1. The Far Side
As if in tacit agreement that no one reads newspapers anymore, comic-strip characters rarely leap from the funny pages to television these days—and the ones that once did can no longer find airtime if they aren’t connected to a boy named Charlie Brown. Then again, no single contemporary strip enjoys the complete cultural penetration achieved by strips like Peanuts, Garfield, or even Blondie at their creative and popular peaks. Considering that company, Gary Larson’s single-panel feature The Far Side is by far the strangest comic enterprise to ride a wave of desk calendars ...
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