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Gary Larson

American cartoonist

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Born 1950 · age 76United States
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  • Age
    76
    Born 1950
  • Known for
    Tales from the Far Side
    1994
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Updated 2026-07-20

Gary Larson is an American cartoonist who created The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995, though since 2020 Larson has published additional comics online. His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies.

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