There has been no dearth of bizarrecharacters featured inThe Far Side , including babies , alien , and even trees ( yes , trees ) . Detective elephant andpsychopathic duck also litterThe Far Side , further confirming that there ’s really no telling what to expect with one of the serial publication ' comic . Therefore , it should come as a surprise to no one thatThe Far Sidehas used bugs as asterisk character reference in a identification number of its strips- enough , even , to put Pixar’sA hemipteron ’s Lifeto shame . Here are the 10 funniestFar Sidecomics starring bugs !

10Bugs Have the Strangest Daily Problems in The Far Side

While strange , it ’s sure as shooting hilarious in a way onlyThe Far Sidecan be .

These bugs are living their lives in a similar manner to humans . They survive in homes , they have jobs , and their child watch TV . However , with all the similarities , these bug still have unusual daily job that humans could never relate to , like losing an transmitting aerial on the way out the door . While unknown , it ’s certainly hilarious in a way onlyThe Far Sidecan be .

9The Far Side Reveals a Hilarious Mosquito Paradise

Two mosquitoes are chatting with a third who is noticeably bigger than the other two , as the third mosquito is practically collapse from the amount of blood he ’s been able to pledge of late . The first two mosquitoes are wonder how this one bugger off his hands on so much blood , and the third mosquito has an answer for them : a nudist inner circle .

seemingly , the mosquito discovered a nudist cantonment not far from where this conversation is admit place , and he ’s telling the other two mosquitoes all about it . Not only where the encampment is located , but also why it ’s a must - jaw for mosquitoes everywhere , as none of the mass there have even an in of clothing to protect their body from mosquito bites , leave alone them whole clear for mosquitoes to drink as much blood as they require - just like this one .

8Fleas are Much More Developed as a Society in The Far Side

Two fleas are sitting on a tiny sofa watching the local word on the TV.The flea newsperson is cover the recent exploitation in the fleas ' community as it relates to the dog that they all live on . The two flea watching telly are n’t even living in a house , just a patch of cutis they ’ve claim as their own , with the balance of the community members spread out across the animal ’s eubstance .

The Far Side had its share of big pets and pet owners likewise ; this list call out the bad thing Gary Larson ’s characters ever did to their pets .

The fleas have a local newsworthiness station , they have domesticated life , and they even have a police department . Everyone knows that full colonies of fleas make home base for themselves on a unmarried animate being , make this Far Side comic utterly screaming , as it conceive of one of those society as being highly modernize .

Far Side, grinning man (left, foreground, color) & nerdy kid branding an ant (right, background, black & white.)

7The Far Side Takes ‘Gentlemen’s Clubs’ to a Whole (Weird) New Level

A crowd of bugs is in front of a degree inside a nightclub , watching another hemipteron perform for them . The glitch on the stage is going through a metamorphosis , stripping the cocoon from her body in a style that seems titillating for the other hemipterous insect in the crowd . The caption reveals that this is a ' Metamorphosis Nightclub ' , entail all the bug in the bunch add up to this establishment specifically to see this bug come out from her cocoon .

This nightclub is suspiciously standardized to a ' gentlemen ’s club ' , where people look out adult female strip their clothing on a leg . But , instead of clothing , this hemipteron is taking off the cocoon that she ’s been close in in throughout the process of her metamorphosis , intend The Far Side ’s version of a ' bug gentlemen ’s club ' is uproariously weird .

6Fly Birthday Parties are Very On-Brand in The Far Side

Three flies are sitting inside an open garbage can , and one of them has a birthday party lid and a balloon , indicate that this tent flap is celebrating their natal day with two of their friends . A fourth fly is stuck inside a business firm , frowning at the three flies at the birthday political party , sadden by the fact that they were n’t invite . But while the sad tent-fly is a odd touch to the overall scene , the real takeaway is the scene itself .

A fly front ’s melodic theme of an idealistic natal day party locale is a literal refuse can . It ’s so ideal , in fact , that other flies get sad when they ca n’t go . Obviously , flies love swarm garbage for food , but the idea that fly see drivel can as special destinations for celebratory issue is screaming in trueFar Sidefashion .

5Nuclear War is a Bug’s Paradise in The Far Side

In a scene that would otherwise be a horrible disaster , The Far Sideshows readers the fallout of nuclear war . Mushroom cloud can be see in the distance , far-flung destruction litter the comical venire . Out from beneath the detritus grovel a undivided bug , who take into account the death and carnage all around him before shouting to the other bugs hiding underneath the destruction , " Come on out … I think they ’re through . "

Nuclear war on a spheric scale would effectively intend the last of the human race , but it would also signify the creation of bugs ' paradise . Humans are responsible for killing numberless bugs , with intact professions dedicated to doing just that . So , with no more people , bugs are free to inherit the Earth- just like these hemipteran inThe Far Side .

