"Larson communicates a great deal of information in a few simple ink lines. The expressions of his characters are vivid and immediately recognizable... And with just a strand of beads and a pair of harlequin glasses, he can somehow transfer any animal - a shark, a bug, a warthog — into a dowdy suburban hausfrau." - Los Angeles Times "The Far Side is a continuum of the unexpected - less a comic strip than a sort of laugh-inducing Mobius strip, where surprises are endlessly surfacing as No Big Deal." - West Magazine