By Any Other Name

Another Saturday has arrived, which means it's time to look back at the latest output from Bizarro Studios North. After we share a pipe pic, of course.

 

A tip of the Bizarro porkpie to our pal Jonathan Barli, who provided a high resolution scan of this lovely image. Jon wrote, edited and designed The Mad World of Virgil Partch, the definitive book about my all-time favorite cartoonist.

 

 

This odd fellow is becoming a semi-regular member of the Bizarro Repertory Company. 

He made an appearance five years ago in my previous comic, WaynoVision.

 

Tuesday's gag dramatized a moment of interspecies empathy, a quality the human race would do well to emulate, although we have difficulty exhibiting empathy among our own kind.

 

 

We featured some granular medical imaging for a Wordless Wednesday gag.

 

My initial sketch simply substituted a snow globe for an ultrasound viewing screen, which was only slightly amusing. Showing a kid literally building a snowperson inside the globe added a layer of humor, combining logic with absurdity.

We also realized that the ultrasound sensor should properly be placed on the bottom snowball. That mistake would've been embarrassing.

 

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but Rosie points out that a knuckle sandwich is a heartfelt expression of criticism.

 

 

The Batman approach, as applied to the gastropod kingdom.

 

To wrap up the week, we squeezed one more variation on the glass half empty/half full theme.

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Bonus Track

They Might Be Giants: "Snail Shell"
From the album, John Henry (1994)

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