Dan Piraro’s comics named ‘Bizarro’ are quite popular, especially if you’ve read certain newspapers before. The artist’s comics are released daily, so pretty much 365 days a year, non-stop. Dan’s comics are featured in more than 300 newspapers, and many of us probably grew up reading them, as his art style might just be ingrained in our memory. It’s fair to say that the artist’s work brings a sense of nostalgia now.
In case you’d like to see Dan’s previous posts on Bored Panda, then make sure to click here, here, and here for parts 1, 2, and 3.
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Don't forget to spot the eye and / or the alien in every picture !
Load More Replies...Okay, a lot of folks don't know the mini-game with every comic panel: the number next to the signature "Wayno & Piraro 4" means there are 4 secret symbols to find (dynamite, eyeball, pipe, alien, etc)!
From the future dental visit (gum) to the crispy arsenic with the tagline "make your last meal worth it" this one panel comic speaks volumes!
PieEye? And also another alien. I’m beginning to suspect something…
Products from top right: Pie Eye, My Corn Syrup Addiction, Carpet Scraps, Self Loathing, idiot, crispy arsenic, gum free, future dental visit, pragrant vagrant (sic), more better, and the cashier's name is Betsy. And you must be 21 to vote drunk.
In the last interview with Bored Panda, Dan didn't shy away to tell us a little bit about the main goal of his one-paneled comics as he mentioned hoping to make a living out of it.
"I got into cartooning in hopes of finding a way to make a living that didn’t make me want to jump out of a window. My cartoons are meant to make people laugh and occasionally make them think."
The number next to the signature "Wayno & Piraro 3" means there are 3 secret symbols to find (dynamite, eyeball, pipe, alien, crown, etc)!
"I have been doing some form of art virtually every day since before I can remember. Even as a 3-year-old, art was my favorite thing to do. I also played sports, explored outdoors, etc., but art was always my go-to if given a choice. Now in my 60s, I still do it every day, whether I’m being paid for it or not." Dan said to us when asked about how he got into the art in the first place.
I hunted it down in an image search and there's nothing. You can't really make out the specifics, but it's just made to look like a newspaper. Seemingly random censorship. Weird.
Load More Replies...Love the Easter eggs, that all the comics share, either a pie, alien, bomb, or eyeball.
See if you can spot them. K2 o2 alien eyeball pie dynamite pipe and various other things
My dog friends on Twitter are crazy about your cartoons. I'm posting this one with full acknowledgment and credit for you. Not needed really because we all love your silly take on dogs.
Yes. Why is the newspaper censored? But hey, that's a dog for you. We have three now and have had many. Never enough dogs. LOL
Alien in a space ship check, blueberry pie check, dynamite stick check, upside down bird - wait, what? And a bunny?
Don't forget the steer with the arrow in it's behind.
Load More Replies...Dan's comics usually cover a lot of topics, but we wanted to know if perhaps he had a few he was particularly fond of or some that provided him with a lot of ideas.
"If I can create a joke that can be drawn, any topic is fair game unless it is vulgar, discriminatory, or violent. I have some favorite topics that I return to over and again, however: cowboys and the Old West, psychology, pets, heaven, and hell, evolution."
Hah, but the dynamite. Vampires, you have become a part of something bigger than yourself.
This artist tucks objects (like the dynamite, tobacco pipe, pie, martian) into each comic!
Load More Replies...Of our love! Never have I seen so much blood! (Song lyrics please don't downvote me)
Load More Replies...Now that's a threesome I'm down for or would that be foursome me eating the three of them?
The number next to the signature "Wayno & Piraro 4" means there are 4 secret symbols to find (dynamite, eyeball, pipe, alien, crown, etc)!
Found eyeball, alien & crown. What am I missing? Does "bunny" count? Lol I feel like I've seen bunnies hidden in his work before....
Load More Replies...When asked about his drawing style, whether it was cartoony, realistic, or something else entirely, the artist told us that, "My drawing style is fairly realistic for a cartoon and my humor style is strange. That makes me a surrealist humorist, I suppose."
