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Gary Larson spent The Far Side's 1980 to 1994 run publishing classic after classic, meaning that every month sees one or more of his greatest creations hit a major milestone. This time, we're looking at The Far Side comics that just turned 30 - originally published in August 1994 - including a genius #1 that will make even the biggest pun-hater grin.
While the idea of piranhas devouring a cow in minutes is essentially a myth, it's one that The Far Side loves, with the deadly fish turning up again and again over the comic's run. Of course, given the ubiquity of cows in The Far Side, it makes sense that their 'natural predator' would appear so often.
One of Larson's funniest tricks is to treat different professions as if they're animal species, with figures like clowns, cowboys and pirates not just being people with unusual jobs, but an entirely separate groups with their own mating rituals, bizarre habitats and - clearly - their own ideas of what counts as 'scary.'
8 Pandora's Box Far Side's August 30, 1994 Comic Classical mythology nerds rejoice, as The Far Side turns the myth of Pandora's Box into the story of a schoolgirl's prank on her mean-spirited former class and teacher. In the Ancient Greek myth, Pandora's curiosity causes her to open a container gifted by the Gods, accidentally unleashes all the world's evils into existence.
Related Far Side's 10 Final Comics Were the Perfect Ending to Gary Larson's Genius Series Gary Larson's iconic The Far Side ran from 1980 to 1994, with these final 10 comics acting as the beloved strip's victory lap.
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