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
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.
I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.
Things can be low on the food chain, but that doesn't mean they're lowly...
Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food.
I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.
He has been known by many names: Lucifer, Beelzabub, Belial, the Prince of Lies, Satan, and at a party once an obnoxious drunk kept calling him "Dude."
If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is around to hear it, and it hits a mime, does anyone care?