# 9 Near-Perfect 'Far Side' Comics Starring the Nerdy Kid

https://www.polygon.com/best-nerdy-kid-far-side-comics/

One of the biggest differences between The Far Side and most other comic strips is that The Far Side doesn’t have a recurring cast of characters. Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, for example, had Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang, while Jim Davis’ Garfield has Garfield, Odie, Jon, and a handful of other recurring characters. But Gary Larson’s The Far Side, with its non-sequitur, single-panel jokes, didn’t have regular characters, or at least not really.

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Created: 2026-10-25T11:35:51.059966+00:00

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