Gary Larson's final The Far Side comic, published on January 1, 1995, cleverly tied the entire 14-year run together. The two-panel comic, featuring Larson interacting with Glinda the Good Fairy, suggests that the world of Far Side was Larson's own creation, populated with characters reminiscent of his real-life acquaintances.
Gary Larson 's final The Far Side comic just hit a major milestone, and the cap on the series' 14-year run is still as funny as the day it was published. Not only is Larson's finale a great joke by itself, it managed to bring every prior Far Side comic together - a feat that seemed impossible for a comic with no recurring characters and a deliberately inconsistent world. We're taking a look at Larson's final Far Side comic, as well as some of his best strips mocking iconic movies.
Far Side's Final Comic Turns the Entire Series into Larson's Dream The Comic With No Recurring Characters Managed to Bring Everything Together Published January 1, 1995, Far Side ended official syndication with a two-panel comic, breaking the usual rule of Larson's iconic one-panel gags. In the first panel, Larson stands on a stage with Wizard of Oz's Glinda the Good Fairy, being told to intone the beloved movie quote 'There's no place like home...' In the second panel, Larson wakes up in black and white 'reality,' surrounded by family members who bear an uncanny resemblance to his stock characters. Glinda was played by Billie Burke in the original Wizard of Oz, and recently depicted by Ariana Grande in the movie adaptation of Wicked, where she's reimagined as a school friend of the Wicked Witch. The implication is that like Dorothy, Larson dreamed up the world of Far Side, peopling it with echoes of his real-life acquaintances. The comic recreates the ending of 1939's The Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy has a similar realization, with local figures revealed as the basis for the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Wicked Witch. While the Wizard of Oz comic is the last of Far Side's syndicated run, Larson has revisited his project sporadically since it officially ended. Larson came out of retirement to pen a cowboy-themed New Yorker cover, and sometimes posts new work on thefarside.com, experimenting with digital art tool
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