Bozo by Foxo Reardon for February 27, 2023

I see you are repeating the comics from the beginning. Give the people another opportunity to read this great strip.

A very happy Monday indeed.

1 Bozo realizes he needs to gear up if he wants to get into the Game. (Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer—Elmo & Patsy)

2 I hope that wasn’t Bozo’s banana peel, After all, Santa’s watching. (My Favorite Things—Julie Andrews)

3 Even yeggs ain’t up to cracking when Santa’s involved. (Silent Night—Temptations)

Good to see Bozo back. One strip at a time would have been better, IMO, but I’m glad and grateful anyway. And I hope Fuzzy will be back soon. Have a good week, Bozonians (thanks Patricev70 for this nice name) or Bozophile (thanks HappyDog)

1) Dressed for the job ☺

2) Sharing is nice, isn’t it? ☺

3) Follow the rules, don’t upset Santa ☺

Tis always the season of joy and happiness when BOZO is around!

1. Oh yeah? Well me a professional, see.

2. Gift of help is the best gift.

3. Ho ho ho! It’s coal for you crooks!

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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

Ooh, I think we’re a little further back than where we started the first time?

☃¹ When shopping in a herd, make sure you don’t get hurt!

☃² Bozo’s glad to help carry your packages even though he’s going the other way.

☃³ No guns today? Sorry, you’ll have to wait!

Hmmm! The only way to get through this crowd is charge up the middle and reach my goal!

One for you, one for me, one for you, two for me….you’re welcome!

Sorry fellas, bosses orders….

OOOOOHHH HAPPY DAAAYS‼️☺️☺️☺️

Bozo’s back in town! YAY‼️☺️☺️☺️

1. Proper attire

2. Lifted load

3. Thwarted

1) Yep, the way some stores get during the holiday season, it helps to have the proper gear.

2) The other guy probably won’t miss those packages.

3) Sorry, fellas. Come back next Tuesday!

Wih BOZO back, melancholically monotonous Mondays are once again magnificently merry Mondays!

BOZO 1- Clearly it was TARGETING by the offence to get Bozo down, but in the end looks like Bozo is ready to tackle the runner. BOZO 2- Hey Buddy, let Bozo help you after that fall, by relieving you of Christmas packages. BOZO 3- Neither of these guys are the Friendly Neighborhood Robber, sorry guys, you have to wait till Christmas to make your haul.

1. When the going gets tough, the tough suits up.

2. Let me help you and of course, my fee.

3. These guys trying to raid Bozo’s piggy bank.

1) Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson 2) Accidents Will Happen – Elvis Costello 3) Patience – Guns N’ Roses

1. Too much action in your section?

Get yourself some good protection

2. Not enough presents for December?

Help others to help yourself, remember?

3. Too much crimework, not enough sleep?

Take it easy, read Bozo, than life’s pretty steep!

Ended with a football strip and restarted with a football strip—one of my favorite themes in Bozo. Looking forward to seeing strips I’ve missed and revisiting strips I’ve enjoyed. Long Live FoXo & Bozo!

Yes, quite appropriate. Thank for your kind words.

I dearly love this old style artwork. These appear to be reprints. Is the shading Zippatone ? I think I see a moire pattern where they’ve been rescreened.

NO year and 3 of them instead of one. Otherwise, I like it.

The split third panel at the top is neat.

1) XMAS SHOPPING SPORT: Even Bozo gets knocked around during shopping than on a football team, so he gets football ger to make it through.

2) 2 FOR YOU 1 FOR ME: Man carrying too many small presents slips on a banana peel. Bozo comes to the rescue and carry some of the presents in the opposite direction!?

3) UNEXPECTED MESSAGE: Nightwatchman Bozo hears tapping. Finds 2 maskless safe crackers confused by the sign “Don’t open till Xmas.”

I think the suggestions that GoComics show one strip per day don’t consider the additional labor involved. Since their entire archive of Bozo strips exists as pages with three strips each it would mean rescanning all of those pages (or cropping them three times) and then saving and re-indexing the individual strips according to a new scheme. I can see why they might not choose to do that.

Welcome back, Bozo. We missed you.