The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 03, 2023

I’ve seen bald men with beards and goatees who look good.

It’s lopsided no matter what you do.

Only if his beard could grow on his head.

In this world

of toil and sin

the head goes bald

but not the chin

—Barbasol

His smooth pate would make a good airstrip.

Separated at birth. Brutus Thornapple and Wooly Willy.

The Good Lord created a few perfect heads. The rest He covered with hair.

Yay Brutus! That’s a good choice, your head would indeed look lopsided. Besides, what would the spiteful virago Mother Gargle say? You don’t need to give her more reasons to scoff and mock.

It’s not lopsided…it’s an upside down haircut

You’d have to grow a ZZTop beard to have enough to do a comb over on top.

well, she seems happy about it at least… would that mean his lips would be where his eyes are and vise versa? That would be weird. :D

Brutus has a keen eye .

As good a reason as any, Brutus.

Looking good my man…..

I love you Brutus but it wasn’t the beard that made it look lopsided.

bald and bearded looks like an affectation to me

Why cultivate on your face what grows wild on you a $ $ ?

There was a guy like that at work. He looked like one of those “magnetic hair” games where all the “hair” had been dragged down to the lower part of his face.

He’s just saying that because he realized he can’t grow a proper beard.

I think Brutus would look very debonair with a mustache and most men can grow a mustache without much trouble. Well, for that matter so can a lot of women.

Beard shaved off? He barely had stubble!

I once tried to grow a mustach to see how it would look, but my whiskers were so sparse and fine that I couldn’t see anything even after 2 months, but I could taste it because the few strands that did manage to grow kept getting in my mouth. I shaved off what little I had and never tried again.

“But Brutus” Gladys replies, “your face already looks lopsided, one ear is much bigger than the other”…

I have facial hair and I always say that, when the hair on my head fell out, it landed on my face. On another note, my local newspaper has made some “modifications” to its comics section. Fortunately, The Born Loser still survives.

Did I mention that I’m a fan of the work of the late Shel Silverstein? (If you have no idea what this has to do with this strip and the accompanying comments, google a picture of him.)

I have a beard and a shiny top. I say that I still have just as much hair now as I did in high school. It’s just sagged a bit. Women aren’t the only ones who have problems with gravity.