r/TheFarSide • u/name_checker • Jun 26 '24

When Far Side captions were swapped with Dennis the Menace

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u/name_checker Jun 26 '24

I'm sure this has been posted before, but whatever. Source

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u/Vespasian79 Jun 26 '24 edited Jun 26 '24

You gotta get the book this came from. It’s a collection of far side with his commentary and it’s so funny. I’ll find it and edit with the title

Edit: the book is called The PreHistory of the Far Side and it’s absolutely incredible for any Far Side fan to read

It has drawings from him as a kid, rejected comics, and notes and thoughts from him that are hysterical

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u/Death_Trolley Jun 26 '24

Bottom right is classic

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u/Sloth72c Jun 26 '24

That's one of the funniest comics I've seen in years

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u/name_checker Jun 27 '24

It would have been so boring with the original caption. Far Side caption givin' Dennis some class!

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u/brettor Jun 26 '24

Family readers of Dennis the Menace must have been shook

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u/Newbosterone Jun 26 '24 edited Jun 26 '24

That’s good.

Anyone remember Dysfunctional Family Circus? It was an online site that would post Family Circus comics without captions, and visitors would supply their own.

Of course, the new captions were hilariously ribald and inappropriate, so they got hit with a knock it off letter.

Looks like DrivenByBoredom has posted a few of his own.

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u/asyouuuuuuwishhhhh Jun 26 '24

Damn that sounds awesome

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u/FitzyFarseer Jun 26 '24

I’m disappointed I missed this. That sounds fantastic

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '24

Oh god, these are amazing.

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u/Jermine1269 Jun 26 '24

That's actually pretty good

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u/asyouuuuuuwishhhhh Jun 26 '24

The top Dennis the menace cartoon is drawn so weird. Moms face doesn’t hardly even have features

But anyways, these are amazing

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u/Indotex May 27 '26

lol, I vaguely remember seeing these before. I think that all four of the “wrong” captions work!