Bizarro is brought to you today by Mr. Lizard Head.
I don’t have time to write much today because I’m off in a few minutes for day two of the taping of my super secret TV pilot. It’s super secret for now, but if the network that ordered the pilot likes what we shoot, they’ll sign on for a season and I’ll become an instant publicity whore just like everyone else in this business.
Yesterday’s shooting went really well and I had a ball. SO much fun! Unlike our poor Miss Potatohead above, nobody lost any appendages so I consider that a success. Soon I hope to be able to share my efforts with you, the Jazz Pickly public. Fingers crossed, JPs!
I’m off to the set now; I’ve got 19 hours of monster makeup ahead of me before we start shooting at dawn tomorrow.
Nice touch including the couch.
What’s a potato without a couch?
Dan, Couch is great, potato incomplete without it, concur, what about the firecracker tucked into it and the berry pie on the floor?
I’ve been dropping a small group of icons into my cartoons since 1996. It’s just a little extra fun for the reader to search for them.
I love the detail in your comics – in this one, the peephole being at eye level for the Potatoheads. :)
Thanks so much for noticing!
Expect some criticism from 2nd Amendment advocates over this comic. Imagine denying Miss Potatohead the Right to Bear Arms…
Loved today’s comic, but what I really loved is what was awaiting me at the other end of the “monster makeup” link! I’ve been fortunate (and geeky) enough to see our friend on the big screen…in 3D!
What’s with the “mirror image” pattern on the back ground monster scenery?
Good question. I assume it was a much smaller picture that someone extended outward from the sides with Photoshop.
Ah! I didn’t think of that. I bet you’re right.
Break a leg!
Good luck with you filming. Love the potato head cartoon. Mr. potato head never gets old. My kiddies have accessories for every holiday, and extra arms. :)
That hit my funny bone!
GOOD LUCK , DAN!!!
oops… sorry.
shoulda said “break a leg!”
anyway… hope all goes well!
Dan, Is that you in the Ad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmtWWhADsY
Sorry, no. He has a hat, glasses, and a mustache, but a completely different head and body. :o)
Have you ever done a Bizarro Superman, or Batman?
I’ve done tons of cartoons about Batman and Superman. In fact, my most recent book is a collection of my super hero cartoons. You can find it here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bizarro-heroes-dan-piraro/1100196175?ean=9780867197563&isbn=9780867197563&itm=1&usri=bizarro+heroes
Hey buddy-I know it’s been awhile since I opened up a Mr. Potatohead box-wasn’t aware that a stick of lit(?) dynamite was a Mr. Potatohead “prop”!?
It is in my world. :o)
Hey Dan,would the Potato Kid be in hot water if he peeled out? Or does the Father have thick skin?Good luck with the show.
Ooooooo, the excitement is growing for your super secret tv show pilot. You MUST give us hints! Is there a trio of wacky friends? Are the neighbors wack-a-do? Are you in an institution of higher learning? Is the opening theme song bouncy or serene? Does the sound department have to insert sproinnnnng sound effects? How many doors are on the main set? Are there children or gilled pets involved? Please, one clue?
None of the things you asked will be part of the show. There’s your hint. :o)
This cartoon is particularly brilliant! You have surpassed yourself! Besides the small details that are always so amusing to discern in your work, the overall punch is powerful. The humour precisely illustrates my theory of “distributed desire” I use in my psychiatric-philosophical work by which I mean that desire does not have the body as a boundary, neither one’s own nor another person’s. Desire is just bits of disembodied lust floating beyond the boundaries of the body or even of the person’s identity. Many thanks for your endless creativity and boundary-breaking sense of humour.
Thanks for your nice words, even though I’m not sure what most of them mean. :o)