October 16th, 2011
by Wayno & Piraro
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Like most decent people, I have no idea where I was conceived. It was in Kansas City, Missouri, that’s the most I can say. If I belonged to the society mentioned in this cartoon, however, my name might be K.C. Apartmentbuilding or Sambo’s Parkinglot. I have no idea and I don’t want to know.
For those of you outside the U.S. or in parts where Econo Lodges are unknown, it’s a motel chain. “Flint” is a town in Michigan.
That first cartoon and this moth one are pretty racy for newspaper comics but I decided to go out on a limb and I didn’t get any complaints. So chalk one up to common sense. You’re right, they’re not racy at all, but sometimes this kind of thing pulls the prigs out of the woodwork. You just never know. I wasn’t sure how I was going to illustrate the moth reading a magazine or if the magazine cover would be legible, but I’m very happy with the way it turned out. Most of you likely don’t know this, but I did cartoons for Playboy Magazine for a few years in the early 2000s. If you’re over 18, you can click this and see one. If you’re NOT over 18, do NOT click that link! Your young mind could be warped into an ugly gargoyle of sin.
This last cartoon was not drawn from personal experience because I have never been to Mars. I was just guessing. If you’ve been to Mars and know of something about it that is worse than not having enough air to play air guitar, please leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Conversely, I thought of a few things that are good about Mars: No reality TV shows, no political pundits, no politicians, no cars with giant whoompa whoompa speakers, no obnoxious ring tones, no one talking too loudly on their cell phones in public. Feel free to add to this list in the comments, too.
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