9/2/2023 0 Comments Dark darker darkestThat idea makes this comic even bleaker, as three dinosaurs stand perpetually on the edge of extinction, with one just beginning to figure out how doomed they are. Any moment of violence lasts forever, still happening whenever the reader returns, and any impending danger is always just about to unfold. Gary Larson has discussed in the past how The Far Side manages to evoke a specific type of dread in some readers because as a comic, it freezes a single moment in time. The joke gets darker the longer the reader sits with it - these three 'bully' dinosaurs may be about to get their just deserts, but in real terms, what that actually means is that they're about to freeze to death. It's a comic that takes a little knowledge to appreciate - the time of the dinosaurs is at an end, and the small, furry animals are the ones who'll actually survive the coming Ice Age. Queen Bansheera is just as dark as Gruumm. He had the highest body count of the series, destroying hundreds of planets and wiping out all but two of the entire population of the planet Sirius. Emperor Gruumm is even darker (probably the darkest period). nerd" dynamic, two dinosaurs stand guffawing at a goofy-looking primitive mammal, while a third looks on with concern as the first few snowflakes begin falling. Even closer than the real Master Org did.
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