Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 30, 2012

Benny, get a hat with straps and tie it under your chin.

Rat: “I can loan you my rifle and you can snipe them from a distance.”Bennie: “Does it have a nice bow on the barrel?”Rat: "Even better, there’s three “my little ponies” on the stock."

i once knew someone who was a cross-dresser. that explained how the church steeple got the strapless gown.

Pig should be careful. Bears like pork also.

Ha ha!

Does a bear hat in the woods?

Bennie still has to go.

@blunebottle -I’m glad someone else picked up on that… I was beginning to doubt my own sanity (although others have doubted it for years.)

I sympathize with Bennie. It’s a NICE hat! —Too nice to lose on a wild rabbit chase! Leave that to Elmer.

Fashion is such a demanding mistress.

What a dumb Bennie.

I was wondering when Bennie would reappear, although i expected him to be in a hospital or something like that because the boots

Bennie the bear ? why not Ratsie the Rat? Gus the goat? etc

Maybe if the rabbits are wearing hats …..?

Meh, go for a Cowboy hat

I’m with Rat. Pastis needs to be smacked around.

If it had a price tag dangling we could say it’s “Pearl’s for Pearls…..”

Look how long Bennie’s legs are, and look how tall his boots were… am I missing something, or were his feet not at the bottom of the boots? Unless he had about 50 pairs of Dr. Scholl’s in them…

Bennie obviously doesn’t know that roses in hats are SOOOOOO last month.

Pig appears to be standing in the same spot in both panels, yet as I see it, the picture on the wall in panel one depicts Rat and Pig, while in panel two, LGD.and Pig.

Love it Love it Love it!

xxx

Bennie is trying to avoid skin cancer… quite fetchingly, too!

Is Bennie a member of the Jamie Farr fan club?

Lil Guard Duck don’t share his ordnance with nobody nohow.

the pcture changes!!!

More Crocs………

Also, the lamp looks a little fatter in the first frame than in the second. You will probably have to zoom in to see it though.

I think Bennie should be brave and wear his BOOTS with his nice new HAT!!!!!

that hat is similar to the one Stewie Griffin wore on Family Guy

I’m not feeling the funniness in this recurring bear. Bring back the snap-snap mafia frog!!!!!!

Bennie’s a little lite in his loafers.

I think that rat needs to pay you a visit, Firedome.

Sounds like he has identity issues. Although he probably should have kept the boots. They would look good with the hat.

The picture change in the third panel could be a tribute to Berke Breathed. I seem to recall that the changing picture on the wall was a fairly frequent gag in Bloom County.

I always thought bears used rabbits to wipe af………oh never mind.

am i the only one concerned about HOPS in this scam?!

Hats off to Stephan for this one!

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But some probably think he needs to get the boot.

and yet no one asks why bennie doesn’t have “sticks” for legs/feet…..

That’s one queer bear!

Fashion before practicality and comfort.

It’s just so hard for Bennie to completely abandon the whole ensemble.

Beauty hurts.