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Summary Gary Larson's The Far Side has a lot of recurring themes, from cowboys to clowns, but pirates are some of the most underrated. Larson's comics spend a lot of time out on the water, following luxury yachts, sinking lifeboats and ravenous sharks, however the best gags come from buccaneers and freebooters. From wooden legs to "yo ho ho," Larson mines pirate lore for both visual jokes and his characteristic surrealism.
With only one panel to tell his gags, Larson often uses existing narratives and characters to quickly establish context. That allows him to mess with reader expectations without having to spend any time setting them up. It's therefore typical that a Gary Larson pirate captain would have an eyepatch, hook hand, peg leg and tricorn hat, leaving no doubt as to this character's occupation.
8 Captain Monet Far Side Continues Its Long Tradition of Snakes as People Another pirate with a peg leg, tricorn hat and eyepatch, Captain Monet differs from Larson's other marauders by virtue of being a snake. The clear situation and character allow Larson to throw a snake into the mix, playing on the idea of snakes possessing a single 'limb' to justify the idea of a pirate snake replacing its entire body with a wooden leg.
Close Larson had a great eye for what celebrities and media would stand the test of time, rarely missing when he set out to tell a joke that would be just as funny decades later. This is another reason that archetypes like cavemen, cowboys and pirates appear so often in The Far Side - they're all ideas that have a more-or-less permanent place in the public imagination.
5 Doreen's Job Counseling An Unexpected Peter Pan Prequel Captain Hook returns in this strip, which flashes back to his early life, back when he was just "Mr. Hook." In a hilarious twist, it turns out the character was torn between piracy and massage therapy, with the comic showing Doreen moments before she presumably points out Hook's bladed hand might make the latter inadvisable.
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