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Gary Larson

1950 - Today

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Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Larson is the 200th most popular comic artist (down from 186th in 2019), the 14,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,518th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Gary Larson ranks 200 out of 226. Before him are Paco Roca, Ronald Searle, Mark Millar, Garth Ennis, Nakaba Suzuki, and Jeph Loeb. After him are Doaa el-Adl, Nisio Isin, Joann Sfar, George Pérez, Daniel Clowes, and Kentaro Yabuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Gary Larson ranks 714. Before him are Leonard Maltin, David Frawley, Marina Stepanova, Barbara Barrett, Pamela Franklin, and Mary Pat Gleason. After him are Sheila Jackson Lee, Todd McCarthy, Danny McGrain, Ann C. Crispin, Tim Russert, and Khandu Wangchuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Larson ranks 14,353 out of 20,380. Before him are Joshua Malina (1966), Pat Finn (1965), Sally O'Neil (1908), Peter DeLuise (1966), Bill Sage (1962), and Dimitri Diatchenko (1968). After him are Jon Watts (1981), Sam Nunn (1938), Bea Benaderet (1906), Betty Wright (1953), Tom Gola (1933), and Steve Daines (1962).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Gary Larson ranks 54. Before him are Peter Laird (1954), Vivienne Medrano (1992), Walt Kelly (1913), Kevin Eastman (1962), Scott Adams (1957), and Jeph Loeb (1958). After him are George Pérez (1954), Daniel Clowes (1961), Bruce Timm (1961), Brian Michael Bendis (1967), Craig McCracken (1971), and Kurt Busiek (1960).

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