4Ants Have Their Own Morality Tales in The Far Side

A momma pismire is read a bedtime story to her two kids , and she ’s settle the leger they ’re go to get wind that night should be a ethics tale . The book in question is " The Ant Who Cried Aardvark " , which is meant to instruct tiddler pismire the importance of not telling lies . This record book seems to be pretty acute , as the kid emmet lying in bed look horrifiedby what they ’re learn , meaning the book is ostensibly doing its job .

" The Ant Who cry Aardvark " is a turn on the story " The Boy Who Cried Wolf " , though it ’s obviously been retread to apply to pismire . Aardvarks splendidly wipe out ants , make them just as terrorize to ants as wolves are to humans . That create Orycteropus afer a perfect backup for this ethics tale , as even ants read their baby such chronicle inThe Far Side .

3Even Bugs Can Be Classist in The Far Side

A number of bugs have get together together for an upscale company , each of them wearing fancy wearing apparel and suit while enlist in assuredly polite and proper conversation . Everyone there is experience a very lovely time , until a few ' undesirables ' manner of walking through the door . It ’s unreadable who these bugs knew at this party , or who invited them . But , the one matter that is clear is thatmany of the fancy hemipterous insect do not require them there , and for one reason : classism .

The fancy bugs do n’t wish these newcomers because they are dung beetles who are wearing their ' dungarees ' rather than expensive article of clothing . It ’s directly clean that this is a classist situation , as the beetle are being judge by their clear want of money . It ’s screaming to consider that bugs can be classist , and it’sa joke onlyThe Far Sidecan deliver .

2Even Lice Have Parasites in The Far Side: In-Laws

Two lice , who are clear an honest-to-god marital duo , are in the heart of a bit of a battle , asthe husband - plant louse did n’t secernate his wife that his relation were coming over . The married woman - louse is nettle , not just by the fact that her married man evidently did n’t tell her that they should bear company , but by the fact that she now has to spend metre with her in - law . She makes that head very clear when she says , " it ’s ironic that even we lice have parasite . "

Only inThe Far Sidecan even lice have sponger ( even if those ' parasites ' are just galling in - laws ) .

Lice , themselves , are parasitic insectsthat hold up on people and are considered a public health concern - and it seems that ’s generally how the wife - louse call back of David ’s class . Only inThe Far Sidecan even worm have sponger ( even if those ' parasites ' are just galling in - laws ) .

Gary Larson (black and white, foreground) with the Far Side cast in color behind him

1Bugs Find Humans Creepy in The Far Side

One hemipteron is staring at another who ’s bear in front of him screaming about birth a man on his back . The bug is shouting at the other one , " Get it off me ! Get it off me ! " , asthis bug is evidently terrorise of tiny humans , and ca n’t stand the fact that one of them is on his back . The terror encounter in the bug ’s eyes is in verbatim line with how calm the man on his back is , as if the person has no idea how terrified the hemipterous insect is of him .

The Far Side earned its report for foreign , backbreaking to decipher funniness during its metre in publishing ; these panels are some of the comic ’s unearthly .

Most people run to freak out if they have a hemipteran on them , and this scene wholly switch that , as bugs seem to find human beings scarey inThe Far Side . And , like real - world bugs who apparently have no idea why world are scared of them , this human is whole incognizant of why this hemipteran is so freaked out , do this ludicrous scene even funnier . And that ’s why this is one of the 10 funniestFar Sidecomics about bugs ( and Pixar’sA Bug ’s Lifehas get nothing on them ) .

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The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson . The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections , calendars , art , and other miscellaneous token .

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A ladybug noticing her husband’s antenna stuck in the door in The Far Side.

The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson. The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections, calendars, art, and other miscellaneous items.

Two mosquitoes talking to a fat one in The Far Side.

Two fleas watching their local news in The Far Side.

A bug taking her cocoon off on a stage in The Far Side.

Flies having a birthday party at a garbage can in The Far Side.

Bugs inheriting the Earth after nuclear war in The Far Side.

A momma ant reading a book to her children in The Far Side.

Dung beetles getting judged by fancy bugs in The Far Side.

A married lice couple fighting about their in-laws in The Far Side.

A bug freaking out because there’s a tiny human on him in The Far Side.

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The Far Side is a humorous comic series developed by Gary Larson. The series has been in production since 1979 and features a wide array of comic collections, calendars, art, and other miscellaneous items.

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