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
When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it—don't back down and don't give up—then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.
Bob Dylan
The 2026 leg of Bob Dylan's "Never Ending Tour" will come to my town this summer. He'll turn 85 next month, and the temperature in July could easily hit 85 degrees, and the show is scheduled for an outdoor venue. I'm debating getting tickets, knowing might talk myself into it because it could well be my final chance to see him perform live. I've told myself that several times in the past.
The quote that opens this post is a masterful bit of misdirection worthy of any magician, stand-up comedian, or cartoonist. It reads like a corny aphorism about doing what you love being its own reward, until you come to the last nine words, where he makes a verbal U-turn.
Dylan's lyrics express just about every human emotion, and I particularly enjoy his humorous side; notwithstanding "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," better known as "Everybody Must Get Stoned," which I discussed a couple of years ago.
So, to paraphrase the Bard of Hibbing, I say:
Go forth and do what you enjoy. The creative act is good for your mental well-being, but don't expect people to "get it."
Today's midcentury modern pipe pic features Gregory Peck enjoying a smoke along with some literature.
The only information I could find is that it's a photo from around 1955. I've been trying to imagine what he's reading (or pretending to read) and wondering why he stacked those records on the shelf without keeping them in their paper sleeves. Sheesh!
Here are the latest cartoons, which are intended to amuse rather than mystify.
"Throwing in the Towel" is considerably longer than "Happiness," but every antonym I tried only made me cry.
Occam's razor as applied to Hans Christian Andersen: The least magical explanation is usually the best.
The suspect is believed to be armed and adorably retro.
An example of apocalyptic parenting.
It's all in the spelling, if not the pronunciation.
This is one of a pair of Beethoven gags I wrote in February. The second, which is better than this one, will run in May. Apologies to Charles Schulz's character, Schroeder.
That's the latest from the funny pages. Thanks for checking in. We'll share more of these shanigans next Saturday.
Bonus Track
Bob Dylan, "On the Road Again"
from Bringing It All Back Home
Columbia Records LP (1965)
A fine example of Dylan's surrealist humor.
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