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
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
Jane Goodall, the renowned anthropologist, primatologist, and conservationist, passed away this week at the age of 91. Stephen Jay Gould, the evolutionary biologist and science historian, said her work with
chimpanzees "represents one of the Western world’s great scientific
achievements."
My friend, Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, who knew Dr. Goodall, posted this thoughtful and heartfelt tribute on her passing:
Jane was a saint, a true gift to the world, and the most extraordinary force for good I have ever known. She devoted her life to protecting our planet and all its creatures. Heartbroken as I am, I know the best way to honor her is for us all to carry her mission forward.
Patrick's words about Dr. Goodall's lifelong work are a comforting reminder that there are still forces for good in the world. We need them, and need to be among them, more than ever.
Today's dapper (though slightly sweaty) pipe model is actor Jack Palance.
Richard G. of Quebec sent me several worthy photos of Palance, and this one was my favorite.
Richard wrote:
Last week, as my honey and I were watching the 1960s horror portmanteau ‘Torture Garden’, adapting a quartet of Robert Bloch short stories, I kept noticing, during the connecting sequences, Jack Palance puffing on a pipe in the background. When his story (‘The Man Who Collected Poe’) came around, he was more prominently featured, to the point that I simply can’t decide what the best pipe pic might be. I leave that difficult choice to you!
Richard is a comics historian with great respect for comics creators, and he publishes an excellent blog called Who's Out There, which I highly recommend.
Thanks for the great photo(s), Richard, and for your impeccable cartoon scholarship.
Here are my most recent cartoons, beginning appropriately enough with a chimpanzee.
Our simian cousins would be better stewards of the planet and its resources than many humans.
"But I don't want to lose my slice."
Part of a cartoonist's job is second-guessing oneself. When I look at this panel now, I think the sign on the kiosk could have said, "You're still here."
Thursday's panel was a parable in cartoon form.
The calliope playing Chopin's "Funeral March" was a nice touch.
That's the latest from Bizarro Studios North. Visit us next week for another six-pack of comics and commentary. Thanks for dropping by.
Kudos (?) From a Bot
This gag from a couple of weeks ago generated a baffling, possibly complimentary comment on Instagram.
Bonus Track
Dave Bartholomew: "The Monkey"
Imperial Records single, 1957
Dave Bartholomew was a great musician, producer, composer, performer, bandleader, and producer. He was a key figure in New Orleans music and had a long and successful partnership with Fats Domino. Fats not only recorded many of Bartholomew's songs, but he was often backed by Bartholomew's band on records and in live performances.
A Boatload of Bizarro Booty & Blather
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