Bizarro is brought to you today by Lucky Gardener.
A few months ago, on a whim, I called my regular readers, “Bizarro Jazz Pickles.” People seemed to enjoy the moniker and it stuck, so I’ve used it numerous times since. Here now is a cartoon in which I use the term as an excuse to include a joke on the label. I trust my Jazz Pickles will enjoy it. If you do not currently know if you are a Jazz Pickle, here are the criteria: You have to be a regular reader and fan of my Bizarro comics. That’s all there is to it. Maybe you were already one and you didn’t know it. Some fans have been after me to design a Bizarro Jazz Pickle T-shirt but I have been remiss. It isn’t because I don’t care about your wardrobe, I most certainly do, but rather because I can’t think of anything wonderful enough. Anything obvious, like a pickle with sunglasses and a saxophone, just seems trite. So maybe one day I’ll have a flash of brilliance (not entirely out of the question, it almost happened once in 1972) and there will be a shirt for sale that will no doubt be snapped up by the dozens. 
As for this island cartoon, think of it the next time you’re trying to avoid running into your boss at the office, or your significant other at the local bath house. Things could always be worse. Stay crispy, Jazz Pickles!
And buy my new book, please.
Me, a Jazz Pickle, immortalized in a comic strip. Look, ma – I’m famous! (I’m pretty sure I’m the taller one on the far left.)
How about a pickle with Jazz Hands…
Only thought on a Jazz Pickle T-Shirt, being a novice JPickle myself (read and laughed at your comic regularly for the past two years. would be that it would involve an Alien eating a piece of Pie with a Bird on its head or some sort of fashion along those lines. Something any other Jazz Pickle would recognize as being hip (a must in jazz). anyone else can just wonder what that has to do with a jazz pickle those things along with what a jazz pickle is to begin with.
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Maybe a simple Pickle with a jazzy Mustache!
But… but… Andy…. I’m not going to have a moustache until after menopause, so that would most certainly exclude me for a good few years yet… I would be upset about that, and you wouldn’t want a fellow jazz pickle to turn sour, would you?
I love being a Jazz Pickle!
I think that cartoon itself is good enough as a “Jazz Pickles” t-shirt design and eagerly await when the May 2012 cartoons are added to your “Bizarro stuff” catalog. (But did you do know that Zazzle.com does custom tees much better than CafePress? Very disappointed in the quality of a yellow tee from CP)
Didn’t know that. I don’t actually run that end of the business and so many thousands of my images are listed on Cafe Press that it would take years to transfer them all to Zazzle, I’m afraid.
Today I had to cancel a trip to a Melanesian island – this helps sooth the furrowed brow!
Proud to be a pickle,
Steve
I’m proud to be a Jazz Pickle :-)
Proud to be a Jazz Pickle in San Diego!
That desert island cartoon has all the earmarks of a very dark and sad Corona beer commercial. Or a new kitty litter product.
p.s. Is that Nick Stahl in the tree? Kind of a long shot, but people have been looking for him…
I do consider myself to be a Jazz Pickle, I’ve enjoyed the strip for years. Just wanted to ask though, why only one R in the panel (“Bizaro” Jazz Pickles) I’m wondering we’re there were copyright issues with the author?
Hmm. Not sure what you mean. There are two “R”s in the cartoon on the pickle jar label, if that’s what you mean. One of them is lower case.
Oops… I can’t read… Must get these bifocals adjusted.
Your tiger-island-hide-and-seek cartoon reminded me of the book, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Have you read it? It is good. Have a great day!
I have read it, yes. It’s terrific.
“Life of Pi” is terrific and may be made into a film, which is hard to imagine (and most likely unfortunate if it is indeed realized).
Bath house?!
I don’t see how you can preserve the surprising quality of that book in a film, but an extremely clever writer and director possibly could. It will be interesting to see.
The bath house reference was dark and random, yes. That’s why it made me smile.
Anyone going to Minding Animals in Utrecht? (see http://www.uu.nl/faculty/humanities/EN/congres/mindinganimals/Pages/default.aspx ) I’ll be talking about Life of Pi :)
Wish I was, not as much for the conference as for the trip to Europe. :o)
Jazz pickles could be pickled jazz (instruments): a sax, a trumpet, a string bass soaking in some nice vinegary brine with martinis.
Pickles playing jazz. Like the great pinkwater book Lizard Music. But with pickles. I love the hide and seek cartoon. How are you so brilliant all the time?
I see your cartoon above with the pickle jar, & the witty “shake for 2 weeks”, is the perfect illustration for the back of the T-shirt, not on the front of my chest please!
And thanks for all your wonderful clever cartoons. Keep up up your great work please!
Joya, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Dan, especially wonderful tiger! Excellent! I’m a tiger fan as well as Jazz Pickle. :o)
Just bought your book. As instructed. I’m an obedient lil Jazz Pickle, I am.
I had heard that one sold. Thanks!