Bozo by Foxo Reardon for August 15, 2021

1 Bozo had been wondering how he was going to reach an apple.

2 Highway speed may be lacking but you can’t beat the gas mileage, not even with a classy dame.

3 Bozo decides to go job hunting, but the Umbrella Guy beat him to it.

1. Bozo won’t wastes apples. He knows it a sure way of keeping em doctors away.

2. Nice kid gives Bozo a ride.

3. Here you go, pal. Now let me down so I can be on me way.

And once again, Foxo impresses with his impressive comics of Bozo.

Although each panel is done with great care and deserves equal adulation, I’d like to especially mention the first and last panels of the first strip here and the first and third panel of the third strip for it’s great perspectives. Do relax and take your time and views each panel as each one is such a beauty drawn with great artistic skill. Because every panel in every strip is beautifully done with great perspectives, and gives a realistic three dimensional depths. The panel 3 in strip 3, although being a thin and small panel, packs a great work of perspective art as the scene is at an angle to the observer as if you’re viewing the scene from a little height. One can draw good drawings but mastering the perspective is no easy job and only a true master of art can deliver it with such accuracy.

The themes are entertaining and bring joy, without any character uttering a word ever. They’re complimented by the wonderful artwork. Both done by the very skilled Foxo Reardon, the maker of Bozo and the master of cartooning.

Reading Bozo is such fun. Although it reminds me of the comic Henry which I used to enjoys since childhood, Bozo is even better. In Henry, only the character Henry didn’t talk. In Bozo, there are no words at all but even then it delivers such joy in every strip and every panel. Bozo is also better drawn and more skillfully executed.

While Henry ran around the world for years (that’s how I know about it. Henry even used to rerun in some newspapers here at least until the last decade). Strangely, Bozo, despite being of a superior quality and executed with superior skill of both storytelling and artwork, apparently remained hidden for a vast majority across the world.

But Bozo is now resyndicated here on Go Comics, for the world to see and enjoy. Bozo is a quality classic that everyone can enjoy.

1. Nobody eats Bozo’s but Bozo.

2. You takes your rides where you can get them.

3. Was this the paint can you wanted?

Nice use of four-, six-, and seven-panel schemes.

As Kip Williams aptly points out above, one has to also appreciate the impressive panelling in the above comics — skillfully including multiple panels, all fit into a compact space for a daily strip with limited space. With bigger panels, each of these strips could even be converted into Sunday strips. And coincidentally, today is a Sunday. Efficient use of panelling is also an aspect of Foxo Reardon’s amazing abilities of cartooning.

❶ An apple a day keeps Bozo on the chase, but it’s good exercise.

❷ It’s good to see Bozo choosing a non-polluting form of transportation, except maybe for the stogie.

❸ Bozo delivers service with a smile, although it was a bit more than was expected.

3. Bozo can’t hook the paint can because he’s not with the local.

1) An apple a day… A bum takes an apple to eat, Bozo gives chase. Half the apple is eaten the rest by Bozo! Waste not…

2) Any port in a storm: Traffic laden street is so bad Bozo gets a ride on a tricycle instead.

3) Alley Up! Painter on the roof needs the paint on the pavement. He pulls it up and Bozo too!