Contest Winners #17

Ladies and gendermen, boys and grills, we have our winners.

Grand Prize: Dan P (not me)
Second Place: Beezelbarb
Third Place: YazDay

Below is the winning list. If you'd like to see a graphic version with the differences circled, click here!















Join me tomorrow for more verbal ejaculations about my daily cartoons and next Thursday for another Bizarro Cartoon Puzzler Teaser Mystery Game Thing! You could be our next winner!!

Contest #17

RULES, ETC:
As usual, two images are posted below, one is the original cartoon, the warped image beneath it has been changed in 15 ways. Your mission, if you are the disco royalty that I think you are, is to find those differences.

1. There are 15 differences between the two cartoons.
2. NONE of the differences have to do with the warped nature of the second image.
3. ALL of the differences are something missing, added, or moved, not just "bent" from the distortion. The differences will not be too subtle, so once you spot one you should be relatively certain you've found it. (As opposed to something like, "Is the hat on this one is a shade lighter than the other one? Hmmm.")
4. FIRST PERSON to correctly list the 15 differences in the comments section of the post wins 4 packs of Bizarro Trading Cards, mailed by me personally from Bizarro International Headquarters in Brooklyn. I'll even lick the stamp, unless it's self adhesive. SECOND AND THIRD persons with correct answers will each get 2 packs of Bizarro Trading Cards!
5. Put your email address on your comment so I can contact you if you win. I won't post it or keep it or file it or sell it or mount a Broadway musical about it.
6. If you live outside the U.S., I may not be able to send you a prize. Depends. Canada is probably fine, Saudia Arabia, probably not.

Click on the image below to ENLARGE and PLAY!

Pieces of Eight

Bizarro is brought to you today by Embarrassing History Under Glass.

Eight relatively unknown facts about pirates:

Pirates did not wear a skull and crossbones on their hats, unless they had recently raided a Halloween store.

While most pirates had parrots on their shoulders, some kept rodents in their pants.

Pirates wore a patch over one eye to save money on mascara.

Unlike their 18th century predecessors, modern day pirates do not attempt to look like Keith Richards.

Many pirates suffered severe bone damage by jamming their foot into a peg leg.

The symbol on the pirate flag, the "Jolly Roger," replaced the "Jolly Rancher" flag in 1704.

Legend has it that one pirate of particularly ruthless reputation had a spell cast on him that made him impervious to death. Many people believe that "Captain Iron Heart" still stalks the world today, spreading terror and misery with unparalleled blood lust.

As far as historians can determine, there was never a pirate called Tyler "Poopy Drawers" Cohen.

Don't forget today's contest at 7pm Eastern. Be there or be squarely elsewhere.

CONTEST #17 TODAY!!!

Be here tonight, Feb 4, 2010, at 7pm Eastern Time for another Bizarro Puzzler Game Teaser Brain Twister Scramble Search Contest. First person to solve the puzzler wins Bizarro Trading Cards, currently living in a box in my studio!

Angry Shiny People

Bizarro is brought to you today by Biker Bars.

To "Worried Fan": thanks for the comment on the last post about being worried about me because I hadn't posted in three days. Very kind of you. Actually, other obligations and activities just sort of got the best of me and I haven't had time, but I'm back now. (cough) Nothing to worry about. (cough, whince)

This is an almost entirely visual gag with the punchline being the sunglasses. The tiny "4" above my signature tells us that I miscounted the symbols in this cartoon and, oddly enough, my editor didn't ask me about it. She's usually very diligent with these things. Normally, I count each time a given symbol appears, so two birds and two "K2"s would count as four, then there's the eyeball and piece of pie on the ground, totaling six. I'm rarely this far off my game, but I may have still been hungover from that wild night of partying with celebrities, drugs, alcohol and orgiastic sex. Oh, wait, I'm thinking of Lindsay Lohan. I probably just spaced out.

Contest tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 4. Spread the word, but don't get caught!

Circle the Date: March 17

On March 17, 2010, I will be moderating a Graphic Novels Panel as part of the Shapiro Library's Spotlight Series.

On the panel will be three members of the U-M faculty who are involved in one way or another with comics: Phoebe Gloeckner, Jim Ottaviani, and Eric Rabkin.

