Gary Larson's ... You put the cartoon down, come back to it a few hours later, and, yep - those dogs are still playing 'tethercat.' In a thankless non-speaking role, Far Side's detective busts ...

Gary Larson's ambition to be a jazz guitarist influenced his Far Side comic, with improvisation and creativity being key to his work on the page, just as it is in being a jazz musician. Even just ...