Bozo by Foxo Reardon for May 16, 2024

1. Watch out for that last step, it’s a doozy.

2. Hey copper, now you’re all wet.

3. Bozo is throwing his weight around.

1ˢᵗ Get ready with your cuffs officer, he’ll be right down!

2ⁿᵈ Your turn, flatfoot, you sit on it.

3ʳᵈ They’re Magician’s props, I’ll betcha.

1) Watch out for that second step – it’s a doozy!

After he went and did the cop’s job for him too! No appreciation at all.

Bozo being Bozo: smart, honest, pranker, good citizen, pranker ☺, strong… Fuzzy ☂️❤️ is out town

1 Bozo brought a cop to catch the crook, (Catch A Falling Star — Perry Como)

2 Bozo goes for the dutchboy routine but his finger wasn’t big enough. (Bridge over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel)

3 Bozo thought that last box felt a bit light. (I Want You (She’s So Heavy) — the Beatles)

2 – “Hey Moe, I’m an unsuccessful cork!”

The Mighty Mr. Umbrella:

1st Stip: He must still be in the employ of the CIA.

2nd Strip, 1st panel: He is barely visible. That, of course, is the work of the CIA. It appears as tho Sargent Umbrella’s invisibility potion is wearing off.

3rd Strip. It appears as tho the CIA has refreshed his invisibility potion. Again, he is nowhere to be seen.

1. He sawed what he saw.

2. “Move along!” Fountain strong.

3. Don’t wait to haul freight of great weight.

1. Me saw what you did there Bozo.

2. Cool down ya hothead!

3. Prop box or heavy duty? Bozo weighs in on the possibilities.

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For those who come in late, these fabulous fun funnies was envisioned and executed so beautifully and brilliantly by FoXo Reardon, a true master cartoonist who 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!

BOZO is pure gold coming from a golden era of cartooning! More about FoXo and BOZO in the About page.

So no wonder that these wonderful wordless wonders still bring great joy and sheer cheer to many even today.

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 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!

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And yes of course many thankses to Micheal Reardon for bringing BOZO back for us all!

1. Fall guy

2. All wet

3. Heavy weight boxer?

“Water on the brain” – You try to help people and you get chewed out .

1) Get ready officer, Fingers should hit the ground any second now!

2) OK I’ll go, my rear end was getting soaked anyway!

3) Great, now Bozo has to place that 500-pound weight in another crate!

1) Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty 2) When the Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin 3) (Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away – Bee Gees

1. What goes up – must come down.

1. No longer the ladder of success. :)

Created in 1921, “Bozo,” the original pantomime comic strip, was published weekly in the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch from 1925 tho 1945. Bozo fought both the Nazi$ and the Japanese for the four years of World War II and was rewarded with International syndication at war’s end by the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate (Field Enterprises.). The strip was carried by the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquire, the Cincinnati Enquirer and many other papers. It was particularly popular in France and Japan.

It’s creator, Foxo Reardon, my dad, never held a job title other than that of “cartoonist.” It would not be too much of a stretch to say that he was born with a drawing pen in one hand and a bottle of India ink in the other. Please check out my interview with GoComics by clickling the GoComics Blog below and scrolling down a bit. Also check out “The Daily Cartoonist” and do a search on “Bozo by Foxo” at that website.

Bozo was also carried by the “Stars and Strips,” the newspaper of the United States Armed Forces and was very popular with our men and women in uniform. A hundred of those wartime strips can be found in my book, “WHISTLING DOWN THE HALLS: The Times and Cartoons of America’s Original Pantomime Comic Strip Artist,” a 260-page book that contains about 800 cartoons by Foxo Reardon, including 500 syndicated Bozo strips. It is available at walmart, amazon, barneandnobel, booksamillion and other Internet outlets. If ordering, please enter the name of Foxo Reardon. And many thanks for ordering and for being a Bozo follower.

1. Special delivery, Buttons.

2. Yer all wet Copper.

3. Bozo hefts a mighty weight.