the far side was syndicated in more than 1900 daily newspapers from 1980 to 1995 when gary larson retired during its run the cartoon spawned 22 books from amp which were translated into a total of 17 different languages for his work with the far side larson was awarded the reuben award for outstanding cartoonist from the national cartoonists society in 1991 and 1994 the group also named the far side best syndicated panel in both 1985 and 1987 good girls do bad girls dont now meet big girls after her plussize modeling career tanks leena riley becomes a receptionist in her hometown veterinarians office too bad the vet is cole flannigan a boy who taunted her all through school good thing leena has grown into her curves because hes about to grow very fond of her