The Five Funniest Far Side Cartoons About Detectives
Olivia Rutigliano lists some "mysteries" from the famous single-panel comic strip
The Far Side is the funniest comic strip in the world. It just is.
I’ve already waxed on about my favorite Far Side cartoon for this website, but what about the others? There are a slew of crimey, detective-ridden Far Sides from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995, when the cartoon ran in syndication in American newspapers.
I’ve assembled my top five mystery-themed Far Side cartoons. They are in order. You already know one of them.
Enjoy laughing hysterically.
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You’re welcome.
Olivia Rutigliano
Olivia Rutigliano is an Editor at Lit Hub and CrimeReads. Her other work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, AirMail, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, The Baffler, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Politics/Letters, The Toast, Truly Adventurous, and elsewhere. She has a PhD from the departments of English/comparative literature and theatre at Columbia University, where she was the Marion E. Ponsford fellow. She hosts the podcasst "Culture Schlock" at Lit Hub Radio. She is on instagram at @oldebean, twitter at @oldrutigliano, and bluesky at @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social.
