Disappearing Act
I’m Dan Piraro, the creator of the Bizarro newspaper comic, and this is my weekly blog post. The large Sunday comic above is mine, as are all of the non-cartoon comments below.
Since January 2018, the Monday-Saturday Bizarro comics have been written and drawn by my comics 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.
Bienvenido, Jazz Pickles. Thanks for stopping by.
My Sunday cartoon above was inspired by a kitchen renovation project some twenty years ago, when I lived in Brooklyn. An asshole, excuse me, contractor quoted a price and a time for a complete redo of my kitchen. I agreed, I gave him money, he tore out the existing kitchen, and began work. Then disappeared, came back, disappeared, came back; the usual behavior for that industry.
Over the subsequent eons, he gradually squeezed more money and time from me, and I was naive enough to allow it. In the end, the project (literally) took four times longer and cost ten times more than his estimate. With one fewer molecule of self-control, I’d now be serving time in prison for murder instead of posting a cartoon about it.
But that’s water under the bridge. Let’s get out of Brooklyn and jump ahead to last year, here in Mexico.
A few months back, I took time off from my ongoing graphic novel project, Peyote Cowboy, to allow the smell of burnout to clear from my studio. The story was finished long ago, but I’ve been posting the illustrations as I go along, free for anyone to read at PeyoteCowboy.net.
I’m back to illustrating and have posted a new episode called “Headlights,” for reasons the illustration below should make clear.
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Enough already! Where are Wayno’s Bizarro cartoons from the week?
Oh, right below. Enjoy!
Stay away from Grumpy and Sneezy.
I just hope that’s a sound-proof box.
That rapper reminds me of my first-grade teacher, Sister Mary Contusion.
One way to save money on gifts and greeting cards.
I am amazed he felt he needed to explain that.
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a congregation of venomous siphonophores?
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