So Pandas, which of Dan's newest comics did you like the most? Let us know down in the comments and we will see you soon in part 5 (hopefully)!
Is that pop-eye's wife olive or something in the poster in the back?
The number next to the signature "Piraro 9" means there are 9 secret symbols to find (dynamite, eyeball, pipe, alien, crown, etc)!
Same pie, alien, upside hat clad bird in all? What's with olive'oyl on the wall...
See if you can spot them. K2 o2 alien eyeball pie dynamite pipe and various other things
Lol @ slackerman. I shall use this as a new pet name for my husband 😃
Let me guess, Captain America's roomate chores are to captainize everyone and americanize everything in the house ?
Nothing in the house to americanize guess he's done lol
Load More Replies...And Captain America's job is to make sure every other roommate in the house is doing things the way HE thinks they should be done, even though he's really the youngest and least experienced of the home crew
thats not a very nice thing to call that poor chihuahua /j
Load More Replies...there is alien, pie, an eye, and dynamite in most of the pictures
The number besides his signature tells how many absurd figures are included in the cartoon.
Load More Replies...Did the gave the Mini Death a pool noodle scythe? Doesn't look like a Nerf to me
Wait! Where's the pipe!?! I just see the pie.:/
Load More Replies...I don't understand why the k2 in the comics ? That stuff is really dangerous
Pie, dynamite, alien, pipe, 02... I'm only missing one and it's bugging me!!!
another stick of dynamite and some eyeballs peeking in. they were in some other comics.
Trying to think of an insect or fly pun to make about Scully and Mulder but nothing...buzzarre! (I'll see myself out)
Poo(think is dinner tho), crown, eyeball, 02, fly version of alien. I miss any??
As a bunny mama, I've always wondered if I should get my bun a large hat to play in.
I love her earrings, piercings specific to anthropomorphic animals are always so cool, and kinda rare.
It's one of the comic artist's little additions to his work - in each of the panels you'll see at least one. (Eyeball, alien, dynamite, pie, pipe)
Next to his signature you can see the number 3, that's how many of his hidden items are there!
Load More Replies...It's just one of the secret symbols to look for: dynamite, eyeball, alien, K2 etc
Load More Replies...The alien spaceship, eyeball and dynamite I see .. but Where's the Pipe?
I love the artist's traditional style of drawing! (And am quite intrigued by the presence of slices of pie/eyeballs, along with the occasional alien that looks like Kodos from the Simpsons)
If you look at the signature, there's a little number that says how many secret symbols are hidden in the comic. You can find a list of all the symbols on the Bizarre website
Load More Replies...These are Bizarro comics. There are items hidden in each comic. By the signature it tells you how many to look for. Items hidden may include a smoker's pipe, upside down bird, K2, flying saucer, pink bunny, eyeball, pie, 02 or Olive Oyl count as the same, loafer shoe, arrow, crown, fish, dynamite. I think that's it so 13 possible items. But by the signature of the cartoon and the date originally published it will tell you how many to look for
Also hiding sticks of dynamite, and a smoking pipe in almost every comic.
The artist hides stuff in every panel. The number next to the name is how many are hidden. K2, 02, eye, pie, alien, crown, and dynamite.
Load More Replies...Oof relatable. But the inner demons scream, and you’re in a car.
That's not fair, he's go an ID for every limb or body organ owner and to sum it he will be ancient...
There is also an alien, a stick of dynamite, a pipe, a bunny, a crown and k2! Not everything is in every panel.
02,k2,crown,dynamite,eyeball,alien,pipe,bunnies,pie, all reoccurring
Okay Gary, way to point out the downside in EVERY SITUATION!
Load More Replies...That Fish is not being eaten... he is a parasite fish that eats the tongue of the larger fish, grouper I believe, and attaches itself and becomes the live tongue replacement the fish. So... he became something larger then himself.
