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
The second week of 2025 brought snow and temperatures in the teens to Bizarro Studios North. The snowfall wasn't catastrophic; it was just enough of an inconvenience that we had to bundle up and get out with our shovels four or five times in the last several days.
I felt sorry for myself until I heard about the terrible wildfires in California. I realize that my complaints are mere whining, and my thoughts are with everyone affected by the fires and smoke out west. The dark clouds gathering this year are not only metaphorical.
If we have additional snowfall, I'll just shut up and shovel.
This impressive mural comes to us courtesy of Bizarro reader Grieg T.
While driving around France, Grieg's friend Howard snapped photos of strange pipe-themed paintings on buildings. Unfortunately, we don't know the exact location or artist.
Despite the frigid temperatures, we produced our usual quota of cartoons, which we now present for your amusement.
Famously anonymous or anonymously famous?
You have to wonder if the brothers' coffee is laced with Benedictine.
A Sisyphean existence is bad enough without being mocked by a children's song.
Because I can't stop looking things up, I learned that a question mark can also be called an eroteme.
The outfit was a dead giveaway.
Gag cartoons often rely on the reader to create a visual in their mind's eye.
That's the latest from my Little Shop of Humor.
I experimented with next week's daily Bizarro comics (Monday through Saturday). All six are structurally similar and thematically related, and I'm curious to see how they resonate with our readership.
From Chewing Hides the Sound
Ralph Records, 1979
Monday's gag reminded me of Snakefinger's version of the Kraftwerk song "The Model." Born Philip Charles Lithman (1949-1987), Snakefinger collaborated frequently with the Residents. I saw him perform a handful of times with the Residents and his own band.
I also had the chance to hang out with him during one of his visits to Pittsburgh and found him to be a soft-spoken and charming gent.
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Irresistibly drawn to googling "eroteme," (wondering if you were pulling our collective legs (which would have been better than pulling our collective fingers)) I then clicked on "images." Some fine visuals for our
ReplyDeletecollective mind's eyes. Now I want "erotemologist" business cards. Or you could do an erotemologist t-shirt. Surely it would resonate.