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The Daily Dose

Selections of classic The Far Side comics, updated daily

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The famous “Mr. Ed vs. Francis the Talking Mule” debates
SAFARI CHECKLIST Kudu ? / Wildebeast ?/ Zebra ? / Gazelle ?/ Baboon ? / Cheeta ?/ Impala ? / Giraffe ? / Jackal ? / Hyena ? / Lion ? / Leopard ? / Elephant ? / Rhino / Hippo / Buffalo
“So, Professor Sadowsky, you’re saying that your fellow researcher, Professor Lazzell, knowing full well that baboons consider eye contact to be threatening, handed you this hat on that fateful day you emerged from your Serengeti campsite.”
Dang! I think he's going to reach the water. / Oh no, he's not.
Watch those flesh tones, son—they’re too yellow … How much they payin’ you for this? Back in my day we’d finish a ceiling twice this big in less than a week! ’Course, in those days we had to make our own brushes!
Michelangelo’s father

Comic Collections

the far side comic collections titled 'ground control to major zooky' Ground Control to Major Zooky

Aliens, astronomy, and all things extraterrestrial-ish.

the far side comic collections titled 'all in the phylum' All in the Phylum

Carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores, oh my!