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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT War isn't exactly known for being a barrel of laughs, but in the surreal hands of Gary Larson, The Far Side managed to find its unique brand of humor in some of civilization's most famous conflicts. Running from 1980 to 1995, Larson's comic took inspiration from many different areas of life, with a particular focus on nature, science and a love of words.
2:27 Related 10 Funniest Far Side Comics That Just Turned 40 These iconic Gary Larson comics are the cream of the crop from May 1984, with some of The Far Side's most iconic recurring characters. 13 Trojan Horse Far Side Visits the Trojan War The Trojan Horse is perfect subject matter for Gary Larson - an iconic image with a clear narrative attached, which The Far Side can then subvert with his own unique sense of humor. Larson keeps it simple with this strip, pulling his favorite trick of adding mundane details to a larger-than-life situation, as one of the Greeks realizes their bladder isn't compatible with this particularly military strategy.
12 Army Ants Gary Larson Takes Insects' Military Credentials Too Seriously This strip combines the Far Side's two greatest loves - wordplay and insects. As two young lovers sit down for a picnic, they're besieged by ants - but these being army ants, they intend to claim the chicken legs and potato salad with heavy ordnance.
I remember sitting in my seventh-grade English class thinking that the world was going to end during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It made you look at the world a little bit askew. Larson offers up a surprisingly grim take on the slogan, with generals discussing its suggestion as a possibility while planning out an unspecified conflict. The joke hinges on the dark humor of one general fantasizing about a world where everyone does come to the war; presumably one of mass suffering and bloodshed. However, the strip also engages with the Vietnam era phrase on a darker level, drawing humor from the idea of military leaders ever actually being phased by the idea.
8 "Throw the Grenade" Like Beetle Bailey, Far Side Finds Humor in Unprofessional Soldiers One of Gary Larson's favorite jokes when it comes to depicting war is showing military personnel acting more like excitable kids than hardened soldiers - something he has in common with Mort Walker's contemporary comic strip Beetle Bailey. In this case, Private Johnson has to be sternly instructed not to give the enemy a warning when hurling a live grenade.
Related We Asked You to Vote for Far Side's Funniest Clown Comic, & This Strip Won by a Landslide Screen Rant readers voted for The Far Side's funniest comic starring a clown, and one Gary Larson joke won by a mile - here's why. Close Throughout The Far Side, there are only a handful of jokes that poke affectionate fun at 'competitor' comics, with gags about Peanuts, Mary Worth and one particularly cynical shot at Garfield, where a boa constrictor is implied to have eaten the iconic tabby. Perhaps the best known of these is the comic captioned 'At The Far Side's spy center,' where various Far Side staple characters spy on rival strips including Opus the Penguin, Nancy and Cathy.
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