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Do you have your ‘blackboard portrait’ of a physicist?

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What is the far side known for?

Classic, long-running single-panel cartoon by Gary Larson. Running from 1980 to 1995, it featured numerous talking animals, most notably cows, and frequent depictions of heaven and hell. The strip was slso known for its use of scientific jokes and puns. A story Mr. Larson quotes in one of his anthologies tells of a science teacher who had Far Side cartoons mounted on a bulletin …

Who invented the blackboard?

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What was the Far Side cartoon about?

The strip was slso known for its use of scientific jokes and puns. A story Mr. Larson quotes in one of his anthologies tells of a science teacher who had Far Side cartoons mounted on a bulletin board.

Who is led into a room full of astrologers?

Jazz musician Charlie Parker being forced to listen to New Age music for eternity. In one of the Far Side of Science strips, a physicist is led into a room full of astrologers.

What does Dennis the Menace tell his mother?

A particularly funny one shows a Dennis the Menace comic where Dennis tells his mother that he sees her "tiny, petrified skull, labeled and resting on a shelf somewhere" (the caption coming from a Far Side with a caveman visiting a psychic.

What is the story of a diver taking a huge fish out of the ocean?

In one, a diver is taking a huge fish out of the ocean and notices a fish man taking a captive woman into the ocean. A more lighthearted one features a guy carrying a surfboard running towards the ocean to catch some waves. Then he notices a fish man carrying a wagon running out of the ocean to catch some hills.

Did they make a midget western?

They actually did make a midget western. And You Were There: The final newspaper strip had Gary Larson wake up in bed next to all his family and friends, who happen to resemble a lot of the strip's more popular subjects. Of course, given that this is The Far Side this probably came as a surprise to nobody.

Did Larson fill in all the backgrounds?

Larson also had a habit of not filling in all of the backgrounds in earlier strips (like a bulls-eye patterned rug that mysteriously vanished halfway across the panel) - he admitted that he preferred to "touch up" older strips to fill in half-completed background elements when they were published in collections.