Gary Larson, (born August 14, 1950, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.), American cartoonist best known for his single-panel comic series The Far Side, which is renowned for its scientific content and bizarre humour. Larson produced The Far Side for 15 years, from January 1980 until January 1995. Larson was raised in Tacoma, Washington, the youngest son of Vern Larson, a car salesman, and Doris Larson, who worked as a secretary. What he called his family’s “morbid sense of humour” was an early inspiration for his later work in comics. Larson and his elder brother, Dan, were drawn to nature and explored the
Monster creator wins German award // Naoki Urasawa (Monster) won the 20th Erlangen International Comic Salon s Max und Moritz Lifetime Achievement Award. According.