I stumbled across the Blog of Dan Piraro, the creator of the syndicated carton “Bizarro” and though perhaps our fellow pipe smokers out there would get a kick out of this.

If you don’t get “Bizarro” in your local newspaper, you should send a letter to the editor to get it added. As the title suggests, the humor in his single-panel strips could be best considered skewed and a bit out there but who else would come up with idea of a pug trying to legitimize their owner’s bad taste by adding an ascot and a pipe to complete the look.

It appears that Mr. Piraro is a fellow brother of the leaf as his header shows him mugging for the camera, cigar in hand. Now if we can only get him to take up the pipe so he could be a brother of the briar or meerschaum as well.

Thoughts? Don’t forget to leave a comment below and let us know what you think of his work!