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- Born: August 14, 1950
- National Cartoonist Society's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award: 1985, 1988
- National Cartoonist Society's Ruben Award, 1990, 1994
- A louse (Strigiphilus Garylarsoni) and butterfly (Serratoterga Larsoni) are both named after Larson
- Larson's enforces strict protection of his comic's copyright
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Gary Larson is the creator of the comic strip The Far Side which ran in newspapers from 1980 - 1995.
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Career
In 1976, Gary Larson sold a series of cartoons to Pacific Search magazine for $90.NNDB: Gary Larson Profile After this small success, Larson decided to pursue a career as a cartoonist. He was able get his cartoon, Nature's Way, featured on a weekly basis in The Seattle Times. The comic drew complaints from the newspaper's readers and was cancelled. Larson submitted a sample of his work to The San Francisco Chronicle and was hired to make the cartoons a daily feature in the paper. The strip was renamed The Far Side and was syndicated nationwide until Larson's retirement in 1995. -
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Gary Larson Questions
Is Kerou the heir to the Larson throne? www.kerou.net 1 AnswerI have to admit that Kerou is funny, but I think that Larson is still in a class all his own. http://kerou.net/ Larson created a theme to his work that is sti... read more
Remember Gary Larson? Send me your favorite Far Side comic 5 AnswersLike Jeff, I also couldn't find my favorite. It was a guy in a jail cell with just a bed, a chair, and many scratches in the wall for the years passing with a ... read more
Does Gary Hines have a private MySpace page for Sounds of Blackness? 1 AnswerIt looks like the Sounds of Blackness do have a MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/soundsofblacknessmusic Gary Hines also has a Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gar... read more
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I suddenly have the urge to go on a Farside binge. Time to dig up my Gary Larson books
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@bloggerheads I love Gary Larson.
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Gary Larson took his first six cartoons to a local Seattle based magazine called the Pacific Search & paid $90 4 his 1st cartoon sale
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I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals. Gary Larson
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