“I hope all the reasons I’ve given here help explain why I’m so late to this party. However, with the advent of improved image security, the artist has decided to finally make the leap. (Note: I do realize that by including the image at the top of this post, I’m now part of the problem, but maybe I’m just hoping for a letter from GL himself…)Īfter playing internet wack-a-mole with fans who posted his work without permission, Larson was understandably reticent to put his cartoons online, expecting they would only add to the intellectual property piracy. (No, seriously, my thanks to those who removed my cartoons willingly, or even begrudgingly.)” -A Letter from Gary Larson Maybe it takes a warped mind to understand a warped mind. I won’t rehash it all here, but my powers of persuasion had at least some impact, and many of my fans were very understanding and responsive. “ears ago, when I slowly started realizing I had a second publisher and distributor of my work, known as Anyone With a Scanner & Associates, I did find it unsettling enough to write an open letter to “whom it may concern,” explaining - best as I could - why I preferred that the people doing this would kindly refrain. They could also be found printed (with permission) on everything from books and cartoon-a-day calendars and mugs to boxed holiday cards. From 1980 to 1995, Larson’s single-panel comics appeared in newspapers around the country. Suffice to say I have long been a big fan of cartoonist Gary Larson, author of the wildly-popular Far Side comics. The cartoon above has been on the wall of my office for decades.
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