Gary Larson

"We saw birds dying of what at best could be called Gary Larson events," said Mark Mallory of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Iqaluit.

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There is a wonderful Gary Larson cartoon that shows two apes dancing a tango with each other.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

GARY LARSON'S ADVICE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF A LUNCH TAB: "I had lunch with him two or three months ago -- Gary Larson is my hero," Inman says of the "Far Side" creator.

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The same holds true for images of Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat, Gary Larson's demented animals, and other figments of a cartoonist's imagination that became cultural landmarks for so many of us.

George Heymont: A Rare Look at Soviet-Era Political Cartoons George Heymont 2011

The same holds true for images of Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat, Gary Larson's demented animals, and other figments of a cartoonist's imagination that became cultural landmarks for so many of us.

George Heymont: A Rare Look at Soviet-Era Political Cartoons George Heymont 2011

She also took to cartooning — just like the heroine of "Sophie's Revenge" — and published four books partly inspired by Gary Larson, creator of the popular syndicated comic "The Far Side."

Hollywood's choice Jonathan Landreth 2011

Much of the comics-reading public in the '80s liked to say that Gary Larson was "twisted" in his own far-out "Far Side" way.

A CARTOONIST'S TRIBUTE: Let us not forget the unflinching wit of John Callahan 2010

Of Callahan, Gary Larson himself said: "There are two basic reasons I enjoy Callahan's work so much: First, I think his cartoons are just plain funny; second, he makes my own work seem normal."

A CARTOONIST'S TRIBUTE: Let us not forget the unflinching wit of John Callahan 2010

By comparison, when Gary Larson wrote a dyslexia joke (an '80s staple, like one-liners about mimes or coke lines), he drew a hoisted banner that read: "Dyslexics of the world untie!"

A CARTOONIST'S TRIBUTE: Let us not forget the unflinching wit of John Callahan 2010

Gary Larson did a cartoon about two guys crawling across a desert, dying of thirst.

Election digest 2010