10 Best Far Side Comics: Characters Lost at Sea

Gary Larson's The Far Side had a genuine gift for finding dark humor in objectively terrible situations, and his maritime disaster strips are prime examples. The piece pulls together ten standout strips where characters are helplessly adrift, showcasing Larson's ability to make death-adjacent scenarios genuinely funny. His take on being stranded at sea leans into absurdism—it's not the desperation that lands the jokes, it's the weird logic underneath. Worth revisiting if you haven't thought about these strips in a while.