Bozo by Foxo Reardon for November 14, 2024

1. Bozo is always the considerate person.

2. Bozo must have been out of bricks.

3. Is this forced labor?

should have been titled, “Out and in”!

1) Fuzzy ☂️ is sitting in one if his funny weird places, with his numbered pants – How nice and considerate are Bozo and Coppy!

2) Fuzzy ☂️ cheerfully walking around with his pants #8 and Bozo, out of bricks, successfully using apples to get in trouble

3) Coppy wants Bozo employed, possibly not in the House Building Field ☺ – Fuzzy ☂️ loves going around sitting on a car trunk

1 Bozo’s got squeaky shoes. (Quietly Making Noise — Jimmy Buffet)

2 Bozo’s loving this. (Little Green Apples — Roger Miller)

3 Cop insists they give Bozo one more chance. (Get A Job — the Silhouettes)

1 ‣ Silent pursuit.

2 ‣ Rotten fruit.

3 ‣ Getting the boot!

I can’t blame him for the second one, after looking at the other two.

The 1950’s were such an interesting time. The labor market was flooded with angry war vets….Cops used their clubs as freely as today….fewer guns, tho…

“ In and out “ – The cop wants Bozo to get a job and stay out of trouble . Better working than throwing apples or bricks or disturbing the peace of the hospital zone . All three fit together nicely today .

1. Noise less run more.

2. Free apples for ya!

3. Acme always been such incompetent! Beep! beep!

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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!

Today’s numbers are 6 – 8 – cannot be seen since sitting on it.

1) It’s more about the fun of the chase than the catching.

2) Let’s make good use of the bad apples.

3) The jobs don’t want Bozo, neither the street!

1. Run and race at a rapid pace. Know when to hush when Cop gives chase.

2. With apples green, Bozo so mean.

3. Agency he did disturb. May not loiter at the curb.

1) Lesson in Cartoon Chasing 101: Always be considerate when going through a hospital zone.

2) Hey Coppers, have some apples!

3) The employment agency thinks Bozo’s unqualified, but the cop insists they give him another chance!

The source of this book of cartoons is works of my father, both original and copies of newspaper clippings that were saved by him and that have been in my possession for many decades. Most of the clippings have in the ensuring years become discolored. Much of that has been removed by computer enhancement. The great majority of clippings were too ragged to include as whole work. Those, nevertheless, will be kept on compact discs for safe keeping. All of the works in this collection have been previously published in the Times-Dispatch or through syndication with the exception of “puddin ’X,” a strip created by my father in the early 1940s. The general manager of his syndicate wanted to syndicate “Puddin’ X” in addition to Bozo, but the idea was turned down by my father, since he thought two strips would be too burdensome for him at that point in time.

The above words are taken from my book, “WHISTLING DOWN THE HALLS, The Times and Cartoons of America’s Original Pantomime Comic Strip Artist,” a 254-page book containing some 800 cartoons by Foxo Reardon and is available over the Internet from Walmart, Amazon Books A Million, Barnes and Noble, and other sites. Thank you if you buy the book and I have no doubt that you will much enjoy it if you do. { Michael Reardon, Producer of “Bozo” on GoComics and son of the late cartoonist.]

Oh Joy! Hover Hats in every strip today, and two of those in strip #3!

Panels 1 and 3 are funny!

1. Sneakers required in the hospital zone.

2. Rotten apples.

3. Bum’s rush.