Shell Game

This is the regular dispatch from Bizarro Studios North, where I have been writing and drawing the Monday through Saturday Bizarro comics since 2018. My partner and friend, Dan Piraro, who created Bizarro in the late twentieth century, continues to do the Sunday comic from Rancho Bizarro in Mexico.

Wayno

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Summer is approaching its end, and students are returning to the classroom, but on the drawing board at Bizarro Studios, it's nearly Halloween, thanks to our advance publication deadlines.

We're still working to get a little further ahead of schedule, so this week's post will be briefer than usual.

Bizarro reader Matt P provided our pipe pic of the week. It's a screen capture from the 2012 movie Lincoln, showing actor Gulliver McGrath portraying Lincoln's son, Tad.

If I had a stovepipe hat, I'd tip it to you, Matt. Thanks for the excellent image.

Now, let's take an honest look back at this week's Bizarro cartoons.

Imagine if everyone expected you to have all the answers.

An unexpected joint replacement at the market.

If you're a 3D printing expert and happen to make a life-size fire hydrant, please send us a photo.

When a Bizarro panel includes three characters, I try to avoid having the one in the center speaking. That can make the strip conversion difficult, because word balloons in the strip have to be placed beside the speaker, as there's not enough overhead space for them.

Fortunately the diagonal arrangement of characters gave me enough room to make it work. 

Both panel and strip feature an invader from Planet Goober as a Secret Symbol.

The worker in the t-shirt is known as a bouncer, so named for bouncing patrons on his knee.

We wrapped up the week with a pun, accompanied by my amateurish attempt at a popular, if grotesquely cute, drawing style.

That's the latest from Bizarro Studios North. Thanks for dropping by, and please visit again next week.

Also, check out Dan Piraro's blog for more colorful commentary, and Dan's always-spectacular Sunday Bizarro page.
 
There's no musical bonus track this time around, so feel free to choose a song that reminds you of one of these gags. Post your selection in the comments if you like.

See you in seven days.

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