Far Side, close up of shark running projector, showing off vacation photos.
Summary Among The Far Side's most memorable recurring gags was the vacation photo slideshow, in which characters subjected their guests to pictures taken during their travels. Creator Gary Larson lampooned this bygone tradition in a variety of incredible ways over the years, with the familiar set-up offering boundless opportunities for the artist to offer his subversive take on.
Related "What Else Didn't I Draw?": Gary Larson On The Far Side Comics Left Unproduced By His Retirement Reflecting on his career several years into retirement, Gary Larson admitted that he fleetingly felt haunted by the Far Side comics he never drew. 9 The Second Far Side Vacation Slideshow Comic Is Out Of This World First Published: July 1, 1981 Gary Larson returned to the vacation slideshow premise not long after introducing it into The Far Side's repertoire, this time in one of the comic's classic installments starring aliens. Here, several extraterrestrials look at a picture of the Earth from outer space, reminiscing about a pit stop they made there once, noting: "...now that place was really a greasy spoon.
7 Funny Faces Were Peak Comedy For Gary Larson First Published: April 21, 1984 In this panel, the blame for a family's goofy photo at the Grand Canyon falls on young Johnny for making a funny face – even though his family is drawn to be deliberately strange looking, in the manner of many of The Far Side's human characters.
In this panel, Gary Larson highlights an all-too-real aspect of revisiting vacation photos – as often as it can be a return to positive memories, it can lead to tension, and even conflict. Here, Larson uses the giraffes' physique to make a joke at the expense of those who have been put in charge of taking pictures on their family vacation, but ultimately proved not to be up to the gravity of the task.
3 Always Prepare The Slides Before Company Comes Over First Published: November 15, 1986 This Far Side cartoon depicts another classic vacation slideshow foible: the upside-down slide. In this panel, a husband becomes irate with his wife for loading the slide in the wrong way – and while Gary Larson wasn't shy about finding the humor in martial turmoil, here he takes the edge off by making the couple ducks, with the mix-up concerning whether they flew north or south for the summer.
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