In the [Superman] [comic book]s, Bizarro is an [imperfect copy] of the [Man of Steel]. He has [pale], [facet]ed [skin] and wears a backwards "[S]" on his [costume]. He always speaks in the [third person], he's [dumb as a post], and his grasp of [grammar] is very poor, so he tends to say things like "Bizarro am not a [enemy] of Superman! Bizarro am [Superman's bestest friend]!"

In the old "[pre-Crisis]" [DC Comics|DC] Universe, Bizarro was introduced in a 1958 "Superboy" comic. The perversely [backwards] villain was a hit with fans, and he was soon moved up into Superman's regular [rogue's gallery]. Bizarro had his own [planet] he lived on called [Htrae], which was a [cube]. There, just about everyone looked like [Bizarro Superman] and [Bizarro Lois Lane] (The original Bizarro wore a sign around his neck identifying him as "[Bizarro #1]"). A Bizarro's [thought processes] are totally [backwards] -- someone can be sent to [jail] for doing [good deeds], and "You am [ugly cow], Bizarro Lois!" is considered a high [compliment] (and an indicator that someone's about to get some [Bizarro Nookie]).

In the "[post-Crisis]" universe, Bizarro was a creation of [Lex Luthor]. Designed to be a [clone] of Superman, he turned out to have a [flaw] that caused his body and mind to [degenerate]. Though he's been killed multiple times, he makes frequent returns, either as another [imperfect clone] or as a magically generated [duplicate] of the Man of Steel.

The word "Bizarro" has come to mean, in [pop culture], anything that seems to be a strangely backwards copy of something else. There was an episode of "[Seinfeld]" where Elaine met people who looked similar to Jerry, George, and Kramer, but who had stable jobs, nice personalities, and healthy relationships. They were referred to as Bizarro Jerry, Bizarro George, and Bizarro Kramer. And in an episode of the "[Sealab 2021]" cartoon, the crew was tormented by Bizarros, who looked sorta like the original crew members, but wore [black leather], had weird [cybernetic] or [genetic] alterations, acted even [weird]er than the regular crew, and liked to say "[Bizarro!]" over and over and over.

Also, [Bizarro] is a [popular] and very [odd] [comic strip] created by [Dan Piraro]. Started in 1985 to replace [Gary Larson]'s "[The Far Side]" at Chronicle Features after Larson moved his comic to Universal Press Syndicate, the strip features [surreal] situations, [lush] artwork, and completely [weird] humor. Piraro's work on the strip has earned him the [National Cartoonists' Society]'s award for the Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel in 200, 2001, and 2002.

Piraro hides tiny images of [pie]s, [firecracker]s, [bunny|bunnies], [flying saucer]s, and more in almost every [cartoon] he draws.

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