Oh my lord, that is both terrifying and amazing
Load More Replies...Perfect opertunity for it too, dynamite fishing baby! 🧨 🎣
Load More Replies...OK, they're all on the wall. Like how she put bunny and dynamite together.
Double dynamite??? Is the fishtail a new thing.? I saw it in another one.....
The artist refers to his readers as “Jazz Pickles”, there’ s one on the wall hehe.
And 12. And a stick of dynamite, an eyeball and an alien flying a spaceship. I love these little Easter eggs.
Load More Replies...There is the upside down bird with the top hat making it's appearance again!
Don't see that, but see the pipe, eye and blueberry pie!
Load More Replies...1 eyeball, upside down bird, pipe, alien, blueberry pie, 02 and crown...
Also a rabbit on the laptop, and dynomite at lower left. The signature shows 10, but I only see 9.
Load More Replies...Eyeball by plant, crown in award, 02 on books, 2 framed pic and alien on wall, pie on the floor, bunny video, k2 on dog couch, dynamite on back of chair.
I think it's supposed to be him; it even looks like a mole there.
Load More Replies...I think there's hidden objects lying around these pictures. There four in this one.
"The mysteries of K2"... About halfway this page: https://www.bizarro.com/secret-symbols
Load More Replies...Wait, if this service is for the OLIVE, then what's in the shaker "urn"?
Yea the lady would remember him, for all the indulgent nights at the bar stool.
Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition, merger inquisition gives a little bit of warning
You didn't see the other comments? It's literally the first of all of them listed.
Load More Replies...The artwork is incredible, and being able to hide so many items is really incredible. There is so much to be impressed by!
Wow! Upsidedown bird, dynamite, pipe, crown, cake, eye, ufo and bunny in one image
Why is there sometimes a pice of blueberry pie randomly placed in the scene? LOL
...it is hidden in almost every picture like the eyeball and the UFO.
Load More Replies...I kind of wish there was also something like a pebble, rock candy, and the likeness of Dwayne "the rock" Johnson in the background
It's a little extra the artist puts in. Like the eyeball, the dynamite, the pipe, k2, and the alien... Ooh and sometimes the the tail of a fish
Load More Replies..."Items left more than thirty days will be thrown to wolves"? 😳 Radical policy.
Not the original pilgrims, but I think most depictions of the Salem witch trials had people in similar wear. I think burning at the stake was not actually common there either, but it's still a common imagery
Load More Replies...Kids have a fear of monsters under their beds. Vice versa monsters fear kids on top of the bed
Load More Replies...To anyone wondering about the pipes and eyeballs and aliens in the comics... you can find the explanation here: https://www.bizarro.com/secret-symbols
Thank you, knowing that there is a number to tell you how many are in each picture really helped.
Load More Replies...Congratulations on reaching the comment section! Now you can go back and find the secret symbols in the comics! Pipe. Flying Saucer Alien. Bunny. Eyeball. Upside-down Bird. Pie. Oyl. Loafer. Arrow. K2. Crown. Fish. Dynamite.
Have you realized that there are secret symbols? There are a pipe, flying saucer alien, dynamite, K2, pie, etc.
In my defense this was originally 70 comics. They’ve shortened to the top 30. If you’d read the bottom 40 you would agree with me.
Load More Replies...To anyone wondering about the pipes and eyeballs and aliens in the comics... you can find the explanation here: https://www.bizarro.com/secret-symbols
Thank you, knowing that there is a number to tell you how many are in each picture really helped.
Load More Replies...Congratulations on reaching the comment section! Now you can go back and find the secret symbols in the comics! Pipe. Flying Saucer Alien. Bunny. Eyeball. Upside-down Bird. Pie. Oyl. Loafer. Arrow. K2. Crown. Fish. Dynamite.
Have you realized that there are secret symbols? There are a pipe, flying saucer alien, dynamite, K2, pie, etc.
In my defense this was originally 70 comics. They’ve shortened to the top 30. If you’d read the bottom 40 you would agree with me.
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