History ComicStrip / Bizarro

It is a little like ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' in its scope, but with more conventional jokes and less absurdity. That being said, the occasional NonSequitur is not unheard of. The comic has no recurring characters or ongoing plot, though Piraro sometimes draws characters [[CreatorCameo looking like himself or his wife]]. There are however a set of recurring [[EasterEgg symbols]] that are inserted into strips JustForFun.

* BrickJoke: The March 13, 2011 comic features a wide plain, strange objects, and a sign says "Build Your Own Surrealist Landscape". The flaming giraffe is referenced with another batch of surreal objects in the January 15, 2012 comic.

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A one-panel gag NewspaperComic drawn by Dan Piraro since 1986.

It is a little like ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' in its scope, but with more conventional jokes and less absurdity. That being said, the occasional NonSequitur is not unheard of. The comic has no recurring characters or ongoing plot, though Piraro sometimes draws characters [[CreatorCameo looking like himself or his wife]]. There are however a set of recurring [[EasterEgg symbols]] that are inserted into strips JustForFun. Their origins are explained ([[FauxSymbolism or not]]) [[http://www.bizarro.com/symbols/index.htm here]].

* DrosteImage: The last panel of [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2012/07/14/founding-relationship-stink-island-crow-finger/ the July 15, 2013 strip]] shows the comic as an example of "unframed framed framers of the Constitution" with the final panel of that inset comic with the comic.
* FarSideIsland: [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2010/11/28/cliche-discussion/ According to the July 2, 1995 strip]], it's more populated than one might expect.

* KingKongClimb: In the [[http://bizarrocomics.com/files/2013/08/Bizarro-08-04-13-WEB.jpg comic for August 4th, 2013]], a man watches out a window as Slothra (a humongous sloth) and Panda Kong (a gigantic panda) climb the Empire State Building.

* MagicSkirt: Piraro muses [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2009/04/04/world-wrestling/ in a blog post]] that if Atlas held the world up, and people in Antarctica saw him, he would appear as if his skirt was fixed in place even though he was upside-down to them.

* MistookTheDominantLifeform: The aliens of the [[http://bizarro.com/comics/february-8-2015/ February 8, 2015]] strip bring a cat back to their leader, as "they make hilarious videos".
* MonkeyMoralityPose: [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2011/06/26/monkey-shines-for-the-lord/ Parodied in the June 26, 2011 strip.]]

* PoliticiansKissBabies: [[http://www.bizarrocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bz-panel-04-24-12.jpg The comic for April 24th, 2012]]. A FunnyAnimal cat politician is shown ''licking'' a kitten held by a female supporter.

* RealMenWearPink: The [[http://bizarro.com/comics/january-28-2010/ January 28, 2010]] comic features a pirate with a bunny instead of a PirateParrot, yet being no less badass to those who might mock him.
* RecurringExtra: A pink bunny, a slice of pie, a green-iris eyeball, a small alien in a hovercraft, an upside-down bird in a top hat, a fish's tail, a stick of dynamite, "K2", a crown, an arrow and (as of May 2017) [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Olive Oyl]] or the abbreviation "O2" appear in the backgrounds of many comics. [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2012/01/15/surreal-dead-clown-courtesy/ Some of the time, they're part of the joke.]] The number above Piraro's signature indicates how many of these extras appear in a strip.

* TropeName: The [[http://bizarro.com/comics/march-8-2015/ March 8, 2015]] comic parodies sports newscasting in this format.

* RecurringExtra: A pink bunny, a slice of pie, a green-iris eyeball, a small alien in a hovercraft, an upside-down bird in a top hat, a fish's tail, a stick of dynamite, "K2", a crown, an arrow and (as of May 2017) [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Olive Oyl]] or the abbreviation "O2" appear in the backgrounds of many comics.[http://bizarrocomics.com/2012/01/15/surreal-dead-clown-courtesy/ Some of the time, they're part of the joke.]] The number above Piraro's signature indicates how many of these extras appear in a strip.

* RecurringExtra: A pink bunny, slice of pie, a green-iris eyeball, a small alien in a hovercraft, an upside-down bird in a top hat, a fish's tail, a stick of dynamite, "K2", and a crown with "R" on it appear in the backgrounds of many comics. [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2012/01/15/surreal-dead-clown-courtesy/ Some of the time, they're part of the joke.]] The number above Piraro's signature indicates how many of these extras appear in a strip.

Has no relation to SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}}, Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart, from the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' multimedia franchise.

* FollowTheLeader: Of ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''. Literally following that is. It was the replacement for ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' for Chronicle features when ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' moved to Universal Press Syndicate. Then when Larson retired from ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' ''Bizarro'' moved... to the Universal Press Syndicate.

* MagicSkirt: Piraro muses [[http://bizarrocomics.com/2009/04/04/world-wrestling/ in a blog post]] that if Atlas held world up, and people in Antarctica saw him, he would appear as if his skirt was fixed in place even though he was upside-down to them.

Has no relation to Bizarro, Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart, from the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' multimedia franchise.

Has no relation to Bizarro, Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart, from the Franchise/{{Superman}} franchise.

Has no relation to Franchise/{{Superman}}'s reverse-logically-thinking counterpart.

%%Has no relation to Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart.

Has no relation to Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart.

Has no relation to [[ComicBook/{{Bizarro}} Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart]].

Has no relation to [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}} Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart]].

* LongerThanLifeSentence: In one strip, an extremely old suspect is told by his lawyer that he was scheduled to receive 80 years in jail, but the lawyer manage to convince the judge to "decrease" his sentence to life.

Has no relation to [[ComicBook/{{Bizarro}} Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart]].

It is a little like ''TheFarSide'' in its scope, but with more conventional jokes and less absurdity. That being said, the occasional NonSequitur is not unheard of. The comic has no recurring characters or ongoing plot, though Piraro sometimes draws characters [[CreatorCameo looking like himself or his wife]]. There are however a set of recurring [[EasterEgg symbols]] that are inserted into strips JustForFun. Their origins are explained ([[FauxSymbolism or not]]) [[http://www.bizarro.com/symbols/index.htm here]].

* FollowTheLeader: Of ''TheFarSide''. Literally following that is. It was the replacement for ''TheFarSide'' for Chronicle features when ''TheFarSide'' moved to Universal Press Syndicate. Then when Larson retired from ''TheFarSide'' ''Bizarro'' moved... to the Universal Press Syndicate.

Has no relation to [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}} Superman's reverse-logically-thinking counterpart]].