Clown Collision
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.
Welcome, Jazz Pickles.
The comic above shows that Wayno isn’t the only cartoonist with a clown fetish around here. Though my archive of pagliaccio punchlines pales in comparison to his, I’ve done my share. This one has a few background jokes that may be difficult to read, so I’ve created the enlarged screenshots below.
The sign in the center was inspired by the price of health care in the US, of course. The Tangerine Tumor’s party is trying its best to make it even more expensive by getting rid of the Affordable Care Act.
But let’s steer away from cruelty for profit and back to comedy…HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS!
There’s a new Bizarro wall calendar for 2026 on the Comics Kingdom website. Wayno and I hope you’ll nab some as gifts for your hundred closest friends. There are also other Bizarro thingies for the holidays and beyond, so go nuts!
Here’s another fun thing. A Buddhist organization called Lion’s Roar is having its yearly auction, and I’ve donated a signed Bizarro comic print. They have tons of other cool things to bid on, too.
Lion's Roar is an independent, non-profit media organization that communicates Buddhist wisdom and practices to support personal awakening and create a more compassionate society.
I don’t call myself a Buddhist, but it is the spiritual philosophy that most closely fits my own, and I enjoy supporting efforts to spread its wisdom. This is the third or fourth year I’ve participated in this auction. I’d appreciate it if a few of you Jazz Pickles would bid on my comic so I don’t look like a total loser!
Time now to find out what morsels of wisdom and chuckledom are to be found in Wayno’s Bizarro comics for the week…
Any time I meet a redhead wearing a bowtie, I pinch myself to see if I’m real or only a comic character. I’ve come to realize I’m both.
This guy was lucky not to be in that car in my Sunday panel above.
At least he’s finally addressing that body odor that so many hikers have reported.
I’m so unfamiliar with military terms that Wayno had to explain this one to me.
Oh, so just like my biological earthly life.
I’m on the weirdo’s side. I’ll let you decide which one of them that is.
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