2. Stays in there until I goes and gets more help!
3. Bozo a true patriot. A salute to Bozo.
And once again, great artwork and perspectives. And once again a big thumbs up to Foxo’s Magnificent Masterpiece. Such realistic depth feeling you get when you see the scenes in this comic.
Gent has commented at length on various aspects of Foxo Reardon’s expert artistry, especially his use of perspective and the skillful composition of panels. I wrote about the use of “costuming” to instantly indicate personality, class, profession, etc. Now I’d like to solicit comments from Bozo fans about what I’ll call the subtle differences in the level of “cartoonishness” of the drawings.
Comics strips are usually drawn to be either fairly realistic (Prince Valiant, Tarzan), or to a large degree stylized (Wizard of Id, Nancy). Where there is a mixture of styles, we often see realistic backgrounds peopled with cartoonish characters in the artist’s signature style (Doonesbury, Ballard Street). Bozo seems to do things a bit differently.
Backgrounds and pretty young women are simplified almost to the essentials, but still very realistic. Background characters are a bit more cartoonish, but not in an extremely exaggerated way, unless the gag requires it. For an examples from today’s strip, look at the lion. Foxo could clearly have drawn a more accurate and scarier lion, but this cute cartoony cat is perfect for the joke he wanted to draw. See how the nose is done.
Fuzzy, the umbrella guy, is even more stylized than typical background humans, but the most unrealistic recurring character is Bozo himself. His dark circle of a nose (unique to him), bushy hair, and disproportionately short legs, in conjunction with his lack of speech, give him an almost monkey-like appearance which somehow fits his lovable, mischievous character. Thoughts?
Ok, I know this is a bit off subject, but I’m going to do it anyway, that is, pay tribute to a great and humble man and one of the greatest coaches in college football, Bobby Bowden, who passed away this morning at age 91.
1) Lion Chase: Taunting the cat causes Bozo to out run the large animal circles around.
2) Where are you going?: Large fat man fell into but not through an open sewer hole access. Bozo finds it is easier to finish his fall with Bozo’s muscular aid.
3) 4th of July on the 3rd: Soldiers marching, short Bozo climbs on a light pole and hitches a ride on a bayonet waving the 48 star U.S. flag.
danketaz Premium Member over 2 years ago
1 And in the ensuing chaos, Umbrella Guy sneaked into the Big Top.
2 What won’t go up, must go down.
3 Bozo’s running a rear guard action.
Gent over 2 years ago
1. Whoa! Leaping lions! That was unexpected.
2. Stays in there until I goes and gets more help!
3. Bozo a true patriot. A salute to Bozo.
And once again, great artwork and perspectives. And once again a big thumbs up to Foxo’s Magnificent Masterpiece. Such realistic depth feeling you get when you see the scenes in this comic.
Kip Williams over 2 years ago
Reminded of a scene in MEMENTO where the amnesiac protagonist is in the middle of a chase and doesn’t know if he’s the hunter or the hunted.
Mark Thomas over 2 years ago
1. I feel bad for the lion, he knows if Bozo catches him, he’s a goner.
2. Like a cork in a bottle.
3. Bozo gets the “Point”.
Solstice*1947 over 2 years ago
Gent has commented at length on various aspects of Foxo Reardon’s expert artistry, especially his use of perspective and the skillful composition of panels. I wrote about the use of “costuming” to instantly indicate personality, class, profession, etc. Now I’d like to solicit comments from Bozo fans about what I’ll call the subtle differences in the level of “cartoonishness” of the drawings.
Comics strips are usually drawn to be either fairly realistic (Prince Valiant, Tarzan), or to a large degree stylized (Wizard of Id, Nancy). Where there is a mixture of styles, we often see realistic backgrounds peopled with cartoonish characters in the artist’s signature style (Doonesbury, Ballard Street). Bozo seems to do things a bit differently.
Backgrounds and pretty young women are simplified almost to the essentials, but still very realistic. Background characters are a bit more cartoonish, but not in an extremely exaggerated way, unless the gag requires it. For an examples from today’s strip, look at the lion. Foxo could clearly have drawn a more accurate and scarier lion, but this cute cartoony cat is perfect for the joke he wanted to draw. See how the nose is done.
Fuzzy, the umbrella guy, is even more stylized than typical background humans, but the most unrealistic recurring character is Bozo himself. His dark circle of a nose (unique to him), bushy hair, and disproportionately short legs, in conjunction with his lack of speech, give him an almost monkey-like appearance which somehow fits his lovable, mischievous character. Thoughts?
El-Kabong over 2 years ago
3. Grand and glorious and great.
mreardon53 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ok, I know this is a bit off subject, but I’m going to do it anyway, that is, pay tribute to a great and humble man and one of the greatest coaches in college football, Bobby Bowden, who passed away this morning at age 91.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 2 years ago
1) Lion Chase: Taunting the cat causes Bozo to out run the large animal circles around.
2) Where are you going?: Large fat man fell into but not through an open sewer hole access. Bozo finds it is easier to finish his fall with Bozo’s muscular aid.
3) 4th of July on the 3rd: Soldiers marching, short Bozo climbs on a light pole and hitches a ride on a bayonet waving the 48 star U.S. flag.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 2 years ago
For those who haven’t noticed, it looks like Bozo’s twin brother may have appeared in the last panel of “Origins of the Sunday Comics” today.