In 1993, The Far Side® was awarded the Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip/Panel by the International Comic Salon. The National Cartoonists Society also named Larson Best Syndicated Panel Cartoonist in both 19. Larson’s work on The Far Side® has earned him numerous awards, including the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society in 19. His talk was titled “The Importance of Being Weird.” His interest in science was a frequent topic in many of The Far Side® cartoons, which he created for fifteen years, from January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1995. In 1990, Larson received the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award and was the centennial commencement speaker. He graduated in 1972 from Washington State University with a degree in communications but took many classes in the sciences. Though he loved to draw as a child, Larson didn’t formally study art, nor did he consider being a cartoonist.

Always drawn to nature, he and his older brother spent much of their youth exploring the woods and swamps of the Pacific Northwest, and the tidelands and waters of Puget Sound. Gary Larson was born August 14, 1950, in Tacoma, Washington. Last Chapter and Worse (Far Side) (Paperback): The Curse Of Madame C (Far Side) (Paperback): The Chickens Are Restless (Far Side) (Paperback): Unnatural Selections (Far Side) (Paperback):Ĭows of Our Planet (Far Side) (Paperback): The PreHistory of The Far Side®: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit (Paperback): Wildlife Preserves (Far Side) (Paperback): Night of the Crash-Test Dummies (Far Side) (Paperback): This is book number 12 in the Far Side series.

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