From Clay Jones on his political cartoon “Creepy Clowns,” creepy clown sightings across the U.S., and how we will have at least four more years of them
There seems to be a new fad, probably temporary, of creepy clown sightings.
This “clown phenomenon” started in Greenville, South Carolina, where some children reported a clown trying to entice them to follow him or her into the woods. Since then, there have been reported sightings of clowns across the East Coast, mostly at college campuses. They tend to freak people out, and police respond though half the time it’s not clear if a law is being broken of if there was even a clown at all.
It all sounds like an M. Night Shyamalan movie. Remember his movie, “The Happening,” where nothing actually happens? It reminds me of that since nothing is actually happening, though clown attacks are more intriguing than that movie’s attack by plants. How in the hell did that guy convince a studio to finance a movie with the synopsis of shrubbery telling people to kill themselves? I’m sorry. I started ranting. Anyway.
There have also been reports and rumors of calls being made to schools threatening an attack by clowns with guns. I’m not sure if that one’s true.
This may just be a thing where people are getting their rocks off by putting on a clown costume and scaring strangers. That’s kinda messed.
Every night as I cartoon, I watch “Frasier” (another reason why the Mr. Clean song has been stuck in my head for a month). It’s part of my routine in addition to listening to music on YouTube (trying to get that Mr. Clean song out of my head). On one episode, Frasier dresses as a clown to scare his father and ends up giving him a small heart attack. People are freaked out by clowns. If I run into a Mr. Clean clown, I will crap a monkey.
I can appreciate a good prank, especially if you’re scaring friends and family. Who doesn’t enjoy making their father spit his teeth out? But it’s still kinda weird. And if you’re doing it to freak out strangers, especially children, then you’re just messed up. The amount of effort that goes into this sort of prank should indicate that the perpetrators are psychotic.
Clowns are not cool, except for Heath Ledger in that Batman movie, and they gave him an Oscar for that performance. You’re not Heath Ledger. You’re not going to win an Oscar. You’re going to win a buttful of buck shot if you scare the wrong hillbilly.
The reports state that this clown fad started in August. The report is wrong. It started over a year ago, and if we’re not careful, it’ll stick around for another four.
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Now let’s not encourage violence against clowns. CLOWNS LIVES MATTER. (see Natl. Clown Association) Perhaps were dealing with INSANE CLOWN POSSE fanatics. Whatever the case, based on your cartoon, the crazy clowns would obviously be supporting Hillary for President. Perhaps her VP pick is a closet clown. He’s a stange guy with that quirky eyebrow. He doesn’t even need makeup. On that note, you’re absolutely right in an absurd way. Those pranking clowns better not cross the legal line if Trump becomes President. LOL. nice cartoon. –