Gary Larson
Gary Larson
Gary Larsonis an American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to over 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth14 August 1950
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
Wait a minute! This is grass! We've been eating grass!
The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
The idea for any cartoon (my experience, anyway) is rarely spontaneous. Good ideas usually evolve out of pretty lame ones, and vice versa.
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.
You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.
Of course, living in an all-glass house has its disadvantages...but you should see the birds smack it.
Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.
Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.