A Dog Flies the Plane: 10 Most Chaotic Far Side Comics, Complete Classics
Disasters With Unexpected Causes
A ship bearing the ACME Mannequin Company name sinks at a steep angle, leaving mannequin heads and limbs scattered across the water. Two sharks examine the debris, apparently unsure whether the floating body parts are a cruel attempt to fool them out of a meal.
In another emergency, a passenger plane tilts in midair as flames and smoke pour from its side. Passengers watch from the windows while Fifi, a small white dog, sits at the controls; the caption says the resourceful pet has the situation under control.
Wildlife Turns The Tables
Two men encounter bodies beneath a birch tree and notice a chattering squirrel on a branch above them. The squirrel appears armed, and the caption’s reference to squirrels arriving before squirrel guns suggests a conflict between people and wildlife has taken a deadly turn.
At a cocktail party, guests chat and hold drinks in a comfortable room as Morty opens the barred door of an animal enclosure. The gathering faces the prospect of wolverines among the unsuspecting partygoers.
Dark Gags At Home
A blindfolded fly stands before fellow insects holding flyswatters like rifles, while another fly appears ready to give an order. The scene resembles a formal execution, turning a tool used against insects into the instrument of punishment for one of their own.
A family of Cyclopes eats grapefruits at breakfast, but the fruit sends sharp sprays of juice into their single eyes. The repeated mishaps turn a shared meal into a string of painful interruptions.
Key points
- The Far Side finds humor in situations that abandon ordinary logic.
- Two sharks mistake scattered mannequin parts for a possible meal—or a hoax.
- Fifi appears at the controls of a burning aircraft, with the caption saying the dog has matters under control.
- The cartoons range from armed squirrels to a fly’s mock execution and a chaotic Cyclops breakfast.