The panel will be from 7-8:30pm in the Screening Room on the 2nd floor of the Shapiro Library.

I'm quite looking forward to having the three of them together in a room talking comics creation and theory!

New Library Comics: November 2009

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in November:


Abstract comics : the anthology : 1967-2009 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, c2009.

Act-i-vate primer / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.

Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973- Hagane no renkinjutsushi = Fullmetal alchemist vol. 1 / Tōkyō : Sukuuea Enikkusu, 2002-

Arleston, Christophe, 1963- Ythaq : no escape / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Asano, Inio, 1980- What a wonderful world vols. 1-2 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, LLC, 2009-

Baku, Yumemakura. The summit of the gods / Wisbech, England : Fanfare/Ponent Mon, c2009.

The best American comics. 2009 / Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006-

Bible. O.T. Genesis. English. Alter-Crumb. 2009. The book of Genesis / New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.

Blechman, R. O. (Robert O.), 1930- Talking lines : the graphic stories of R.O. Blechman / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2009.

Box Brown. Love is a peculiar type of thing / Box Brown, 2009.

Braddock, Paige. Jane's world vol. 9 / [Sebastopol, Calif.] : Girl Twirl Comics, 2003-

Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- The kind of strength that comes from madness! / [Marietta, Ga.] : Top Shelf Productions, [2009]

Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- Unlikely : a true love story / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2003.

Buckley, Tim (Timothy William) Ctrl+alt+del. Volume 2, Darwin would be proud / Montreal, Quebec : Blind Ferret Entertainment, c2009-

Campbell, Ross. Wet moon bk. 5. where all stars fail to burn / Portland, Or. : Oni Press, 2004-

Clement, Mr. When we fall / London : Lapin Factory ; Hong Kong : Rewind Records, 2009

D'Errico, Camilla. Camilla d'Errico / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009.

Daly, Joe, 1979- The red monkey double happiness book / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009

Dudley the dragon. / Chicago, Ill. : American Dental Association, c1974.

Dyer, Jamaica. Weird fishes / San Jose, CA : SLG Pub., 2009.

Eichler, Glenn. Stuffed! / New York : First Second, 2009.

Flaxen. no. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Golden Apple Comics, 1992-

Gaiman, Neil. Crazy hair / New York : HarperCollins, c2009.

Gallaher, David, 1975- High moon / New York : DC Comics : Zudacomics, c2009.

Geary, Rick. Trotsky : a graphic biography / New York : Hill and Wang : Serious Comics, 2009

Ghost comics : a benefit anthology for RS Eden / [S.l.] : Bare Bones Press, c2009.

Gonick, Larry. The cartoon history of the modern world. Part II, From the Bastille to Baghdad / New York : Collins, 2007-

Gould, Chester. The complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy v. 3. Dailies & Sundays, 1935-1936 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2006-

Gould, Chester. The complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy v. 4. Dailies & Sundays, 1936-1938 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2006-

Hayes, Drew. Deathreats : the life and times of a comic book rock star / Unadilla, NY : Sirius Entertainment, 2009

Hernandez, Jaime. Love and rockets : new stories vol. 2 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2008-

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte v.5. Vegetables / San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009.

Kawachi, Izumi. Enchanter vol. 2 / Gardena, CA : Digital Manga Pub., 2006-

Kim, Tong-hwa, 1950- The color of heaven / New York : First Second, 2009.

King, Gonta. Sōtenkōro. vols. 1-3, 7 / Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1995-

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- Naruto = Naruto vols. 10-17 / Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 2000-

Kitchen, Alexa, 1997- Grown-ups are dumb! : (no offense) / New York : Disney Hyperion Books, c2009.

Kleist, Reinhard, 1970- Johnny Cash : I see a darkness : a graphic novel / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Kupperman, Michael, 1966- Tales designed to thrizzle vol. 1 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2009-

Lee, T. S. The Obama story : the boy with the biggest dream! / Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Joyful Stories Press, 2009.

Lonergan, Jesse. Joe and Azat / New York : Comics Lit/NBM, c2009.

Looney tunes. no. 141 / New York : DC Comics, 2006.

Marder, Larry. Beanworld vol. 2 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2009-

Maresca, Peter. The upside-down world of Gustave Verbeek : presenting the upside downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo featuring the Loony Lyrics of Lulu & the Terror of the Tiny Tads / Palo Alta, CA : Sunday Press Books, 2009.

