“These cartoons represent some of the strangestLarson illustrated in the final stretch of his careeras a cartoonist.

11These Far Side Factory Workers Make Slaughtering Chickens Fun (Who Hits The Most Threes?)

Gary Larson (foreground) with his

9Not Even Gary Larson Can Explain This Cartoon (Is That The Point?)

“Well, sometimes,” the cartoonist replied.

Larson notoriously disliked doing interviews, andhated being asked where his ideascame from.

Far Side grinning man (left, color) and a farmer carrying a box to his truck, with a headless cow in back

with this cartoon is the connection it asks readers to make.

Fans of the far side can’t pass up this master collection of Gary Larson’s finest work.

5The Far Side’s Squirrels Hype Themselves Up (Isn’t It Kind Of Endearing?)

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

First Published: August 10, 1993

“Nuts!

There is something slightly hypnotic about “Nuts!

The “pocket octopus” premise will have many readers not just asking “What the?”

The Far Side, workers at a poultry factory, with a bloody basketball hoop over a can labeled gizzards in the background.

“They’re skinheads, you know,” he tells another coworker standing next to him.

Far Side, January 11, 1993, Vikings attack a castle, using modern looking ladders

Fans of the far side can’t pass up this master collection of Gary Larson’s finest work. Originally published in hardcover in 2003, this paperback set comes complete with a newly designed slipcase that will look great on any shelf. The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon ever published, which amounts to over 4,000, plus more than 1,100 that have never before appeared in a book and even some made after Larson retired.

Far Side, February 4, 1993, a basketball hoop over the gizzard bin at a chicken slaughtering plant

Far Side, March 26, 1993, the ruler of a country is revealed to be an man from Long Island being experimented upon

Far Side, April 30, 1993, a nonsensical cartoon accompanied by a caption about how difficult it is to come up with jokes

Far Side, May 10, 1993, a bird eats a drum-playing worm

Far Side, June 24, 1993, depicting the organs and accessories of a hummingbird

The Far Side Complete Collection Book Set

Fans of the far side can’t pass up this master collection of Gary Larson’s finest work. Originally published in hardcover in 2003, this paperback set comes complete with a newly designed slipcase that will look great on any shelf. The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon ever published, which amounts to over 4,000, plus more than 1,100 that have never before appeared in a book and even some made after Larson retired.

Far Side, July 2, 1993, a train approaches an uneven part of the track

Far Side, August 10, 1993, squirrels getting themselves psyched up for the day

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

Far Side, October 15, 1993, a reptile researcher calls his colleagues skinheads

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