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Contents 1 Pictures in article 2 privacy 3 Prehistory of the Far Side 4 Discoveries 5 Cease and Desist? 6 Why did he stop doing the far side? 7 The Jane Goodall incident 8 General Comments for page editing

[edit] Pictures in article

While I like the picture of Larson, why was the one of his home, taken by a Wikipedean so there is no copyright problem, removed? I think the castle part, especially the flag, is evocative of some of his cartoons and is therefore notable and encyclopedic. Is it considered an invasion of his privacy that he is known to value highly? Spalding 01:05, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

whoever deleted the picture is a pedantic moron with too much time on their hands just like everyone else here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.224.217.39 (talk • contribs) .

I'll bet you anything it was Knowledge Seeker. You won't believe how many images of mine he's deleted, hyperventilating over copyright issues, thinking that the world will end if one image doesn't have all rights released! I can't stand people like that--he obviously has way too much time on his hands--he has to if he can find time to stalk me and block me for every little comment I make on every little talk page that he thinks is "innapropriate". Hey, I like that--stalk and block! I think I've made a limerick! Scorpionman 20:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Then again, it could have been someone else, not meaning to insult anyone--Scorpionman 20:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] privacy

Since when do any public figures in North America have a right to privacy? User:Anthergene 14:10, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

• According to Robert Bork and others of his ilk, NO ONE has a right to privacy. Wahkeenah 17:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I guess I need to go review my "Big Evil Book of Nasty Borkiness", because I don't seem to recall this bit.1Winston 18:22, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prehistory of the Far Side

I've just written almost the entire article of The Prehistory of the Far Side, and I've provided a link to it in the article on Larson. I wouldn't mind suggestions on it. Also, I recommend that the Larson article should have a list of Larson's books at the end, linkified if possible. marbeh raglaim 11:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discoveries

Seems to be an attempt at vandalism... since I could not find any references about the discovery of the "Bozone Layer" and it had a large number of spelling mistakes...

[edit] Cease and Desist?

Is there any reliable information about the rash of Cease-and-Desist letters sent either by or on behalf of Larson? There's lots of webpages that purport to know someone who recieved a C&D letter, or that Larson is fanatical/obsessed with protecting his "children".

[edit] Why did he stop doing the far side?

Does anyone know? This was the readon I came to the page.

[edit] The Jane Goodall incident

Has it been confirmed that the letter Gary Larson received in the Jane Goodall incident had actually come from the real Jane Goodall Institute? The way I understand the relevant section in The Prehistory of the Far Side, the letter did not come from the Jane Goodall Institute at all, and that it was a prank someone had pulled on Gary Larson. Any comments? -- leuce 15:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

All the information we have on the incident come from Larson and Goodall themselves, who have never indicated that the letter was a hoax. Potentially it could have been a publicity stunt crafted by both of them, but without any evidence to support this theory we have little choice but to take them at their word. In any case I don't think the stance of the letter was implausible, even if it was misguided. marbeh raglaim 01:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Having said that, I should add that I have had some doubts about the veracity of the protest letters Larson reprints in The Prehistory of the Far Side. Larson is a kidder if I ever saw one, and it's possible that more than a few of these "hate letters" are about as genuine as his purported childhood drawings from earlier in the book. (For example, am I to believe that someone really started an organization called the Cow Tools Fellows dedicated to solving the mystery of the notorious "Cow tools" cartoon?) marbeh raglaim 01:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General Comments for page editing

The biography section and the 'Far Side' section are extremely repetitive. The should be merged or content taken out so they do not overlap so much. Iammaggieryan 22:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)