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Bizarro is brought to you today by Lost Civilization Office Products – maker of Monk Copy Machines.

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At the height of its glory, the Aztec civilization boasted the largest city in the world, the most advanced sewage disposal and freshwater delivery system ever devised by humans, and a calendar capable of simultaneously predicting the future and decorating your living room. The scene above is of a typical Aztec community in the 15th century. Several members can be seen wearing the latest in Aztec technology, the calendar watch.

Dancing Machines

A friend of ours sent this sublime shot of us on the dancefloor at the Genesis Awards a few weeks back and I had to post it. My favorite elements of this pic are the disco backlighting on our hair and the shiny piece of saliva at the corner of my mouth. It was late in the evening and I'd long since stopped grooming myself for photos.

See the "Me and Bill Maher" posting from April 5 for the rest of the story.

CHEAP CITY COMEDY

Ladies, gentlemen, both, undecided,
My good friend and fellow cartoonist and stand-up comedian, Michael Capozzola, is doing a comedy show in The Bay Area soon. Check out the poster below and PLEASE GO!

Readers of the SF Chron will recognize Mike as the cartoonist who does CHEAP CITY, the cartoon in the weekend watchamacallit. Please mention to the Chron how much you like Cheap City here: http://tinyurl.com/5ss9j7 Mike has done tons of free publicity for me and for Bizarro and I think his feature is original and cool. It's locally-grown and hand-crafted with care, compassion, and no small amount of personal lubricant. What more can one ask for in one's comics?Thursday May 8th @ 8PM at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley. Show details at: http://www.lapena.org/event/761

Friday Night Fights: Sammi vs. Lendo

From Ninja High School #26 (1991). Story and Art by Benn Dunn. (click pic for larger)

A classic? In black & white!

Planks and Other Nice Walks

Today's Bizarro cartoon is brought to you by Home Despot.
"Ridding the planet of forests one tree at a time."

This cartoon is on the back cover of (and also inside) my upcoming book of pirate cartoons. It's called Bizarro Buccaneers and will be published in August. You will buy it and you will love it.

Those of you with far too many brain cells dedicated to memory may recognize this cartoon as one I did many many years ago and published who-knows-where. Someone reminded me of it and I couldn't find it anywhere, so I redrew it (and rewrote it a bit, for all I know) and popped it into Bizarro.

Questions for ME

Here's a link to an interview I did with a photographer dude recently. Yo, check it.
http://ekwimmer.blogspot.com/2008/04/10-questions-with-dan-piraro.html

Three to Read for Thursday, April 17

* BeaucoupKevin: Thumb Sucking Linus: Peanuts In Japan

* Panels & Pictures: Text in Comics (via Dirk)

* Graphic Lit: An interview with Mark Tatulli (also via Dirk)