Bozo by Foxo Reardon for March 24, 2022

Body: Temptation. Face: Repentance.

1 Well…at least they didn’t get away. Right Bozo?

2 …Speaking of wanting to get away…

3 …Maybe should have gotten a little further away. Happy 4th Bozo!

1. Beware of cat!

2. Beware of looks!

3. Beware of BOOM!

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It’s such a lovely joy that Bozo brings to me every day. Every day Bozo puts a big smile on my face, and so, once again, a big thumbs up, big applause, and three cheers for the truly talented marvellous master cartoonist FoXo’s magnificent masterpiece, the most pleasant picturesque pantomime, the ever entertaining ever energetic evergreen entertainer, the blissfully beautiful BOZO!

Bozo is a rare gem in comics, a hidden gem it was for so long, but not anymore. Spread the word, friends. Tell everyone, and then Bozo will bring joy to everyone.

Strip #3: Foxo’s artwork also exhibits wonderful control of geometries in the sets and settings of BOZO’s adventures and misadventures in the land of BOZO.

I think that strip #3 is strong evidence of Foxo’s skills in representing visual space and distance.

And, I wonder if Foxo ever created a picture of anamorphic phenomena, like Holbein’s Ambassadors — https://songsofpraise.org/imagestock/songsofpraise_art6_small.jpg

Strip 2, Panel 2: “Ooooooh!”

Strip 2, Panel 3: “AAAAAAAH!”

NG

1) A prize catch but watch for bones. 2) Sorry Bozo, but you’re no prize yourself. 3) Big booms come in small crackers.

Definitely a day when what you see is not what you get. Not a day to forget, you bet.

₁⋱ Fat Cat Fishing.

₂⋱ The Beauty and the Beast?

₃⋱ Soldier, Sailor, Troublemaker!

First Dutch door I’ve seen with knobs on both halves, but then it’s the first time I saw someone open the bottom half to a visitor.

2. Throw a flag over her face…

Now I wonder about the bottom half of this wonderful Rembrandt painting.

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/94840/young-woman-at-an-open-half-door

1. Those fish are more skinny than I remember.

2. Looks can be deceiving.

3. Just like Bozo, big things come in small packages.

Half and half ( #2) — Being “vertically challenged” himself, Bozo is not one to body shame. But he is not above face shaming. Not above most things, in fact, (unless he uses a ladder).

FISH STORY- Bozo caught his limit, Cat got his limit. HALF & HALF- Marie Laveau. Independence Day- Kid looks like Bozo, mischievous as Bozo.

We’re two – part front doors a thing back in those days?

1) CAT-FISH STORY: While catching some big fish a cat got into it. Later Bozo showing them off they had been reduced to skeletons!

2) GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Bozo opens the lower half of a door and sees some shapely legs. With anticipation he opens the top half and finds an ugly faced lady. In disgust he slams both doors shut!

3) UNEXPECTED BOOM-BOOM!: 4th of July Bozo buys a big one. He goes to light it only a tiny one is lit near his foot. They both go off launching Bozo into the air.

1) Cat’s got your fun

2) Nice legs, shame about the face

3) You’ll blow your hand off, kid!

1) All a’rowin’ in his dinghy

2) Getting a nice view from down there?

3) At least he’s safe and sound