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222+ Works 31,760 Members 193 Reviews 89 Favorited

About the Author

Gary Larson was born on August 14, 1950 in Tacoma, Washington. Larson is the genius behind The Far Side, the popular cartoon panel that has been named the Best Syndicated Panel in both 1985 and 1987 and was awarded the Max & Moritz Prize for Best International Comic StripPanel by the International show more Comic Salon. He is has also received the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonist Society in both 1991 and 1994. Larson has published 20 other Far Side books as well as There's a Hair in My Dirt: A Worm's Story, a non-Far Side related story. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Works by Gary Larson

The Far Side Gallery (1984) 2,563 copies
The Far Side Gallery 3 (1988) 2,116 copies
The Far Side Gallery 2 (1986) 2,068 copies
The Far Side Gallery 4 (1993) 2,050 copies
The Far Side Gallery 5 (1995) 1,559 copies
Hound of The Far Side (1987) 944 copies
The Far Side (1982) 942 copies
The Far Side Observer (1987) 915 copies
Beyond The Far Side (1983) 884 copies
Valley of The Far Side (1985) 841 copies
Bride of The Far Side (1984) 805 copies
It Came from The Far Side (1986) 762 copies
In Search of The Far Side (1984) 757 copies
The Far Side 2006 Calendar (2005) 20 copies
The Far Side 2003 Calendar (2002) 20 copies
Die Entwicklung der Unarten (1993) 11 copies
Nachtgewächse. ( Cartoon). (2002) 11 copies
Katzenwäsche (1999) 10 copies
The Far Side 2004 Calendar (2003) 10 copies
Auf Safari. ( Cartoon). (1989) 10 copies
Kaukana poissa 4 (1992) 6 copies
Geschäftsessen. Cartoon. (1991) 5 copies
Gary Larson, tome 2 (1998) 5 copies
Gary Larson, tome 4 (2000) 4 copies
Langt ude - et og to (1990) 3 copies
Kaukana poissa 5 (1993) 3 copies
Gary Larson, Tome 1 (1997) 3 copies
Gary Larson, tome 3 (1999) 3 copies
Gary Larson, tome 5 (2002) 3 copies
Larson! 1993:3 2 copies
Urlaubsträume 2 copies
Larson! 1993:12 2 copies
Larson! 1993:6 2 copies
Larsson 1993:4 2 copies
Larson! 1993:2 2 copies
Larson! 1993:13 2 copies
Larson! 1993:10 2 copies
Larson! 1993:7 2 copies
Larson! 1993:11 2 copies
Larson! 1993:5 2 copies
Langt ude (1986) 2 copies
Larson! 1993:9 2 copies
Larson Bin (Lbs) Full (2011) 1 copy
Larson. [19]96 (1995) 1 copy
the far side 1 copy

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Reviews

Few cartoonists could do as well as Larson does.
 
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mykl-s | 24 other reviews | Aug 6, 2023 |
FAR too much Hardy Har Animal Cruelty along with a few good funny cartoons and commentary
 
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m.belljackson | 24 other reviews | Jul 9, 2023 |
I wouldn't want to live on the Far Side, but love reading about it.
 
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mykl-s | 5 other reviews | Jun 17, 2023 |
Of every ten comics, nine are pretty straightforward jokes and the tenth is a beautiful, perfect piece of absurdism.
 
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NickEdkins | 16 other reviews | May 27, 2023 |

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Donna Pickert-Korris Watercolorist
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Works
222
Also by
1
Members
31,760
Popularity
#622
Rating
½ 4.3
Reviews
193
ISBNs
228
Languages
10
Favorited
89

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