16 Funniest Far Side Comics Starring Gary Larson’s Best Recurring Character, The Detective
16 Funniest Far Side Comics Starring Gary Larson’s Best Recurring Character, The Detective
Gary Larson’s iconic comic strip The Far Side was never meant to have recurring characters. While Larson’s editors originally tried to talk him into creating the next Garfield or Peanuts, Larson wanted to debase and abuse his characters at will without inviting readers’ sympathy. However, Larson’s use of repeated character archetypes did end up creating recurring figures who appear in comic after comic.
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Gary Larson’s recurring detective character is the best in Far Side history, playing the perfect straight man to a world of truly bizarre crimes.
