Far Side Creator Gary Larson Explained the "Huge Difference" Between Cartoonists And Writers
Summary Gary Larson, creator ofThe Far Side, once gave a fantastic account of the natural crossover between his work as a cartoonist and thetoils of prose writers, fiction and nonfiction alike, everywhere – and in the process, identified what he considered to be the “huge difference” between the two types of artists. As Larson explained inThe Complete Far Side Volume Two, the divide came down to a matter of time; literally, henoted that the production time for a cartoon is significantly more manageable than, say, even the time it takes to complete a short story– let alone a novel, or a series of them....