Godot Gist
I’ve never seen or read Waiting for Godot but I’ve done numerous cartoons about it. It’s one of those tropes that cartoonists return to again and again, and most of them have not read it, either. One might understandably wonder how that can be but if you think about it, most cartoons are not about things in the author’s personal experience. Cavemen, the Middle Ages, Dragons, being stranded on a desert island, the list of common cartoon situations that no cartoonist has experienced is endless.
When it comes to common cartoon tropes like “Waiting for Godot,” however, the field is crowded with previous attempts and so you have to be careful you’re not taking an angle someone has taken before. While Godot texting to say he’s going to be late has been done before, the above angle on the pandemic has not (to my knowledge) so here we are.
Regarding doing cartoons on topics you don’t really know much about, I developed that skill in public school where I discovered that if you paid just enough attention to get the gist of something, you could just draw pictures in your spiral notebook the rest of the time and still pass the tests later. They thought they were training me to be a corporate slave but I learned to be a cartoonist instead.
Now let’s dive into the Bizarro cartoons Wayno did this week and find out what experiences he didn’t have…
I suppose I should have included a trigger warning for people who are squash-violence-sensitive. My apologies. Relax, breathe deeply, have a pumpkin latte. Oops. Sorry again.
I can’t help imagining him at the office giving a presentation when suddenly, back home, his dog decides to chew up that doll.
Recently, and for the first time in my life, I looked up the ingredients to haggis. How I wish I could un-know that.
Iron Bunnies of Doom are among our favorite bands at both Rancho Bizarro and Bizarro Studios North. We’re also quite fond of TNT, Lost Loafers, and The Eyeball Harmonica Orchestra. We are, of course, still grieving Lost Pie after their plane went down over the Pacific Ocean and has still not been located.
Over on Wayno’s weekly cartoon blog post, he rattles the rafters with some choice, oddball music as usual, but this time in the spirit of Halloween. Never a good idea to miss that!
Don’t be such an ingrate, Yorick. I know a metatarsal that would kill for that role.
To come full circle, here’s a perfect example of a cartoon not drawn from Wayno’s personal experience.
That concludes this week’s visit to the monkey house, Jazz Pickles. Thanks for ducking the feces with us once again. If you’ve been following and/or supporting my graphic novel, Peyote Cowboy, I thank you. The story is just now starting to hit its stride and I’m very gratified to hear how excited about it some of you are. It really makes my day.
If you’d like to get caught up on the story so far before I post the next episode on Tuesday, here’s the episodes page.
Until next time, may the universe be kind to us all and I think we all know what I mean by that.
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