The Far Side of the World ship and swam for shore; only half of them landing. Eventually, the hopeless situation forced the frigate to surrender. The "Essex" suffered 58 killed, 97 wounded, while the British casualties were 5 dead, 10 wounded. The novel provided part of the title and some of the plot-structure for the 2003 Peter Weir film, "". The fictional USS "Norfolk" morphed into the fictional American-built French privateer "Acheron", and episodes also migrated from other books in the series, including "Master and Commander" and "HMS Surprise". The design and size of the fictional "Acheron" reflect those of the USS "Constitution". In reviewing the
The Prehistory of The Far Side The Prehistory of The Far Side The Prehistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit is a book chronicling the origin and evolution of "The Far Side" (including cartoonist Gary Larson's first strip, "Nature's Way"), giving inside information about the cartooning process and featuring a gallery of Larson's favorite "Far Side" cartoons from the 1980s. Larson recounts his childhood by showing several pictures supposedly drawn by him when he was a kid. (Example: A picture of a kid sitting on a tire in pitch blackness sports the caption "I believe this is my earliest memory of riding in the