Bozo by Foxo Reardon for February 21, 2023

1) Sharing is such a nice thing! ♡

2) Oooops ☹️ ☺

3) Ouch ☺

1•∙ A change of accessories.

2•∙ A change of trousers.

3•∙ A change of friends!

1. Why thanks you sir. How kind of you. Bye byes now.

2. Wheeeee! That was fun. Lets do it agai…uh oh.

3. Why that two timing crook!

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For those who come in late, these fabulous fun funnies was envisioned and executed so brilliantly by FoXo that you wouldn’t even realise that this was around a month or so before FoXo succumbed to cancer, when he left with only one eye too. What a splendid professional FoXo was, whose early death was a great loss to not only cartooning but to art itself, as he told his funny tales with his awesome artwork alone, without any of his characters in BOZO ever saying a single word.

An especially excellent epitome of pictures speaking thousand words, BOZO also the most pleasant picturesque pantomime where every panel is like a photograph of a three-dimensional cartoon world of realistic-looking depths and details. Such was his powerful perspective artwork which brought to life a lovely lively world of BOZO!

FoXo a rare combination of both sharp wits and artistic talents which is rarely seen together in the same cartoonist, a true master and professional cartoonist whose work quality speaks for itself and as you can see for yourself BOZO is pure gold coming from a golden era of cartooning!

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

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

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And yes of course another big thumbs up, big applause, and three cheers once again for the marvellous master FoXo’s magnificent masterpiece, the most pleasant picturesque pantomime, the ever entertaining ever energetic ever enjoyable ever excellent evergreen entertainer, the brilliantly beautiful and beautifully brilliant BOZO!

3. She sure keep him dark about this.

1 Bozo finds somebody with the same hat size. Time to celebrate! (Who Walks In When I Walk Out—Firehouse Five + Two )

2 Bozo wondered how he managed to reach top speed so fast. (All I Wanna Do—Sheryl Crow)

3 Sorry Bozo, She was hoping for someone who matched her dress. (Lights Out—Jerry Byrne)

In one door and out the other, running all the way!

Hmm! It was still slick enough to send him on a speedy ride…

Yikes! She left Bozo in a lurch…☹️

1. Cane and Chapeau Share scheme.

2. Perhaps a sign at the top as well? Sometimes, though I imagine rarely, the sign is all you need to inhibit the behavior. But, some people just have to ‘explore’ the limits.

3. Shadowing? Preceded Ghosting.

1) Gee thanks!

2) Extra sleek!

3) The plan was not to kiss in the dark…

Let me say to everyone that I am so very pleased to see the Bozo strip from October 17th show up here! This is the strip that I have mentioned a time or two recently in hoping that it would not be one of the skipped strips.

For those of us who have the “Whistling Down The Halls” book, you already know that the 10/17 strip is the final Bozo strip shown in the book. Michael Reardon was kind enough to correct me a few weeks ago when I mentioned that I assumed this was the last comic that Foxo did before his untimely passing and that it was such an appropriate end for both the Bozo comic and for Foxo Reardon as well. I thought that perhaps this was Foxo’s unique way of drawing himself leaving this world. When I read that last Bozo comic strip in the book I had a huge smile in my face, as my immediate first thought was that this was Foxo saying to all of his followers, "I"ll show myself out." :^) That one strip in particular has come to mean a great deal to me, and I am so happy to see it included here today. I am also happy to see a few more new Bozo strips that I hadn’t seen before. As with all of us, I am sad to know that we are near the end of Foxo’s “new” work and will be starting over once again on Thursday, but I am very happy and grateful that Michael has opened up this door for us to enjoy his father’s outstanding work. In a sense, we can all “show ourselves back in” to enjoy round two of Bozo! :^)

My eternal thanks to Michael Reardon for bringing Foxo’s work back into the light. I am personally grateful for that and also for the wonderful connections that I have made with the Bozo comic page. We are all part of a worldwide family and that should always be celebrated. Stay safe and have a wonderful day, my friends! :^)

1. Goodbye.

2. Mistake

3. Late night escape

1. The cheap way to get clothing accessories.

2. Let’s hope that wasn’t brown paint on those white pants.

3. Ah, the old turn out the lights and sneak out trick.

3. Never knew that Bozann was and escape artist. :)

BOZO 1- Ah Thank you for the Hat & Cane….I will see you get it back! BOZO 2- The rail must not have been too wet, cause Bozo got a good SLIIIIDE! BOZO 3- Ah this reminds me of the song Silhouettes. (Love to sing it to you, but might cause some nasty comments on BOZO!)

2. fuzzy is INside

1) Sorry Not Sorry – Demi Lovato 2) Slide – Goo Goo Dolls 3) Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen

Great comments today, as always!!

1) THANKYOU I’M LEAVING: Bozo’s last day. He is fed up with the stuffy self-important rich. The next fellow comes in gives him his hat and cane. Bozo takes them and leaves cane in hand and hat on head. A perfect fit!

2) CHECK BEFORE SLIDING DOWN A BANASTER: Bozo’s Imp of the Perverse got him sliding down the rail and finds it is wet with paint!

3) THE MYSTERY OF THE SHADOWS: Bozo visits the blond down the hall. They sit on the sofa and the lady turns out the light. Bozo gets suspicious and turns the lamp back on. What he sees is amazingly disturbing. The lady is a shadow and leaving with a shadow man![Weirdness seems to hang on to our everyman superman.]

(1/2) Karma, Bozo — the payback for taking that man’s hat and cane is ruining your pants on the freshly-painted banister.

(3) This scenario makes me feel genuinely sorry for him.