Bozo by Foxo Reardon for March 30, 2023

1 – Baby Skeezix was pretty much the same way with Unca Walt.

1 Sorry Bozo, You’ve just got to know what your audience wants. (Applause—Lady Gaga)

2 Gee Bozo, can this be anything but (The Lumberjack Song—Monty Python)

3 Umbrella Guy ducked inside to spread the word to the crowd of what to expect next. (There’s a Small Hotel—Benny Goodman)

❶ A sadistic little tyke, isn’t he!

❷ Is that how you make wedges?

❸ Bozo has an interesting tail to tell!

With strip #2 I find it interesting that BOZO can be or needs to be airborne to use an axe for tree-cutting on a tree with a large diameter.

I find the airborne BOZO in four out of six panels to be hilarious! They remind me of a crazed punk on speed.

1) Babies are little humans, after all.

2) Jump – Van Halen… It worked, but he needs to focus on “accuracy” ⭐

3) At least you tried, Bozo. Ask Fuzzy about a pet friendly place.

1. Equilibrist exhibition

2. Tree toil

3. Tail tell

I thank the visionaries that invented chainsaws.

Now THATS funny!

The song…“Don’t Fence Me” In comes to mind…as soon as that tree falls on it….

Bozo always finds a way to “wiggle” his way in!

The Mailman delivered my book yesterday. How nice to see Bozo printed on paper as he was meant to be seen.

1) Some people always get a kick out of other peoples injuring themselves.

2) Bozo really jumps into his work, but maybe needs to aim a little lower.

3) Someday, Bozo hopes to tell the “tail” of he almost outfoxed the hotel staff.

1) There is a saying we say in French that goes like “The misery of some makes the others happiness”

2) The ends did not meet (I am more worried that the tree would fall down on the fence)

3) Stowaway

1. No pain, no gain.

2. Bozo just can’t cut it.

3. Bozo must be happy, looks like his tail is wagging!

2. Bozo gets a lesson in cartoon physics. :)

1. Bozo always an excellent entertainer.

2. You wood not believes this if you not sees this.

3. A tell-tail sign.

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Another excellent example of FoXo’s wonderful wit of making great funnies in minimum space available in a newspaper by using smart sets of multiple panels in minimal area available for comics.

For those who come in late, these fabulous fun funnies was envisioned and executed so brilliantly by FoXo Reardon, a true master cartoonist who told his funny tales with his awesome artwork alone, without any of his characters in BOZO ever saying a single word.

An especially excellent epitome of pictures speaking thousand words, BOZO also the most pleasant picturesque pantomime where every panel is like a photograph of a three-dimensional cartoon world of realistic-looking depths and details. Such was his powerful perspective artwork which brought to life a lovely lively world of BOZO!

FoXo a rare combination of both sharp wits and artistic talents which is rarely seen together in the same cartoonist, a true master and professional cartoonist whose work quality speaks for itself and as you can see for yourself BOZO is pure gold coming from a golden era of cartooning! More about FoXo and BOZO in the About page.

So no wonder that these wonderful wordless wonders still bring great joy and sheer cheer to many even today.

But despite being a great classic of great creative calibre, neither BOZO nor FoXo are much known or remembered these days.

Spread the word, friends, so that BOZO can spread more joy and cheer to many many more!

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And yes, yes of course another big thumbs up, big applause, and three cheers once again for the marvellous master FoXo’s magnificent masterpiece, the most pleasant picturesque pantomime, the ever entertaining ever energetic ever enjoyable ever excellent evergreen entertainer, the brilliantly beautiful and beautifully brilliant BOZO!

And yes of course many thanks to Micheal Reardon for bringing BOZO back for us all!

The 3rd one today is an excellent example of FoXo’s powerful perspective artwork. And also the amount of details in a panel, especially the last one.

FoXo smartly adjusts three other panels in a way to allow a bigger last panel giving a great view of the reception hall and all the characters in there and all their body languages and facial expressions, making this one such a beautifully effective and enjoyable funny. Also the perspective, as usual, is splendid, which is depicted skillfully by using foreground and background characters and elements.

What is BOZO if not a great work of art, especially when it is something that conveys the subject, the funnies, with awesome artwork alone!

Regarding #2 today… I always feel saddened when a good tree is chopped down unnecessarily but I believe I feel even sadder for the perfectly good wood fence that is going to be smashed when that tree finally does fall…

I was reminded of some of the old Tex Avery cartoons with Droopy and Butch the bulldog, with Butch chopping down a tree and zipping to the other side before it falls, only to have the tree fall on him anyway. Most of you will get the reference when I say, “TIMMMM (crash) -ber!” :^)

AMUSING THE BABY- Never a panel so true, try everything you can, Babies are more amused by some accident you make. WOOD CHOPPER- Keep going Bozo, you might make stairs to the tree top. NO PETS-What ya laughing at, never seen a guy dressed with tails that is happy to see ya? (Love the 6 panels.)

Panels numbered 4 and 5 in strip #1 present a pair of hover hats in one strip!

I’ll be watching for more of those as the series progresses.

1) OOPS HUMOR: Bozo taking care of baby Woopsie is a hard audience. Bozo brings out his circus skills to no avail. Then when he slips and bangs his face in the floor that little Woopsie just giggled and giggled saying “mow-mow!”

2) CHOP GEOMETRY: Bozo the “Little Paul Bunion” says he can cut down a tree with just 2 blows. Like Popeye that sailorman he met he spits in his hands then first the left then the right and the tree doesn’t fall? His second cut was too high, and the tree stands. Just a finger can knock it over!

3) TELL TAIL: Bozo has Scraps with him and won’t let him in the hotel. “No Pets” so Bozo has an ideal and tucks the little dog under his coat. When he goes in he gets quite a reaction from everyone is laughing and pointing at the little wagging tail.