Editing Gary Larson (section)

==Awards and honors==
Larson was awarded the Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award by the [[National Cartoonists Society]] in 1985 and 1988, earned the society's [[Reuben Award]] for 1990 and 1994, and has been recognized for various individual strips by the National Cartoonist Society in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995.
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On March 15, 1989, a newly discovered [[insect]] species was named after Larson by [[Dale H. Clayton]], head of the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the [[University of Chicago]]. The ''[[Strigiphilus garylarsoni]]'' is a chewing [[louse]]<ref name=wild /> of a [[genus]] found only on [[owl]]s. Wrote Larson: "I considered this an extreme honor. Besides, I knew no one was going to write and ask to name a new species of swan after me. You have to grab these opportunities when they come along." An [[Letter (paper size)|8" × 11" (20 × 28 cm)]] magnification of the insect appeared in the ''Prehistory of the Far Side'' 10th anniversary compilation, along with the letter requesting permission to use his name. Similarly, an [[Ecuador]]ian [[rainforest]] butterfly was named after him; ''[[Serratoterga larsoni]]''.<ref name=walk/> The term "[[thagomizer]]", a feature of [[stegosaurus]] anatomy, was coined in a ''Far Side'' cartoon.<ref name=Salon99 />

Eighteen years after earning his bachelor's degree at Washington State, Larson gave the commencement address at his alma mater in 1990.<ref name=unsenff/><ref name=srdare>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sagpAAAAIBAJ&pg=2450%2C1720513 |work=Spokesman-Review |last=Sorensen |first=Eric |title=Dare to be weird, Gary Larson tells WSU grads |date=May 13, 1990 |page=B1}}</ref><ref name=wywdns>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cK1fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5191%2C3905358 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Wickline |first=Michael R. |title=Wishing you weirdness |date=May 13, 1990 |page=1C}}</ref><ref name=bewrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MycuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6548%2C1916606 |work=Idahonian |last=Olsen |first=Ken |title='Far Side' creator tells grads: be weird |date=May 14, 1990 |page=12A}}</ref>