People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.

Other works and interests
In 2003 Larson drew a cover for the November 17 edition of The New Yorker magazine an offer he felt was too prestigious to refuse. This occurred a week before The Seattle Times dropped Nature’s Way. " Often the behavior of supposedly superior humans was compared with animals: surrounded by fences and dense housing a father explains to his son that a bird song is a territorial marking common to the lower animals.

He is the creator of The Far Side a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to over 900 newspapers for 15 years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1 1995. Gary Larson (born August 14 1950) is an American cartoonist.