Biggy Those Fries?
I’m Dan Piraro, the creator of the Bizarro newspaper comic, and this is my weekly blog post. The large Sunday Bizarro comic above is mine, as are the comments below. The past week’s Monday-Saturday Bizarro comics that follow were written and drawn by my partner Wayno. For more fun, check out Wayno’s weekly blog post.
And here’s this week’s ANSWER KEY to my Sunday comic’s Secret Symbols.
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If the past is any indication, this week’s Sunday cartoon might be objectionable to some. I’ve published a few cartoons about prosthetics over the years, and in each case, I’ve received a few objections from readers; some angry, some only politely suggesting it was insensitive of me.
Here’s one I did about pirates, who are notoriously missing limbs and eyes.
Here’s another one I published around the holidays a few years back.
What’s notable about the complaints was that they were all from people who do not have or need a prosthetic; they were defending those who do, feeling they might be offended by my cartoon.
Meanwhile, I also got emails from folks who got a big kick out of these jokes. The ratio of compliments to complaints was around 5 to 1, and the positive notes were all from people who actually use prosthetics.
That surprised me a little at first, but it makes sense. None of these jokes belittle anyone; they simply find humor in the field of body-part replacement. I’ve had a few friends who are amputees, some of whom use prosthetics, and all of them have a good sense of humor about it. (Full disclosure: I won’t be friends with people who don’t have a good sense of humor, so my sampling is slanted.)
I always say, when life gives you artificial lemons and you can’t make lemonade from them, just drink your tequila straight and have a few laughs.
And I don’t mind the people who complained on behalf of others. I like people who are willing to defend underdogs, even when they’re only hypothetical.
It’s time now to share Wayno’s Bizarro cartoons from the week, with or without lemonade or tequila.
Especially when the landlord is going to be flinging feces.
But I’m guessing he doesn’t want him to cure his slice.
The food court is vegetarian and the music is classical.
At first, I thought Wayno had misspelled “simian.”
This cartoon is based on a true story. Private Namie was a casualty of the Second World War—not in combat, but by dropping his walkie talkie into his bathie waterie.
It’s a tossup which his scarier: the Grim Reaper or any random clown.
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