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Interview archive: 1986 20/20 interviews Gary Larson

Alan Gardner11 years ago131 mins

Here’s a gem from a 1986 20/20 interview with The Far Side creator Gary Larson. Via Tyson Cole

D. D. Degg on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
The readers’ survey was only part of the equation; as The Pensacola News Journal said: “After much research, contemplation and…
Rob Morris on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
So, Gannett didn't do a "readers survey?" They just took the syndicates word for what is popular. Again, how about…
D. D. Degg on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
I'm not sure how much input King Features or Andrews McMeel (or Creators for that matter) had in the decision…
Steven Rowe on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
My local Gannett paper ran their list of future comics. Removing 8 from the page from 20 down to 12.…
Rob Morris on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
So, they couldn’t put a group of story/serial comics as an optio?!? Way to go KFS. Nice of you to…
Rich Furman on CSotD: Sunday PotpourriSeptember 24, 2023
I think that Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis discusses this and the way it set the stage for the Ayatollahs in a…
Mike Peterson on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
To which I would add that, when I redid the comics page at a paper where I worked, I found…
Mike Peterson on The Gannett 34September 24, 2023
The interesting factor here is that the Chosen Few are from both AMS and KFS, which suggests (I have no…
Mike Peterson on CSotD: Sunday PotpourriSeptember 24, 2023
Going back to Allen Dulles for foreign relations seems like going back to McKinley for the annexations of the Spanish-American…
D. D. Degg on CSotD: The Company We ChooseSeptember 24, 2023
Much as I'd like to take credit for improving The Daily Cartoonist with the addition of Mike Peterson, it was…