5 Near-Perfect ‘Far Side’ Comics That Took Sci-Fi to Completely Absurd Places

Throughout the ’80s and the first half of the ’90s, Gary Larson‘s The Far Side ruled the comics section of the newspaper. While others strips, such as Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, used several panels to tell quick stories with the same characters, The Far Side took satirical jabs at everything with just one panel to tell it all.