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
On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.
Christian Dior
And when you find a quote on the internet, you can't be sure if the person it's attributed to really said it. Nonetheless, this is a good one. I may not always (or ever) be elegant, but it's a goal.
I was searching for a pithy saying about clothing because the crews at Bizarro Studios and Comics Kingdom will soon offer a new line of Bizarrowear. Dan Piraro and I have been working on several designs that will be available soon.
As a gag-a-day comics feature, Bizarro has no recurring characters to generate action figure or plush toy income. Still, we can offer snazzy wearable art to help make up for the ever-shrinking newspaper biz. We're not complaining, of course! We love doing this job and connecting with our community of comics readers.
Watch this space for news when the new duds are available. Meanwhile, the Comics Kingdom Bizarro Shop still has plenty of booty for your enjoyment.
We generally avoid marketing and solicitation, so thanks for bearing with me today.
Here endeth the commercial.
Bizarro field correspondent Steve D shares today's subtitled pipe pic.
Earlier this year, Steve wrote:
I’ve been watching the original 1966 Ultraman TV show. Wonderfully bad. The head of the monster-fighting team is referred to as “Cap” in the subtitles. I assume they mean “Capt.”Cap frequently has a pipe in his mouth, but so far, eight episodes in, it’s never been lit.
I'm guessing that Cap might have used his pipe as a fashion accessory rather than a nicotine delivery system. It certainly gives him an air of authority.
A hearty thank you to our pal Steve for the screen grab.
Today, we feature the second AI Radio week. I haven't run out of hallucinatory musical performers, but I'll give it a rest for a while.
Again, we kicked off with a straightforward gag to set up the concept for the week.
Many years ago, I did a drawing of Jimi Hendrix for a guitar magazine (I forget which one). After it was published, the Art Director contacted me to say that Al Hendrix, Jimi's father, had seen the illustration and inquired about buying the original or a print for the Experience Music Project, now known as the Museum of Pop Culture. I was of course flattered, and honored his request.
The only image I was able to locate recently was this low-resolution one.
Oh, yes, the magazine article was about a symphonic adaptation of some Hendrix songs.
Wednesday's gag was one of my favorites of the week, and had me humming "Midnight Drain to Georgia" for several days.
"It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Grilling) was on Kabob Dylan's 1965 album, Bringing It All Backyard.
My favorite ZZ Topiary album is Tres Árboles, which was rereleased under the title Tree Hombres.
Everybody sing along: "All the leaves are brown, but fortunately, we don't eat at this stage of our metamorphosis."
That concludes Week Two of our AI Radio hit parade.
Your regular programming will return on Monday.
Bonus Track
Omnigrad: "Like a Rolling Stone"
Omnigrad is a mysterious performer who has been creating "8-bit" covers of popular songs and posting them on YouTube since 2010.
A Gaggle of Bizarro Goodness
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