The Far Side was one of the funniest and most popular comic strips of the late 20th Century. The comic touched on all aspects of life, culture, and history, but one of creator Gary Larson’s favorite subjects was religion. The Far Side often imagined creative explanations for why the world works the way it does, and religion provided plenty of fodder for its funniest satirical commentary.
Whether imagining God’s process for creating the Earth and its inhabitants or speculating what might be in store for humans after they die, Larson used Christian theology to cast an absurdist lens on popular culture and common human or even animal behavior. God and the Devil provided Larson with a familiar and versatile cast for his cartoons, which made The Far Side comics about religion some of the funniest ever created.
In this Far Side cartoon, Larson has taken the colloquial phrase, “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” and made it literal by placing a man in hell and forcing him to decide between those two options. In this context, the meaning of the phrase is made especially clear, as it is obvious that either choice will be equally disastrous.
The Far Side was one of the funniest and most popular comic strips of the late 20th Century. The comic touched on all aspects of life, culture, and history, but one of creator Gary Larson’s favorite subjects was religion. The Far Side often imagined creative explanations for why the world works the way it does, and religion provided plenty of fodder for its funniest satirical commentary.
Whether imagining God’s process for creating the Earth and its inhabitants or speculating what might be in store for humans after they die, Larson used Christian theology to cast an absurdist lens on popular culture and common human or even animal behavior. God and the Devil provided Larson with a familiar and versatile cast for his cartoons, which made The Far Side comics about religion some of the funniest ever created.
In this Far Side cartoon, Larson has taken the colloquial phrase, “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” and made it literal by placing a man in hell and forcing him to decide between those two options. In this context, the meaning of the phrase is made especially clear, as it is obvious that either choice will be equally disastrous.
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