w, background)

Far Side, August 8, 1983, cows raid the farmer’s fridge while he’s gone

Far Side, September 10, 1983, a man breaks up a ‘condiment dance’ in his fridge late at night

Far Side, October 17, 1983, a bird looking in the fridge for a snack

Far Side, April 14, 1984, a woman catches her dog raiding the fridge

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Far Side, September 27, 1985, a disembodied stomach raids the fridge late at night

Far Side, November 12, 1986, a beaver has nothing but wood in its fridge

Far Side, January 14, 1987, captioned ‘when potato salad goes bad’

Far Side, May 4, 1990, a chicken tells her friend to sit on her eggs instead of refrigerating them

Far Side, December 16, 1991, chipmunk police find a chipmunk husband frozen in his wife’s freezer

Far Side, September 29, 1994, notes on ‘monster refrigerators’

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