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.
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Greetings from the winter wonderland that is Hollywood Gardens, PA.
The first measurable snowfall of the season hit us this week. Our area had about three inches of heavy, wet snow, kicking off my supplementary seasonal exercise program.
At least it got me out of the studio for a bit.
And now, here's the blog for Week 49 of 2025.
I spotted today's pipe in the New York Times back in July.
The photo accompanied the paper's obituary of Ronald Ribman, a surrealist/absurdist playwright.
After earning a bachelor's degree in business, followed by master's and doctoral degrees in English (all from the University of Pittsburgh), he saw an Edward Albee play and thought he could do better, so he started writing his own.
Before reading his obit, I hadn't heard of Mr. Ribman, but I feel a kinship with all artists of the surreal and the absurd.
Let's see how the latest Bizarro gags rate on the Absurd-O-Meter.
This doesn't qualify as a wordless gag; perhaps it's more of a pantomime, though it involves a sort of wordplay. Whatever it is, I was happy with its simplicity.
The Dynamite of Boom Secret Symbol goes by the palindromic alias TNT.
I'd love to hear this guy's hecklers.
I had difficulty simulating the extreme cuteness necessary to put this joke across.
I managed to pull off a wordless gag late in the week. It even has a bit of a delayed payoff.
Saturday's panel imagined history's first mash-up.
Thanks for checking in. See you again next Saturday as we careen toward 2026. Make sure you're registered to vote in next year's midterm elections.
The Twelve Months of Bizarro
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NRBQ: "I Love Her, She Loves Me"
From NRBQ At Yankee Stadium
Mercury Records, 1978
"I Love Her, She Loves Me" has a beautiful lead vocal by Joey Spampinato and a toy piano solo by Terry Adams.
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