Nothing is safe from The Far Side, with bowling getting its own dark and twisted yet still endlessly funny comic strips from the mind of Gary Larson.

A pinsetter works at a D.C. duckpin bowling alley in 1943. Before automation, bowling pins were set by hand. During World War II, bowling alley owners bemoaned manpower shortages.

Thanks to a more than yearlong “seven-figure-plus” renovation and re-branding effort, Twisted Pin, 15610 Joliet Road in Plainfield, now offers an upscale bowling, arcade and entertainment ...