A reader just told me he thinks the San Francisco Chronicle didn't run my tiger cartoon on 4/30/08, presumably because it was too close to home. The SF zoo was where the tiger attack happened, so I can't say I blame them.
Another reader mentioned in the comments that he doesn't believe zoos are good things but if you're going to have them, the animals should not be able to get out of their enclosures just because they are stimulated. He goes on to say the zoo officials failed both the public and the tiger in allowing this to happen. I agree wholeheartedly.
A third reader pointed out that many people believe that Roy (of Sigfried &...) had a stroke on stage and that the tiger was dragging him to safety, as she would her young. This jives with the facts of the story and animal experts tend to agree that if he had been "attacked," he would have been injured far worse. I said the tiger "ate" Roy for comic effect, but I didn't mean it. If the tiger had wanted to eat Roy, there would have been much less of Roy left to take to the hospital.
I don't believe in imprisoning any animal for the benefit of another, so zoos and circuses are at the top of my list of offenders. Along with Seaworld and the like. I believe captivity is as painful for virtually all other creatures as it is for humans, most acutely birds and mammals because of their level of intelligence. Personally, I'd rather be dead than spend my life in jail.
Sorry for the lack of humor, just wanted to clarify.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Chainsaw Massacre
Today's Bizarro is brought to you in spectacular Panavision.
As a person who has never in his life had the courage to introduce himself to a beautiful woman in a public place, all women might as well be carrying chainsaws. Thankfully, my wife has no such fears and started our first conversation.
Inexplicably, I have no qualms about speaking publicly or performing. But talking one-on-one to a stranger, especially with the intent of "hooking up," makes me more nervous than checking an angry stray dog for ticks.
FCBM4 Day 8
It's day Eight of the fourth annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!Our next selected entry is from Dan Marco, who listed his five comics as:
1. Incredible Hulk
2. Ambush Bug
3. Howard the Duck
4. Hero Squared
5. Great Lakes Avengers
Dan would appear to be a fan of humorous super-hero comics, so I'll be sending him the seventh issue of The 3 Geeks, Rich Koslowski's humorous comic about super-hero fans.
For Dan's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Iron Man ashcan.
Dan's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!
There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.
Current FCBM Statistics:
32 entries
16 free comics sent so far
23 days remaining
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Saturday In The Park With Piraro
This Saturday I'll be in Los Angeles all damn day hosting an outdoor festival thing called Worldfest. It will be both fun and funny. Please drop by and say hello. If you mention to me that you saw this blog, I will give you an invisible, weightless bowling ball. I'll even autograph it if you want. CHNW will be there, too, so this is your chance to meet the lettuce bikini goddess in person!As usual, I'll be selling books and trading cards. These first packs of trading cards will be collector's items, don't forget.
Click on the poster image for a larger, legible version!
A Bizarre B&B
Recently, CHNW and I spent a few days at a very cool new B&B in Hollywood, CA, called Hollywood Bed & Breakfast. It's run by a cool couple who call themselves William and Nina, and is entirely renovated and decorated by their own four hands. To say this place is visually unique is an understatement.
Ever surface of every room of the house is painted, mosaicked, or in some other way adorned in an unusual fashion. The photo below is the front door, which is only one small snippet of the odd concoction of styles inside. Even though it is visually exotic, the whole house is very comfortable, the pool area is gorgeous, and the location is terrific: corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Hollywood Blvd. behind a huge fence and lots of greenery.
The B&B business is brand new, we were their first guests, in fact, so chalk this up under "undiscovered gems." Contact them via email or go here.
hollywoodbandb@earthlink.net
Tell them Dan and his Crazy Half-Nekked Wife sent you.
Ever surface of every room of the house is painted, mosaicked, or in some other way adorned in an unusual fashion. The photo below is the front door, which is only one small snippet of the odd concoction of styles inside. Even though it is visually exotic, the whole house is very comfortable, the pool area is gorgeous, and the location is terrific: corner of Orange Grove Ave. and Hollywood Blvd. behind a huge fence and lots of greenery.
The B&B business is brand new, we were their first guests, in fact, so chalk this up under "undiscovered gems." Contact them via email or go here.
hollywoodbandb@earthlink.net
Tell them Dan and his Crazy Half-Nekked Wife sent you.
Tiger Bait
Bizarro is a subsidiary of Human Endeavors Amalgamated. Please enjoy responsibly.This cartoon is an example of one of those rare occasions when I didn't feel I needed to exaggerate reality.
Not long ago, some idiots were taunting a tiger at a zoo and the clever cat jumped out and attacked them. What strikes me as sad about a story like this is that innocent animals are kept in prisons so jackasses can gawk at and taunt them. Like when Roy was eaten by a tiger in his magic show in Las Vegas a few years back, I always root for the unwilling participant in these episodes.
The tiger in the zoo story was, of course, shot and killed, which is the usual sentence for any animal that finally cracks under human pressure.
It isn't hard to imagine that, given the chance, the mangled nitwits from the zoo episode would return to the enclosure to taunt the cat again. If humans weren't so damned good at avoiding natural selection, we wouldn't have so many of these types around. Most would be eaten by tigers before given the chance to reproduce.
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