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
Bizarro reader Gregory S took today's pipe pic at a market stall in Ballarat Australia a few weeks ago.
There's so much to like here: the price tag, the cutaway drawing showing the pipe's inner workings (complete with technical notes), the distressed box, and especially the Nimrod brand name.
A tip of the ol' Bizarro cocoanut straw porkpie to Gregory for getting a photo of this pipe spotted in the wild.
Comics are supposed to be cute, funny, entertaining, not gross and disgusting as yours are. Why you are allowed on the comics page or even in the paper at all is a total mystery to me. I've kept my silence for a long, long, time but today's "comic" strip was the last straw. It and you are disgusting and revolting and should be banned from the papers. It's obvious that your strip mirrors your dark, sick mind. I think it's time to get a petition started to take you out and bring back entertaining comics.
Bonus Track
From the mini album, Come On Pilgrim
4AD Records, 1987
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the mid west strip makes me think you might enjoy "tractor square dancing" (goggle it - spelled that way on purpose) amazing skill and timing!
ReplyDeleteMark J Bauman
Mark, Thanks for showing me one of the weirdest and most impressive things I've seen lately!
DeleteYears ago I needed something or another from the Tractor Supply Store and as I pulled into the parking lot there they were—do-si-doing and swinging their partner 'round and 'round. Everyone was sitting atop a Deere or an AC or a Case or Massey just square dancing away! Craziest thing I ever saw and my wife couldn't believe me when I explained what had taken me so long!
DeleteHow funny. Here’s another fun use of a tractor for ya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU
DeleteAnother good pipe pic (and interesting story, too!) can be found here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/12/06/literary-prize-refusal-literary-prizes/?utm_source=thingslearned&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=things-i-learned-while-looking-up-other-things-7846
Full credit: Made aware of it via this blog:
https://lamefrogapplause.blogspot.com
Voila!
Wow! Interesting to see who wrote that story, too!
DeleteHal Wilner. Nigh Music. Sonny Rollins, Leonard Cohen. Who by Fire indeed
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/CUsg3WXJ2Cc?si=AYkIgsTqKJ09w7sJ
Thanks for all.
Yes! That's a great clip!
DeleteI like how in the "arms dealer" panel the Dr. and his assistant look like Fronkensteen and Eyegor from "Young Frankenstein"
ReplyDeleteThat's my frame of reference, although I usually model the monster on Karloff & Glenn Strange.
DeleteI couldn’t comment on your email newsletter so I am commenting here about the album cover you featured where you said “Jay” was spelled “Jai”. Hate to be pendantic here but word spelled with an “i” at the end is “Kai”.
ReplyDeleteSee upper left, it IS misspelled!
DeleteKai Winding did spell his name with an "i."
Delete"Jay" is misspelled at the top of the album cover.
I've long enjoyed that word "galoot" , ever since seeing a description of a certain bad character who had children in different families in ports all over the world, as a "twenty-one son galoot".
ReplyDeleteHa! Thanks, Mitch! "Galoot" is a terrific old word.
DeleteWith ALL due respect, most of your gags are too weird to be dark or disgusting. Obviously, bodily functions pressed the commenters buttons. ❤️❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words.
DeletePerhaps the dung beetle gift could have been placed in a ‘Cologuard’ box for easier and more decorative wrapping.
ReplyDeleteStill, you must admire mom's effort.
Delete"It's obvious that your strip mirrors your dark, sick mind."
ReplyDeleteI'm not certain what that says about those of us who do enjoy your work, but please keep it up! Also, I doubt if dung beetles ever complain about all the dung in their lives. Well, maybe the teenage dung beetle rebels now and then, but I'm sure they eventually come around.
Good insight on teenage dung beetles!
DeletePerhaps the dung beetle gift could have been placed in a ‘Cologuard’ box for an easier and more decorative wrapping.
ReplyDeleteYour cartoons are light and fluffy and fun, inventive, creative, and genius! I usually giggle or lol! Whoever wrote that scathing comment years ago needs to get a sense of humor! Keep on keeping on! I'm not anonymous but the app hasn't linked to me yet ... Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Cheryl!
DeleteI thought your dung beetle cartoon was funny. The reader that thought it was disgusting must never watch nature shows because that’s what dung beetles do, and they clean up the environment.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, it's all part of nature's rich tapestry.
DeleteLove these more and more every week! Keep up the fun.
ReplyDeleteThat's the plan. Thank you!
DeleteLoved your Pontiff No Return! The dung beetle was a great joke! That person was wasting a lot of time telling you how much they don't like you...counter-productive. Perhaps they are full of IT!!! Carry on, sir. Enjoy your work.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lee.
DeleteI'll keep on carrying on!
Just wanted to note that Sunday's cartoon, as it appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe, mysteriously didn't contain two of the secret symbols: The Crown of Power, and The Mysteries of K2. I swore I only found 4 of the claimed 6, and I was right!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! How long did all that hatching take in the “Pontiff No Return” panel? Some impressive patience there, it paid off though.
ReplyDeleteIt becomes relaxing to do after a while.
DeleteAs a writer of humor, i firmly believe that if you've PO’d someone, you’ve done a great job!
ReplyDeleteA reliable measure, top be sure!
DeleteThat complainer chick needs to get a life. I thoroughly enjoy your sense of humor.
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