While always focused on comedy, science fiction plays a major role in many of Gary Larson's most unforgettable Far Side comic strips.

Science was one of Gary Larson's chief fascinations, and many Far Side jokes, from the classics to the most obscure, actually have some kind of basis in scientific fact.

Gary Larson’s iconic comic strip The Far Side regularly featured a wide assortment of surprisingly intelligent animals, including snakes, bears, apes, cats, anteaters, and of course, cows ...