Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 29, 2024

Clowns aren’t ‘happy go lucky’. They are depressed souls desperately crying out for attention.

Not sure why, but it reminds me of the cartoon about the lawyer who dressed as a clown. The lawyer/clown was seen to say to a potential client, “But think of this: If I wasn’t a VERY good lawyer, would I be able to practice law dressed as a clown?”

Just some joker hiding out in a pub after running away from the circus.

Clowns have always scared the beejeesbies out of me… from a 3 y/o to this 75 y/o

Quit clowning around.

Way too much, Mr. Zippo!

Not much mingling with Barry at the “Mingles Pub”!

(Alan Moore, Watchmen): Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, “Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.” Man bursts into tears. Says, “But doctor…I am Pagliacci.”

The creepy part is that he just asked everybody else Why do you think I’m a clown?

But he did win the John Wayne Gacy lookalike contest.

The line of difference between Pennywise and, ah, okay, no political references tonight, at least not on Non Sequitur

Normal clowns run the gamut from sorrowful Emmett Kelly to goofball Bozo. Pennywise was an Alien concept.

Happy-Go-Creepy

At least the guys and gals are ‘mingling’ at one end of the bar. Can’t be all bad.

The horror movies have destroyed a once noble profession.

Barry found the line. And sprinted across it.

Is there perhaps significance in that the clown & the woman closest to him are in clothes that Wiley added color?

For another creepy guy in weird makeup, Google: Donald Trump’s orange face

John Wayne Gacy’s Pogo the Clown finds the line between Happy-Go-Lucky Air and Creepy. And opts for Creepy.

My father was a clown and played for Kmart picnics back in the 1940s and 1950 in and around Port Huron metropolitan area.

No clowns. Ever. Please.

What?

Works for another clown called Buttercup, who is running for office. Turned to drink because he just couldn’t take it anymore.

LOL. Found it? Looks like he jumped way over it!

the quick channel-check when Harris appears on the tv screen.

This is the scene just before he goes on the subway and shoots 3 guys. It didn’t make it in the Final Cut

Zippy the Pinhead he’s not. “Yow!”

And he failed.

Happy-go-lucky? Shoulda been trying for devil-may-care!

Boy, people sure spend a lot of time in Bars in this particular strip, gettin thirsty Mr Wiley ???

Had Japan and or Germany won WW2 we may be speaking Japanese or German. China intends to supplant the USA as the economic and military power in the world (they already are aggressively so in the Far East), we may be speaking Mandarin or Cantonese if ever China gets its way. President Truman decided on dropping the bombs on Japan when his generals told him how many American lives will be lost to invade Japan after the many lives lost in Iwo Jima. “Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer.” The Art of War – Sun Tzu

For fans of the bears avlwatchdog org/four-bears-euthanized-in-swannanoa-after-breaking-into-homes-causing-extensive-damage/

Don’t worry folks, he’s just clowning around.

nope, still creepy

Nope, just creepy!