The Far Side (Of The LGBTQ Spectrum)
Three retellings of a classic single-panel comic strip (but, well, you know)
If you’re not familiar with The Far Side (or it never made any sense), here’s a classic scene from Cheers to bring you up to speed: “Norm & Cliff Explain the Far Side to Woody”
It was a comic strip that knew no equal. A lot of people tried when Gary Larson retired in 1995 (offsite because Medium hasn’t yet invented time travel). No one really matched him until he made a surprise return in 2020 with three new panels.
If he’d gone the way of Bobby Fischer and disappeared with those three comics, maybe the mystery of his genius would have lingered in his place. But he’s since continued to release comics with more clues than ever.
The irony is that he already explained everything way back in 1994.
“The truth must finally be told,” Larson said. “I never really knew what I was doing.”
Does that free us here at Transgender Soapbox from being quite sure what we’re doing, either?
Here are three classic Far Side memes transmogrified across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
NOTE: Each panel is presented by my dog Sydney from The Far Side Gallery 3 1988 by Gary Larson
1. I Think I Just Found My Appetite
2. Leave If You Must…
3. Aint Much Good Without One, I Said
FURTHER VIEWING
This animated short that crosses over just about every Far Side comic is a must-see (that hopefully sends you to buy your own copy of The Far Side Gallery 3).
FURTHER READING
Cartoonist To Quit Drawing “Far Side” — Hartford Courant 1994
“The Far Side” Returns to a Weird World — The New Yorker 2020
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