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[[Image:Gary larson cartoon.gif|thumb|300 px|A typical Gary Larson cartoon.]]

[[Image:Gary larson cartoon.gif|thumb|300 px|A typical Gary Larson cartoon.]]

'''Gary Larson''' is an American cartoonist, born in 1950 in [[Washington]], most famous for his widely-syndicated strip, ''The Far Side'', which appeared in hundreds of newspapers between 1980 and 1995.

'''Gary Larson''' is an American cartoonist, born in 1950 in [[Washington]], most famous for his widely syndicated strip, ''The Far Side'', which appeared in hundreds of newspapers between 1980 and 1995.

Generally a single panel, usually with a caption beneath rather than speech balloons, the cartoons frequently featured animals, especially cows, often incomprehensible (his "Cow tools" cartoon caused weeks of bewilderment to hundreds of readers <ref>http://www.larryjzimmerman.com/prehistory/ctools.html</ref>), and sometimes offensive to some, with scatological or violent content, the cartoons were nevertheless enormously popular, and have been republished in various forms, notably collected in a five-volume series of books.

Generally a single panel, usually with a caption beneath rather than speech balloons, the cartoons frequently featured animals, especially cows, often incomprehensible (his "Cow tools" cartoon caused weeks of bewilderment to hundreds of readers <ref>http://www.larryjzimmerman.com/prehistory/ctools.html</ref>), and sometimes offensive to some, with scatological or violent content, the cartoons were nevertheless enormously popular, and have been republished in various forms, notably collected in a five-volume series of books.