Guide Note:Gary Larson is the creator of The Far Side, a single panel comic strip which appeared in newspapers for fourteen years (from 1980 -1995).
Fast Facts:
- Born: August 14, 1950
- Best known for: The Far Side
- Award: National Cartoonist Society's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award 1985, 1988; National Cartoonist Society's Ruben Award 1990, 1994
- A biting louse found only on owls (Strigiphilus garylarsoni) and an Ecuadorian rain forest butterfly (Serratoterga larsoni) are both named after Larson
- Very few sites exist about The Far Side due to Larson's strict protection of his comic's copyright