Fred the Clown #2

In "Dummies," Fred the Clown brings his ventriloquist dummy to Mugwhump's Theatre for a job interview, only to find the dummy leaving a trail of sarcastic notes mocking him along the way. Heartbroken and frustrated, Fred abandons the dummy on the street, but when he reaches the theatre, he hesitates—then turns back, only to discover the dummy has vanished.

In "Fredbelly Sings the Blues," Fred, ever the tragicomic soul, belts out a mournful tune about the time a wild night of drinking cost him a decade—and when he finally came back, his lover was gone, swallowed by ants. Written by Fred the Clown, this one-page lament is equal parts absurd and oddly heartfelt, wrapped in the kind of dark humor that only a clown could deliver with a straight face.