An early Bizarro panel, from Dan Piraro's fourth year of drawing it (1989). Note that there is no precise date as Dan was syndicated by the San Francisco Chronicle back then and there was no guarantee that all the newspapers buying the comic were running them in the same order. (Exact dates came later when Bizarro changed syndicators to King Features in the late 1990s.)
Anyway, enjoy.
Breaking away from the "first bird of spring" theme for a little while, here is Speed Bump from this date in 2012:
This Strange Brew is actually from three years ago tomorrow, but as we have another calendar conflict I am presenting it a day "early" in keeping with the theme of the past few days.
And now here's a Six Chix strip from March 4, 2014 ... following up nicely on the theme of our just-completed trio of Mutts strips. (In case it's too small to read, Margaret Shulock is the "chick" drawing this panel; as I explained way back a couple hundred entries ago, Six Chix is a collaborative effort by six female cartoonists, each of which draws the strip one day a week and one Sunday every six weeks.)
The third in a row of "Spring early birds" from Mutts, two years ago today:
Another "too early a bird" Mutts, from this date in 2014.
We'll do three Mutts strips in a row now, from two different years but with a common theme. The first was published March 3, 2012.
This is a comic I don't follow, but which occasionally people bring to my attention. It's called Close To Home and it's humor is, like the other single-panels we feature, on the absurd side. This one is from one year ago today.
I'm posting this Speed Bump from 2013 early because we'll be in a Mutts story arc when the actual anniversary comes. I didn't want to pass it up ... reminds me too much off all those times I fell asleep as a kid in the back seat of our car on the way home from somewhere.
Believe it or not, I have a "leap day" toon! Frank and Ernest had a bird-themed strip on this date eight years ago (2008) ... or is that two years ago because this date only occurs every fourth year?