Matano, Hisako. Mother Teresa / Los Angeles, CA : Emotional Content, c2008

Matsumoto, Taiyō. Tekkon kinkurīto vol. 1 / Tōkyō : Shōgakkan, 1994.

McCarthy, Helen, 1951- The art of Osamu Tezuka : god of manga / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

McDuffie, Dwayne. Icon : a hero's welcome / New York : DC Comics, c2009.

McGregor, Don. Detectives Inc. / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2009.

Mihara, Mitsukazu, 1970- Shigeshōshi vols. 1-2 / Tokyō : Shōdensha, 2003-

Minekura, Kazuya. Wairudo adaputā = Wild adapter vols. 1-4 / Tōkyō : Tokuma Shoten, 2001-

Miuchi, Suzue. Garasu no kamen vols. 5, 32, 35 / Tōkyō : Hakusensha, 1976-.

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922- Nonnonbā monogatari / Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 1995

Mome. vol. 16 Fall 2009 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 1. Moon lake / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 2. Atomic dreams / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Moore, Terry, 1954- Echo v. 3. Desert Run / Houston, Tex. : Abstract Studio, c2008-

Mori, Kaoru, 1978- Emma vol. 9 / La Jolla, CA : WildStorm Productions, 2006-

Motter, Dean. Mister X : condemned / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2009.

Naville, Maryam. Temet nosce / Rockville Centre, NY : Heavy Metal, [2009]

Nihei, Tsutomu, 1971- Blame! = Buramu! vol. 2 / Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 1998-

Nilsen, Anders, 1973- Big questions no. 12 / Montreal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly

Novgorodoff, Danica. Refresh, refresh : a graphic novel / New York : First Second, 2009.

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Akira = [Akira] vol. 1 / New York : Kodansha Comics, 2009-

Pope, Paul. Heavy Liquid / New York : Vertigo/DC Comcs, c2008.

Reynolds, Grant. Comic diorama / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2009

Russell, P. Craig. The Sandman : the dream hunters / New York, NY : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2009

Ryan, Johnny. Prison Pit. Book 1 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009.

Schiffrin, André. Dr. Seuss & Co. go to war : the World War II editorial cartoons of America's leading comic artists / New York : New Press ; San Diego : In cooperation with the Dr. Seuss Collection at the University of California, c2009.

Shelton, Gilbert. The fat Freddy's cat omnibus / London : Knockabout, c2009.

Shimano, Chie. Che Guevara / Los Angeles, CA : Emotional Content, c2008.

Shinseiki evangerion = Neon genesis Evangelion. vols. 1-18 / Tōkyō : Kadokawa Shoten, 1995-

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha vols. 39-41 / San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003-

Talbot, Bryan. Grandville : a fantasy / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse, 2009.

Tardi, Jacques. You are there / Seattle WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

TMNT : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 4 no. 28 / Haydenville, MA : Mirage Publishing

Tomine, Adrian, 1974- 32 stories : the complete Optic nerve mini-comics (1st box-set ed.) / Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrer, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

The Toon treasury of classic children's comics / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Trondheim, Lewis. Tiny tyrant v. 2. The Lucky Winner / New York : First Second, 2007-

Ubu Bubu. v. 1. Filth / San Jose, CA : SLG Publishing, 2009-

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto : Urasawa x Tezuka vols. 4-5 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, c2008-

Watase, Yuu. Ayashi no seresu vols. 1-10 / Tōkyō : Shōgakkan, 1997-2000.

Whedon, Joss, 1964- Sugar shock / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Comics, 2009.

White, Shane, 1970- Things undone / New York : NBM, c2009.

Wiedeman, Sophia. The deformitory / [S.l.] : Heart Monster Press, c2008.

Wilson, Jason. Him & her's smuggling vacation / Great Britain : Dealer Comics, 2008, c2006.

Yang, Gene Luen. The eternal smile : three stories / New York : London : First Second, 2009.

Yost, J. T. Old man winter & other sordid tales / [United States] : Birdcage Bottom Books, c2009.

Yuki, Kaori. Tenshi kinryō-ku vols. 1-15 / Tōkyō : Hakusensha, 1995-2001.


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