Gary Larson's python almost killed him.
Few single-panel comics have been as influential and beloved as Gary Larson's The Far Side. Larson's surreal world is populated with all manner of creature: cows, wiener dogs, penguins, dinosaurs. Another common denizen of The Far Side is that much maligned and often misunderstood reptile, the humble snake. Larson's interest in serpents comes from real life experience, including one that almost ended the cartoonist's career as it was getting started.
According to Larson, one day his large, naturally predatory pet, "attempted to do [him] in," nearly depriving the world of The Far Side's bizarre sense of humor.Larson Was Nearly In The Belly Of The Beast Over the course of The Far Side's publication, snakes slithered their way into many installments of the strip, with Gary Larson's illustrations often placing an emphasis on their grotesque manner of eating or the absurdity of the limbless creatures in human situations.
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