Friday 4 February 2011

More Snake!

Snakemommy wrote back and provided me with this scintillating video of Louise the Burmese Python jumping through a hoop, just like in the cartoon. If you missed the beginning of this story, check out my previous post! Thanks, Snakemommy!



She also reminded me that this was Louise's second appearance on my blog. Here is the first.

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I'll be posting some new cartoons tomorrow but for today I offer you this photo which just came in from a reader who calls herself Snakesmommy. This is her pet python, Louise, and she is shown here enjoying a Bizarro cartoon about a trained snake act in the circus. The cartoon appears in "The Best of Bizarro" and "Life is Strange and So Are You, a Bizarro Sunday Treasury" is featured in the background. I have no background info on the blue ring.

If you'd like to send me photos of your pets with Bizarro cartoons, please do so. Who's going to stop you and why should they try? It's really none of their business.

To see this cartoon up bigger, click on the left breast pocket of the animal trainer.













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Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side (Kindle edition)
4 (N). Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne *
5 (+1). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
6 (+3). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
7 (-). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
8 (+3). Walking Dead Volume 13
9 (-4). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
10 (-7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
11 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
12 (+1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
13 (+17). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
14 (+19). Naruto, Vol. 50
15 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
16 (-6). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
17 (+24). Batman: Year One
18 (+9). Watchmen
19 (-5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
20 (+4). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
21 (+26). Batman: The Killing Joke
22 (+1). Superman: Earth One
23 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 12
24 (N). Irredeemable Vol. 5
25 (N). Scenes from an Impending Marriage
26 (-9). V for Vendetta
27 (+13). The Walking Dead, Book 6
28 (-6). Black Butler, Vol. 4
29 (-17). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
30 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
31 (+4). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
32 (-1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
33 (-8). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
34 (-13). Fables Vol. 14: Witches
35 (+3). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
36 (-10). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
37 (+7). Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 1
38 (+8). The Walking Dead, Book 5
39 (+9). Blackest Night
40 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
41 (R). Batman: Hush
42 (-6). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
43 (-23). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
44 (+6). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
45 (R). The Arrival
46 (R). Brightest Day, Vol. 1
47 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
48 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
49 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
50 (-21). Avengers, Vol. 1 *


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

* The Wimpy Kid stays on the top once again, and falls just a smidge more to #68 on the overall chart.

* A huge debut for Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne at #4, and it seemingly has coattails as a number of other Batman books show significant gains.

* The two other debuts are the latest volume of Irredeemable and Adrian Tomine's Scenes from an Impending Marriage.

* Scott Pilgrim's sales momentum has moved almost entirely to his Precious Little Boxset.

* Dead Watch: Nine volumes on the chart this week.

* A relatively good week for manga, as all three debut volumes from last week remain on the chart, with Naruto in particular showing an impressive gain.

* Only Avengers at the #50 slot keeps Marvel from being skunked on the chart this week. (It's at #2,654 on the overall chart.)