Too Much Is Not Enough

This is the weekly 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 created Bizarro in the late twentieth century and continues to do the Sunday comic from Rancho Bizarro in Mexico.

Wayno

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Happy Saturday, Friends of Bizarro. I'm currently spread too thin and a little overwhelmed, so this post will be a quickie. We had three household projects to deal with in the past few days. No, wait, make that four. Fortunately, none were too messy or intrusive, but they were still stressful. Especially the part where we write the checks.

This evening, my musical group is playing a holiday show at our favorite venue, The Original Pittsburgh Winery.

Without further ado, here's today's pipe pic.

This illustration was made by the American designer Paul Rand (1914-1996). A favorite graffiti tag around the studio is:

Paul Rand >> Rand Paul

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Now for the week in comics.

Monday's gag imagines the most sacred of vows for the current era.

I used colors to define the K2 Secret Symbol on the pastor's stole, which wasn't possible in the black-and-white version.

The color treatment worked well for online viewing, but in newsprint, it wasn't as effective.

This scan is clearer than the panel looks in actual print. The K2 and other gold-on-red details turned into a muddy mess of halftone dots. It's a challenge to create art that will be viewed in wildly different mediums and is something I'll try to keep in mind from now on.

I'm not sure if clowns would go to an amusement park for fun since their workday is nothing but forced jollity. Maybe they patronize depression parks.

The drawing and the gag itself were based on two dogs we know, a delightful pair of siblings who live with dear friends of ours. The dachshund triggers my watch's "loud environment" warning when he greets us.

When the machines take over, they'll probably want some downtime.

Friday's gag took longer to draw than any of the other five and left me craving a schmear of cream cheese.

Tread lightly if they get to the rest area before you.

That's the latest from Bizarro Studios North. Stop by next week for another batch of pictures in boxes. Maybe we'll have some photos from tonight's music gig.

Thanks as always for your kind attention.

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Bonus Track 

Ben Vaughn: "The Man Who Has Everything"

Enigma Records, 1990

I decided to share this song by my friend Ben Vaughn as a callback to the everything bagel gag, forgetting that the first line mentions buying Christmas gifts, so it turned out to be doubly appropriate for this time of year.

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