I.e., total disaster.

Far Side comics are comprised of two core elements: an image and a caption.

Except sometimes Gary Larson left out the caption here’s why.

A man in a yellow shirt writing on a piece of paper while a bearded man, a woman, and a cow wave behind him in The Far Side.

and “numbskull!”

Far Side man (left, foreground color) with another man eating soup (black/white, right)

Far Side, Al’s Meat truck (black & white) drives toward a Vegetarian Cafe (color)

Far Side, January 15, 1983, a cow crashes a tractor into the side of a barn

Far Side, June 2, 1983, ducks crash their car into a stop light

Far Side, March 31, 1984, a man crashes his car into a tree, causing a snake to fall on his head

Far Side, Bob’s Assorted Rodents and Al’s Small Flightless Birds trucks collide

Far Side, July 14, 1984, a car upside down in a ditch in the middle of the jungle

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Far Side, June 10, 1986, the white whale crashes its car into the back of Ahab’s

Far Side, Al’s Monsters truck crashed into tree

Far Side, May 1, 1988, an Al’s Meats truck careens out of control toward the window of a vegetarian restaurant

Far Side, December 13, 1991, Al’s Scissors truck slams into an asylum for the criminally insane

Far Side, October 12,1994, two skeletons crash their cars into one another

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