Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 01, 2013

Larry would combust if he “guarded” and/or “stole” a phoenix.

Looking at the poses of Patty and Junior in the first two panels, I wonder if SP is using the Garry Trudeau Method of Cartooning (i.e., a copier).

Bob. Get some originality, Pastis! Like, name a character Joe or something!

pastis is protecting the environment. he’s recycling names.

Didn’t Larry die and get reincarnated as giant Jeffy? Where’s the continuity?

Thank you!

Larry! It’s not nice to spit out bird feathers while making your denials to Boss Bob! And, by the way, you seem to be putting on some weight….

Both of them, their mouths differ between the panels too.

“Doze” is not big words. “Doze” is one small word. Sheesh.

Urp!

Thanks to Larry, that particular species is even more rare.

I tawt I taw a crocodile.

Dose berds mite be ennywhere. No Larrys fault eef dey fly away.

I that neighbor bob or twin brother boss bob

Doze can be a big word. It depends on your age and the time of day.

Larry caught some food!

Bob’s daze are numbered . . . .

I noticed that Junior’s mouth is a tad shorter in the second panel, and his right eye is flatter on the bottom.

Bad Larry!

Next job: Cook at KFC

That not stealing.That’s company provided meals at the buffet.Like they use to do at Nokia.Hang in there Bob, if they let you go claim protected species status.

Don’t talk with your mouth full, Larry.

I wonder why Patty decided to go back to her old hair style?

I’ve never heard anyone call someone else “a Bob”, and I don’t really mind that everyone in this strip is named Bob or Larry. Just a little repetitive is all.

This helps explain why Junior decided to be a vegetarian!!

Are those birds’ feathers tickling your palate, Larry?

LOL xxx

what a croc

For the record, PB4S is my favorite comic, but the dialogue in the first two panels of this strip could have been as follows::“I don’t know why, but I can’t move a muscle or even blink today.”“Same here, Mom.”:“Good thing we’re ventriloquists, or we couldn’t even talk.”“I’m getting dusty, Mom.”

@prof Danglais Dat not right criticisesigned can’t

Yea, the crocs are back!!! PLEASE let us see them more than once a month!

Agreed. I really like the crocs. I usually skip over PB4S until I see the crocs.

What happened to Patty’s hair?

Saw that punch line coming on the first panel

Tough crowd today. It’s just a flipping cartoon, folks. Geez!