Mental Floss

COMICS







Marvel/Sony

Today it seems like we’ll never stop seeing Spider-Man at the movies. But back in the early 2000s, it seemed amazing that we ever saw him there in the first place.

Matthew Jackson






Amazon

For 15 years, "The Far Side" added a dash of irreverence to the funny pages. Offbeat, macabre, and sometimes controversial, Gary Larson’s trailblazing cartoon was a gigantic success.

Mark Mancini