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dental tennis ball

Gary Larson's Far Side used animal characters to offer insight into the absurdity of the human condition; its strips about bears were among its best.

Gary Larson used many different animals as characters throughout the Far Side's run, but his giant squid stuck in readers' minds more than others.

Dang why do I always have to sit next to some weirdo

Far Side's Gary Larson admitted that one of his most infamous comic strips haunted him and made him want to "crawl into a hole somewhere and die."

The far side- Gary Larson

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One of the most memorable recurring elements in Gary Larson's Far Side was the desert island, which proved to be among his favorite bits.

"The Far Side" by Gary Larson.