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Gary Larson has stepped out of retirement after 25 years to debut three new Far Side comics with many more to come.

"Well, of course I did it in cold blood, you idiot! ... I'm a reptile!" "And that's the hand that fed me." "Oh, hey! I love these things!....Crunchy on the outside and chewy center!" A 1986 interview by Lynn Sherr on ABC's "20/20". Original air date was January 8, 1987:

They say that brevity is the soul of wit, so here are the best plays on words that demonstrate the brilliance of single panel humor in The Far Side.

Far Side's Gary Larson admitted that one of his most infamous comic strips haunted him and made him want to "crawl into a hole somewhere and die."

‘The Far Side’ could be at its best when it turned to the dark side

The "bright light" at the end of the tunnel.

Gary Larson used many different animals as characters throughout the Far Side's run, but his giant squid stuck in readers' minds more than others.

Gary Larson admitted that only one Far Side comic is actually based on his real life, as an embarrassing moment made its way to a strip.

Over the years, I've talked with many comic artists, and many find the issue of putting a whole idea into just four panels to be the most challenging. Now imagine quadrupling this challenge, and putting the same idea into just one panel. Most comic artists would despair, but Dave Blazek would feel like a fish in the water because it's the thing that he does best. The brilliant cartoonist has years and years of experience doing syndications for The New Yorker and other prominent magazines…

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