The Far Side®

The Daily Dose

Selections of classic The Far Side comics, updated daily

Thursday, October 9, 2025

“Now relax. … Just like last week, I’m going to hold the red cape up for the count of 10. … When you start getting angry, I’ll put it down.”
Some wolves, their habitat destroyed and overwhelmed by human pressures, turn to snorting quack.
To win the tribe’s respect, Jed first had to defeat their best thumb-wrestler.
“So then, when the bank doors open, we ... Louie! You jerk! ... Your hat brim is up!”
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Civil Service History: On Oct. 12, 1979 (Columbus Day), government employee George Sullivan goes in to work for a couple of hours to, in his own words, “take care of some unfinished business.”

Comic Collections

the far side comic collections titled 'pets allowed' Pets Allowed

A collection of creatures that are not always well-behaved and not always that cute. And then there’s our pets.

the far side comic collections titled 'anthropomorphism' Anthropomorphism

Defined as applying human traits to other animals. (As if they don’t have enough problems.)