Bozo by Foxo Reardon for June 21, 2024

1. Bozo, it wasn’t the stairway to heaven.

2. Those two will pay dearly for trashing Bozo’s work.

3. Bozo is checking out if Joe’s rates as good as Mike’s.

•1• I guess Bozo never expected a tip on this job.

•2• Hey! I’m not getting paid enough to pick up all this money!

•3• Mike pays well, but Joe is a better cook!

1 Bozo gets a little too high and mighty, and great is the fall thereof. (Falling Down — Men at Work)

2 Gee Bozo, even when business is picking up, you still complain. (Pick Up The Pieces — The Average White Band)

3 A job is a job, but lunch is lunch, eh Bozo? (Take This Job And Shove It — Johnny Paycheck)

After reading these non-words greats I went on to my other comics but had to come back and write a thank you very much note. These are simply the best….

1. Happen to me too when me was try to climbing ladder to success all the way to top.

2. Not worries, Bozo, for it be clean money now.

3. When ya gotta eats ya gotta eats see. And Bozo gotta eats too ya knows.

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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 What was Bozo planning to paint up there anyhow?

3 Mike’s off chasing today’s special.

Eats at Mikes. Dines at Joe’s!

1. Troublesome ladder makes Bozo madder.

2. Mad dash. Loose cash.

3. For Mike’s will shill. At Joe’s get fill.

1. A rung too far.

2. Legal tender litter

3. Best place in town

1) The ladder must’ve flipped for Bozo to flop!

2) Dang you, Fingers! Now I gotta pick up all these greenbacks!

3) Bozo likes the service at Joe’s better!

1. what goes up must come down got the cash ? 3. joe makes a better burger

THAT LAST STEP- Can we say Teeter Totter? PURSE AND TRASH-Always good to see the Friendly Neighborhood Robber in a chase from Ole Buttons, Poor Bozo is so involved in his job, he doesn’t realize what is being dropped. FOOD FOR THOUGHT- Bozo has taste for Joe’s Chicken today, maybe tomorrow he will get a sandwich from Mike’s. (Just could not help but mention the artwork of Foxo in all 3 panels….The tree in the first panel blends in so great with the background, The building and trees all show so much action in second panel, and the bricks on the building, action of the dog, and just the reverse JOE’S RESTAURANT, all seems so perfect. Sadly I see in a lot of todays comic strips, just characters but no action and just static characters.

3. Bozo climbed the ladder of success but in the end got his bell rung. :)

“That last step” – I think Bozo just found out what a fulcrum point is . This was a favorite gag of Buster Keaton .

“Purse and trash” – Take a good close look at the artwork in this gem . Starts out with the portly gentleman strolling by , the second panel sees Fingers and the policeman coming into view then the main action in panel three and finally in the last panel everything switches to the opposite view . The buildings and trees in the background change perspective and no two panels borrow from one another . No quick shortcuts from Foxo . We get great artistry in a simple comic strip . This is the stuff that Gent is always noting . I love the artwork in Bozo .

Many thanks!

i just wanna say without gent i would have known about this strip !!!!!!

The Umbrella Meister:

1st Strip, 3rd panel:The Umbrella Guy is watching Bozo’s comical antics. He’s thinking “What a schmuck”

2nd Strip, 3rd panel:He is waaay off in the distance. We can’t tell what he is up to. Bozo is expressing his anger at Officer Club because he didn’t stop and beat him.

3rd Strip, 2nd panel:He’s just walking along minding his own business. In the next panel, it appears as tho Officer Billy Club has found someone new to beat up. It also looks like he is using a 5lb. hammer instead of his usual baton.

1. Teeter totter.

2. Litter bugged!

3. Mixed message.

1. Face plant dive. Give it a 10. Fuzzy sees it. 2. Bozo unhappy with robber littering. Fuzzy sees it all 3. Mikes paying for Bozo to eat at Joes restaurant. Fuzzy hitches ride on car trunk. Butcher chasing dog with his sausages.

On a warm night in April 1938, Philip Jefferies, age 12, wandered into the offices of the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, one of the South’s leading newspapers. He had in hand his creation of a comic strip he named “Nicky.” Ignored in the hustle bustle of the night with looming deadlines, a voice then rang out, according to a full page article in the paper of May 1, : “Hey, just look at this wouldya?” Foxo was saying to anyone who would listen. “This boy is a wonder…why don’t you give him a story. Look at this drawing. It’s a knockout.”Young Philip was then interviewed and his story published, with a photo of him and Foxo together, as a full page story in the magazine section the next Sunday, May 1, 1938. After that interview by the reporter, Philip had added:

“The main thing I wanted to say, though, is how much Foxo has helped me. He told me what kind of ink to buy and what kind of pen to get and I see all the difference in the world in my drawing. If you think this drawing of Nicky is good, you ought to see the one I’m going to make with the new materials. Besides, Foxo told me things to do to make my drawings reproduce better. I think he’s wonderful, and I hope I can draw half as well as he can one day.”

After that encouragement from Times-Dispatch cartoonist and art director Foxo Reardon, Philip Jefferies went on to become a successful Hollywood Art Director and was nominated for an Academy Award. Later He assisted his Art Director brother Matt Jefferies in designing the Starship Enterprise for the Star Trex TV series.

1) Falling For the First Time – Barenaked Ladies 2) Legal Tender – B52s 3) Freedom of Choice – Devo