In my first year or so of drawing The Far Side, I was scared to death of making mistakes in the artwork. Incredibly, I had never heard of a product called “White Out” (for covering up mistakes) and the smallest screw-up meant starting over. So, as I’ve indicated under each of these cartoons, I sometimes left things out
This is interesting. I have no idea where this guy’s legs are
Some background on this comic:
Transcript of relevant bits:
He has legs in the OP comic though
The style of this one, and some others, really reminds me of Gahan Wilson’s work. It must be the early ones.