'Protecting wildlife is 'at the top of my list', he says.' Larson lives in Seattle, Washington.

Larson was not able to think of a single thing to say to him and deeply regretted the missed opportunity. In The Complete Far Side, Larson says that his greatest disappointment in life occurred when he was at a luncheon and sat across from cartoonist Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family. Early in their relationship, Carmichael became his business manager. In 1987, Larson married Toni Carmichael, an anthropologist.

They caught animals in Puget Sound and placed them in terrariums in the basement, and also made a small desert ecosystem. Dan 'scared the hell out of me' whenever he could, Gary said, but Dan also nurtured Gary's love of scientific knowledge. Dan played pranks on Gary, for example by taking advantage of his fear of monsters under the bed by waiting in the closet for the right moment to pounce. Larson said his family has 'a morbid sense of humor', and that he was influenced by the 'paranoid' sense of humor of his older brother, Dan.

During high school and college, he played jazz guitar and banjo. He graduated from Curtis Senior High School in University Place and from Washington State University in Pullman with a degree in communications. Larson was born and raised in University Place, Washington, in suburban Tacoma, the son of Verner, a car salesman, and Doris, a secretary.

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