The Far Side Has the Best First Year in Comic History, and it's Not Close

Let's look back at the first year of The Far Side. Gary Larson's genre-defying and generation-defining comic debuted 45+ years ago in 1980, at a pivotal point in American pop culture. Digging deeper into Far Side's freshman year reveals some surprises, but it also confirms one thing we were already certain of: The Far Side is the GOAT.