The Far Side has always made animals a main attraction in comic books. All aspects of the animal kingdom were covered by Gary Larson, regardless of the animal or insect chosen. Prey and predators gained prominence The Far Side. Furthermore, the strips shown of predators in The Far Side makes it difficult for readers not to question nature.
From cheetahs wearing running shoes, to crocodiles that look less threatening in their search for a meal, to wolves grabbing a camera at a very inopportune moment, they’ve all made readers scratch their heads and rethink what they know about predators and the animal. kingdom as a whole.
As usual, The Far Side always shows the surreal, absurd, silly and macabre side of things with Gary Larson’s unbridled imagination and sense of humor. Nowhere is this truer than in Larson’s portrayal of animal predators.
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“Hey, Sid! Remember that time… You laughed so hard a horn came out of your nose?”
First published: February 13, 1985
Many people will recognize the idea of laughing so hard while drinking something that comes out of their nostrils. It turns out that the animal kingdom of The Far Side has its own version of this phenomenon, only much more painful. As the strip illustrates, a pack of lions is huddled over a zebra carcass to eat. when a lion tells a joke about how Sid the lion laughed so hard at a leopard joke that a horn came out of his nose.
The liquid definitely seems less painful coming out of the nose than out of a horn. To avoid upper-level nasal pain, jokes around the dinner table for savannah lions should be avoided. However, the occurrence is something that all lions can still look back on and joke about, even while they are eating their next prey.
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“Here we go again”
First published: September 9, 1983
Crocodiles are fearsome creatures, known for being merciless to their prey. Its intimidation factor cannot help but take a heavy hit in the eyes of readers thanks to its presentation in this issue of The Far Side. When two crocodiles see some potential prey to eat, monkeys hanging from a tree above the water, one crocodile uses the other as momentum to reach the primates.
Seeing one crocodile push another by its feet and fight while they do so doesn’t exactly strike fear into people’s hearts and minds as it normally would. Although the two reptiles still don’t seem to be very successful in their mission, the group of monkeys would do well to flee before the pair regroup and reach the height of the tree.
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“Running shoes”
First published: 1983
The fastest land animal in the world, cheetahs are synonymous with high-speed running. Using their gift of speed to protect their prey, cheetahs use short bursts of speed to achieve their goals. In The Far SideCheetahs wear a useful piece of fashion for hunting: sneakers. It would not be assumed that athletic shoes have a place among savannah animals.
However, The Far Side It’s where assumptions always turn out to be wrong, and in the strangest ways possible, too.
Spotting some attractive-looking antelopes in the distance, the cheetah in this Far Side cartoon They put on their running shoes to ensure they get their meal for the day. The poor antelopes never stood a chance. Now, Far Side Readers learn the secrets of the cheetah’s speed and how fast animals prepare for hunting.
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“The Spamalopes remain calm but tired”
First published: May 2, 1984
Spam is a somewhat polarizing food, with people either totally loving the packaged meat product or loathing it. Gary Larson uses Spam to make an incredibly surreal and almost Dali comic. With lions who prefer to eat red meatthere are creatures known as “Spamalopes” who think they dodged a bullet because they are not red meat.
Spamalopes are a unique creation, courtesy of Gary Larson, who uses some strange wordplay to create a lunch meat-animal hybrid that lives among the more conventional animals of the savannah. The comic makes the viewer question the lions as they refuse an easy meal. An animal made of spam may not be the fastest or most agile to track, but the lions are still unlikely to ignore it indefinitely.
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“One more time and you two go to sleep”
First published: September 18, 1984
Gathering together to tell a bedtime story is something many may remember fondly from childhood or cherish as a nighttime tradition of being a parent. The Far Side argues that bears also share bedtime stories with their cubs – however, their stories tend to be much darker and have an autobiographical feel.
With bones scattered around you, A bear tells his children that just one last time they will tell the story before holding up two skulls and acting out the events that led to those people being just skulls now. Poor Jim and Bob should have continued past the cave instead of deciding to check it out for themselves. Now it’s too late, with Jim and Bob reduced to a nighttime story for two bear cubs.
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“I’m dressed to kill”
First published: August 7, 1985
Sharks are fierce predators of the sea, often portrayed as mindless killing machines. On the other hand, The Far Side argues that even sharks have a touch of class. These sharks give new meaning to the term “dressed to kill” which the shark seems to agree with in this comic.
Of course, when most people say dressed to kill, they don’t mean it literally, unlike sharks in The Far Side. Seeing the two sharks dressed so well and elegantly disarms the viewer by showing the animals in a different and sillier way than they are normally portrayed. However, the use of the saying “dressed to kill” brings back to the reader’s mind the familiarity that these are animals that are highly dangerous predators.
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“Something is happening around here”
First published: March 12, 1984
Polar bears are Arctic hunters. As The Far Side explains, polar bears actually have pretty sneaky ways of catching their prey. Planning to kill some penguins one by one, A polar bear dons the ingenious disguise of a penguin’s beak to make birds think the bear is one of them. The plan actually appears to be working, with the penguins noticing one of their own is missing, but failing to identify the gigantic beaked polar bear sitting with them.
It’s only a matter of time before the next penguin is devoured, so the suspicious penguin better get to the bottom of the mystery soon. The polar bear may be outnumbered, but it also has brute strength and, apparently, intelligence.
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“I love what you did with those fly wings”
First published: 1988
Where there is a web, there is a spider; this is something most people can recognize. What some may not know, especially those who do not take up space in the The Far Sideis that spiders decorate their webs. Even worse, spiders decorate their humble abodes using the wings of their eaten prey, as visiting spiders point out in this Far Side comics.
Although the font of the web decorations is macabre, the web looks very beautiful, so some props are necessary. That said, the flies would certainly disagree on the choice of decor. Painting a scene that shows couples getting together for dinner and commenting on how much they like each other’s homes. Gary Larson makes the absurdity familiar by turning the protagonist and the house into spiders and cobwebs, respectively.
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“Dibs”
First published: January 25, 1984
In the animal kingdom, predators must be smart about the prey they choose to pursue. The wrong choice could result in them not eating a meal all day. The two predators in this Far Side comics They know well the importance of choosing the right prey, and one of them gives priority to the gazelle that offers the most meat.
The gazelle that has been attacked is very unlucky and is guaranteed to be pursued by the predator. However, the predator called dibs will certainly eat well and have enough meat to last a while. To avoid fighting over the same prey, dibs really aren’t a bad idea. All predators should consider rights, like pet animals. The Far Side.
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“To cry out loud, Doris”
First published: February 6, 1986
People typically pick up a camera to capture a happy occasion or something noteworthy. On the other hand, some people tend to take the camera out of everything. This personality quirk of always having a camera in your hand is something that apparently applies to wolves too – in the The Far Side at least. When a pack of wolves is devouring some poor animal, fellow wolf Doris thinks this is an occasion to document it with photos.
Making fun of when people get together and someone takes a million photos every time, frustrating everyone, The Far Side distorts this human occurrence and makes it apply to wolves in the animal kingdom. A serious otherwise Far Side the comic about animals attacking and feasting on another creature gets whimsical with the wolves’ personalities and the presence of Doris, a wolf, taking photos.