Hardly Davidson

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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Greetings from spooky Hollywood Gardens, PA. As Halloween nears, we look forward to celebrating with a household tradition: rewatching the 1983 film Something Wicked This Way Comes. It's a kid's movie that's a little too scary for kids, and boasts a fantastic cast, including Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, and Royal Dano, a great character actor with an equally great name.

My spouse and I are horror fans, and Halloween season is as good a reason as any to indulge in some cinematic scares. If you have a favorite, you're welcome to leave a recommendation in the comments.

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I rediscovered this week's pipe pic in a zine I published in 1985. I was showing some work in a local arts festival, and printed a small catalog to sell at the table.

I can't recall the title of this drawing, but I know I based the image on my compulsion to checking and recheck lights, appliances, etc. before going out of the house.

I'll still occasionally drive back to the house minutes after leaving to assure myself that the garage door is closed. As compulsions (or is it neuroses?) go, I'm grateful that mine don't unduly interfere with normal activities.

However, I haven't kicked the habit of revisiting my latest recent cartoons every Saturday, so let's get to it.

Unfortunately, some people's irrational fears cause them to behave in horrible ways, like the torch-bearing figure above.

The subject of René Magritte's painting The Son of Man makes another appearance in Tuesday's panel.

The artist himself was my model for the therapist.

Sadly, it seems that Mrs. Meyer chose a fictional character over Dr. Emanuel Bronner, a real character.

The Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap company shared this cartoon on their social media platforms, and a company representative exchanged several friendly messages with me. 

Thanks to the Dr. Bronner team for having a sense of humor and being good sports about our tweaking of their founder.

 

At some point, all electric vehicles will probably be required to intentionally make some type of sound as a safety feature to alert pedestrians who might not hear them coming, but these dudes are missing that subtlety.

In my youth, I had a toy that attached to a bike or tricycle and simulated to sound of a noisy motor. I won it as a prize in a contest on the back of a cereal box. I'd forgotten about the TV ad, which is pretty hilarious.

Also, I must offer thanks and a tip of the porkpie to faithful Bizarro reader and accomplished punster Timothy P for the title of this week's blog.

If you're reading aloud, the "Meh" balloons should be drawn out to sound like cattle.

My message to teens whose parents embarrass them: It could be worse.

That's this week's cartoon dump from Bizarro Studios North. If you like what we're doing here, please consider visiting these affiliated sites:

Dan Piraro's Bizarro Blog

Wayno's Bizarro Newsletter

Diego Piraro's Peyote Cowboy Graphic Novel

Thanks for stopping by. See you next week.

Bonus Track

Michael Hurley: "Werewolf Song"
from First Songs (folkways Records, 1964)

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