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Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · Oct 31

Biffo the Bear sitting on a stool with a smug expression, drinking from a bucket of yellow fluid with a long straw, saying "I deserve this!"

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 5h

Beano #764, Mar 9, 1957

Buster has stolen and eaten five of Biffo's famous Outdoor Pancakes (the lack of which makes an audible "GONE" sound) as Biffo's left foot strays dangerously near his campfire.
BIFFO: THIEF!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 8h

Beano #2118, Feb 19, 1983

Biffo is excited to watch the news so he can learn of all the things happening in the world.
NEWSCASTER: Good evening-- Here is the news!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 1d

Beano #1340, Mar 23, 1968

In this thrilling adventure Biffo finds a woman's dustbin lid and is rewarded with a shiny sixpence, which audibly SHATTERS Buster's fragile psyche.
WOMAN: Well done, Biffo! You've found my dustbin lid-- It blew away this morning. Here's a sixpence for you!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 1d

Beano #1128, Feb 29, 1964

Biffo and Buster have entered the school costume contest, with Buster dressed as a Weird Pervert and Biffo as Biffo. But can they compete with the Rogue's Gallery of Freaks and Reprobates that have also entered?
JUDGE: Right, boys and girls, line up so that I can judge your costumes.
FREAK/REPROBATE (pirate): Certainly, headmaster.

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 2d

Beano #1400, May 17, 1969

Biffo, wearing a suit of full plate, wins Ye Pole Vault event at Ye Mediaeval Tracke Meete by using his lance as a pole and landing on his face and neck.
YE OFFICIAL: Well done, Noble Prince!
BIFFO'S FACE AND NECK: Clang!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 2d

Beano #872, Apr 4, 1959

Biffo hurls a pesky salesman out the front door, causing him to flip forward and land on his hand and face.

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 3d

Beano #2233, May 4, 1985

Biffo the Zookeeper disapproves of Roddy, The Leopard's care for his personal appearance and hygiene, and attempts to brainstorm a way to ruin his self-esteem and force him to stop.
BIFFO: Roddy, The Leopard, is always admiring and preening himself! How can we get him to stop it?

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 3d

Beano #593, Nov 28, 1953

Biffo laughs at Buster as his house is destroyed in a flood.
BIFFO: Ha! Ha! Ha! You're a wash-out, Buster!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 4d

Beano #1113, Nov 16, 1963

A mustachioed man is perplexed at Biffo having shaved "DO NOT TOUCH" into his back hair.

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 4d

Beano #911, Jan 2, 1960

Biffo uses his body and skis to spell the word "HELP" as he plummets to his doom.

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 5d

Beano #1685, Nov 2, 1974

Buster, out for a Midnight Walk in his Fancy Walking Robe, encounters a Duende but, ignorant of his Cryptid Lore, mistakes it for a Witch.
BUSTER: G-gasp! A w-witch!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 5d

Beano #1235, Mar 19, 1966

Biffo, working as a hair stylist, winks at you, the readers, as he pours unbelievably toxic 1960s glue on an unsuspecting bald man's head.
BIFFO: Watch this, readers!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 5d

Beano #972, Mar 4, 1961

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 6d

Beano #1486, Jan 9, 1971

Some restauraunt customers are INSULTED and OUTRAGED that the wait staff would dare assume Biffo belonged to them, when he was merely standing outside and staring at them through the window as they eat.
ANGRY CUSTOMER: He's not our bear! He's only looking in the window!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 6d

Beano #820, Apr 5, 1958

A toffee paper gets in the Local Pasteman's face, causing him to drop his Head-Mounted Paste Bucket directly onto Buster's head. Biffo leers ghoulishly at the spectacle unfolding before him.
LOCAL PASTEMAN: Bah! A toffee paper!

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Omega Lairon @omega-lairon.bsky.social · 7d

The "sickos "ha ha ha yes" meme, but with the guy appearing in the Biffo comic in the OP pasted over top of the iconic "sicko" "

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 7d

Beano #1046, Aug 4, 1962

Biffo bathes in a horse trough while the horse watches.
BIFFO: You don't mind, do you? It's the only way I'll get a dip today!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 7d

Beano #684, Aug 27, 1955

Biffo and Buster discover a secret door while moving heavy furniture, which they helpfully narrate so we can tell exactly what is happening.
BIFFO: Wow! You pressed a button that opens the wall!
BUSTER: Help! It's a secret door!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 8d

Beano #876, May 2, 1959

Some sort of Pervert in a blue suit trips Biffo with a scrub brush so he can leer at the soles of his feet.

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 8d

Beano #817, Mar 15, 1958

Biffo has some sort of Episode while juggling a cat and a mouse in order to prevent murderous animal carnage.
BIFFO: Mustn't let Pussy get you! I'll toss you back to my other hand.

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🎨Kokytea (HIATUS) 🔜 #SAFE2026 @kokytea.bsky.social · 9d

I had been looking at @oocbiffo.bsky.social for way too long.

Biffo now lives rent free on my head

The beast himself

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 9d

Beano #1033, May 5, 1962

Buster destroys Biffo's lawn chair by hooking it with his fishing rod and pulling out the support bar.
BUSTER (thinking): Somethin' queer goin' on!
BIFFO: Howl!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 9d

Beano #1978, Jun 14, 1980

Biffo, golfing, winks as he shows off his unusual golf swing, in which he sticks the handle of the club in his mouth and sucks on it while spinning in circles with his hands behind his back. His golfing partner is perplexed, yet seemingly understanding.
BIFFO'S GOLFING PARTNER: Er... Well, I did say a stick of your favourite rock!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 10d

Beano #1552, Apr 15, 1972

Buster is quite surprised that Biffo has dyed all of the hair on his body as well as his skin a bright shiny gold and worn a big blue bow around his neck in exchange for a daily stipend. Biffo has quit his job, however, due to physical abuse by his employer. A Middle-Aged Baby screams furiously in the background.
BUSTER: Oh, it's you with your fur dyed, Biffo!
BIFFO: Yes! I was going to get ten pence a day, but it's not worth getting banged on the head every five minutes!

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 10d

Beano #341, Aug 7, 1948

Biffo shoots a Bag Of Angry Bees at a road worker, causing him to spray a jet of boiling tar into the face of a nearby cop.