Far Side's Funniest Bird Comics Ranked
Gary Larson's Far Side has legendary status partly thanks to his weird, inspired use of animals—and birds got some of the best treatment. While chickens dominated his poultry humor, Larson deployed ducks, vultures, and various other fowl throughout the strip's run for consistently hilarious results. The article ranks his best bird-centric comics, celebrating how Larson found comedy gold in feathered creatures with just the right absurdist twist. It's a nostalgic look at how The Far Side made weird animal humor genuinely genius.
ComicsBuzz Take
The Far Side proved you could build a decades-long career on surreal animal gags—something that probably influenced every weird webcomic and indie comic artist that came after.
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"The vulture strips still destroy me. Larson was unmatched"
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