Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2013

“My wife Staci threw me out of the house”; could this be the prelude to a story arc ripping off The Odd Couple?

Maybe he doesn’t smell, but sometimes…..

Flag the troll, everyone.

I don’t think “Pow! Pow!” was from the video game.

I thought Rat and Pig had the Odd Couple covered.

I’m not a cartoonist, haven’t been thrown out of the house and not up for adoption…otherwise, this would be me.

How much does it cost to keep this Steph in food and drink each day, Shelter Staff Person? Is it housebroken? Does it get along with other pets? Has it had its shots?

“I’m cheap to feed; ramen noodles and pizza by the slice keep me perfectly happy.”

Why are you still here then?

He FINALLY gets it….

In this particular case, Rat’s alter ego, Toon Boy, is not BSing.

Alas poor Pastis

I wouldn’t mind a man who stayed in his own room all day…

poppy says have sunday

sorry happy sunday

and runs away from home to go to book signings all over the country…

Poor Pig. Wrong again.

I work from home, this one is very close to home. laugh out loud

You’re welcome here, Pastis. You’ll be sharing a room with two dwarf rabbits. Maybe they’ll give you ideas for your strip. We have animals galore, inside and out. Place is a comedy show waiting to be discovered. I’ll require one decent pun every day for rent.

Like others have already said " STEPHAN " Your strip is becoming more “BORING” every day. You must eliminate yourself from your strip!!!

Good News, Steph! Someone phoned & offered to adopt you! Bad News—It was Larry!

He would have to be house trained. And no shedding.

Call the The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Pastis’ (ASPCP)

Smelling is easy. All you have to do is sniff.

Please adopt him or he’ll be sent to the youth in Asia . . . ☻

Oh, snap! Move over, Oscar Wilde!

Stephan, I shared email with you years ago when you were just starting out. You’ve never lost your touch! I LOVED this one!

Having a pig tell you that you don’t “smell that bad” really helps.

Well, at least he knows his flaws…

Wait a second…HE’S ACTUALLY MARRIED?!?

“Madame, You smell, I stink. Thank you.”

I would like to see the person all this would appeal to – or maybe not.

…wow, is stephen related to my ex?

Today I learned that I am Stephen Pastis.

Love it!

xxx

Hmmm maybe your name is Staci?

I don’t see any trolls. The moderators must have taken care of it already. >Anyway, I generally don’t like fourth wall stories but this one is pretty funny. I think I said that a week or so ago too, so the score is what? Two that I liked out of four hundred fourth wall strips? That’s more than I would have thought. Stephen is getting better. I like most of the others btw, otherwise I wouldn’t read it every day.

I love it, Steph!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

This sounds like Stephan is almost a software developer.

I am assuming that the picture of him wearing a straw hat in the ad for his book at the top right on this gocomics page is not too retouched and is recently taken. Please let us know if it looks like the Stephan you met in person.

Not sure I like this. It seems like a pun at the whole purpose of shelter stories. Not sure Steph getting kicked out because of the list of his disqusting habits equate to the abuse and/or abandonment sheltered animals faced by their previous owners. The problem with comics like Steph is they sometimes blur the line between humor and being mean… Mr. Gervis. Please support sheltered animals.

the 8th panel sounds like rat. makes you wonder………..