Bozo by Foxo Reardon for October 21, 2022

1 When the receptionist gives you an appointment time, you just don’t argue. Right Bozo?

2 Must be a new guy.

3 Bozo decides to chip in his cash. Good luck Bozo.

1) When at the Doctor, Bozo is really “patient”, even when doesn’t need to be visited. :-)

2) Let’s hope this Cop has a good sense of humor. :-D

3) Heavy useful burden. :-)

∿¹ Five hour delivery— Not bad.

∿² Try to chase me now!

∿³ Money buys respect!

It’s been a few times that I was telling myself “Déjà vu!”.I realize that is because at the beginning the strips where not published chronologically and I had already read it before when I started reading from the beginning. So I read exactly that same one yesterday: https://www.gocomics.com/bozo/1954/05/06

I’ve seen a few on the running gag about waiting to deliver a telegram and waiting until the end to deliver. I found that funny!

And I also found out that Fuzzy had some hair at the back of his head in the 1946-47 period.

Patience

Knotty whine!

Bundle of joy!

1. Forbearance

2. Tangled

3. Misdirection

Queued. Caught. Fat. You rarely hear anything of hobo’s these days.

1. Here ya go Doc, an urgent message that needs a reply before 5 o’clock.

2. The beat cop seems to be a little tied up at the moment.

3. “Wearin’ my high boots, Got all my worldlies here in a sack” – Glory Road by Neil Diamond

WHEN IN ROME- If only Foxo had 1 extra panel to show where the Nurse put him in a room to wait that much longer for the Doctor. (Your next, he will be right in.) TIEUP- Ah the Law Enforcement Dun Lop Disease…(Belly dun lopped where you cannot see your shoes.) JUDGE NOT- When my town was smaller and not as productive, we had a song writer, a couple of actors, singers and groups that made more money than imagined. They sometimes looked like bums, and would be laughed at, until the people would see their cars and houses.

Bozo must get paid by the hour.

1. Not a maternity clinic but waiting for delivery.

2. Ha. Now tries to chase me!

3. Bozo saves for rainy days.

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Just notice the first strip today, waiting at doctor’s clinic. Any other typical funnies would’ve just shown the folks waiting on one side, but FoXo the marvellous master of perspective artwork shows some folks seated in foreground too with their backs turned towards the audience. Even in case of indoor scenes, FoXo ensures details whenever possible and always ensures we get a feeling of three dimensional depths in every scene.

Coming to second strip where cop is all tied up, even though background is more simplistic in comparison to other two, ot still gives a great realistic perspectives and feeling of three dimensional depth, and our beloved Umbrella Guy doing his bit to help with that too.

Now the third and last one today, just see every panel zoomed in and each panel is such a joy full of details and realistic perspectives. It’s as if we’re seeing actual pictures of a realistic three dimensional cartoon world. The background details of outdoor as well as indoors is simply splendid and there’s also a guy in the foreground in the last panel, as we get to see a great three dimensional perspective with people at different focal points.

Now, if FoXo wasn’t a master of artwork, then nobody is.

For every panel of BOZO is like a two dimensional picture of a three dimensional picturesque cartoon world. The perspectives is so realistic.

And the great master of perspective artwork FoXo Reardon is also a master of art itself as he told funny tales with awesome artwork alone.

So it no wonder if me calls BOZO a wonderful wordless wonder and an excellent epitome of picture speaking thousand words.

But despite being a great classic of great creative calibre, neither BOZO nor FoXo are much known or remembered.

Spread the word, friends, so that BOZO can spread more joy and cheer to more!

1. Not-so- Speedy Delivery 2. Cop Flop 3. Reverse “Stick Up”

1. Looks like the lady had time to change her top while she was waiting and she was the first patient called. :)

I was having trouble figuring out what kind of establishment Bozo was in. It doesn’t look like a bank or a casino, but it must be a hotel even though he doesn’t use them often. But it isn’t the first time he’s gone into a hotel with his bindle stick, and probably not the last (the first Bozo strip in GoComics, for example).

1) LONG WAIT: For today’s newspaper. Dr. Brown gives it to Bozo gratis.

2) UNNECESSARY TIE UPS: Extra Large policeman O’Hara finds out about Bozo’s imp of the perverse with the men in dark blue.

3) BINDLE SECRETS: Looking like a poor vagabond using a distinct green checkerboard bindle he brings lots of cash to the window. Gambling or savings account??

If I walked around our downtown with a cigar I’d get dirty looks. So a lawn chair in the driveway, tunes on the stereo, and ice cubes marinated in Canadian Club (Darn right your father drank it) and a Punch stogie.