Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 18, 2013

In the last panel, we see a vicious animal with stuffing for a brain, and a toy tiger.

Oh, I can tell already THIS is going to fun, sorta.

Hobbes doesn’t care. He just observes us foolish humans in our trivial pursuits and makes snide comments.

yup!!!!

The truth is ugly.

Is tomorrow when Waterson comes out of hiding to strangle Steph with his own intestines?

Jerry, yes.

Hobbes is only the Rightwing’s imaginary voice…

Pig can’t be a lefty, he has a cup of tea!

hobbes is working for Faux? that would make him the most intelligent one there, wouldn’t it?

I like the scroll below…..Anyway it’s the republican brotherhood that is the problem……

And for those who can’t read the text in the yellow scroll: Pastis irritates millions with Calvin and Hobbes parody strip.

All the news that gives you fits.

I’m just about done here.

Please, everyone, we can’t let Stephan down. He’s counting on us. Do your part and flame this board with political rants. Every little bit helps. Ask not what your cartoonist can do for you, but what you can do for your cartoonist.

Liberals have some, er, interesting ideas of what conservatism is. Oh well. I wonder if Susie Derkins will show up.

It’s not on this site, but I’ve often thought that the comic strip “Zits” may show us a bit of Calvin’s future. Others have pointed this out too.

Come on people. There is no right. There is no left. Good people are trying to do the best they can – which alas isn’t very much. ( Too much bad people I suppose )(I’m Dutch, but it isn’t that much better here )

I think it stinks that a comic strip can become a place for political rants. Oh well, If you can’t beat them, join them! I would say that Hobbes has way more intelligence that the average Tea Party halfwit!!!!

this is far worse than your terrible puns.

i hope this calvin and hobees story arch is long :D so far, im enjoying it!

Was Rat a lefty when he was younger? Personally I like to use both hands…wait that’s not appropriate…

I wonder what Bill Watterson’s lawyers think of this series!

“Truth isn’t mean. It’s truth.”

Bill Watterson must not know where you live Stephen.

Looks like the years have been a lot kinder to Hobbes than to Calvin!

Silly. Obama is not the antichrist. He’s the anti-American.

Cruz-Bachman 2016

“blah, blah, blah blah, and blah blah Blah, for the well being of the average citizen.”

And the alternative was Palin the first time and Romney the second time. Even republicans wouldn’t vote for them.

And quit crucifying America on a cross of gold!Oh. They did? Wow.

High five, don’t forget to mention how conservative our troops are.

When you are young and have a heart, you are a Democrat….then you grow up and get a brain, you become a Republican……………………

I cannot believe it – a Fox News joke that does not disparage conservatism and is not based on the usual leftist meme rooted in epithets. Well done.

They said the samething about Reagan.

Since when was Hobbes a “humanist lefty”?

I’m afraid they will simply see the strip as a means to an end.

If you ask me, Hobbs and Tigger should be hosts of the newCrossfire on CNN

We all know Calvin grew up to be Frazz. I like to think this is another dig at Jef Mallett, although a very oblique reference.

I zoomed in electronically and used a magnifying glass on my paper comics and still can’t read the LOGO nor the wording in the YELLOW scroll. PLEASE HELP so I don’t miss all the joke. I love Pastis and how utilizes other famous comic characters. Well done Stephan.

Pig makes a cameo appearance today in “Baby Blues.”

I beyond love PBS! Always have, always will. And…Hobbes hasn’t aged near like Calvin. (Thank goodness!)

I can attest. I grew up in a very liberal household, then joined the Army, and now I’m so conservative I make Rush Limbaugh look like a hippie.

Impostor tiger sued for identity theft. Can now be seen in D. C. ZOO.

Hobbes is a little too extreme to be a conservative. I’m sure Sean will tame him down a bit. Meanwhile, Goat, drink your tea! Rat, drink your beer! Flamers, drink your kool-aid!Pastis is exploring the territory once held exclusively by Berke Breathed, the Equal Opportunity Satirist (jabbing the hot-air balloons both Left and Right)!

Still an imaginary tiger.

If you like your Messiah, you can keep your Messiah. Period.

Say it ain’t so, Hobbes!!!!

“Conservatives are much more likely to have a college degree than Democrats”All the Conservatives I know think that college is a leftist recruiting center and would never go to one.

I’m so shocked!

The speeches 6 year old Calvin used to make by speaking his mind were pretty amazing with the difficult words he used.I know this is only a comic strip but I would have expected Calvin to be just as successful as Hobbes with how ambitious he was.Anyway, Funny strip!xxx

Blah, blah, blah, Obama! Blah, blah blah, Pastis. Blah, blah, blah, Hobbes! I can’t get any political flames going without a proper accelerant, so this low smolder is the best I can do.

They’re just labels. The Liberals are not, nor are the Conservatives. They’re both just big government spendthrifts.

When it comes down to it the consevatives are as bad as the liberals and vice versa.

Wow, that was unexpected.

enough blasphemy

Good one Pastis, totally unexpected, made me laugh, and I’m an Obama guy.

I wouldn’t call Hobbes “humanist”

All lefties beome more conservative as they grow up? Hasn’t happened to me yet.

He is lying. A quick google search show studies that say the opposite. That is the problem with believing Faux News. They lie to you too.

Yes! Yes! Pastis Rocks! NSA, here you come! Who Disappears first? Pig? Zeeba? Back behind bars for the lot of you!

I’m constantly amazed and dismayed by the people who allow other people to tell them that “left” and “right” are actually important concepts. People need to think for themselves, or the country will continue to be run by political marketers.

I’m constantly amazed and dismayed by the people who allow other people to tell them that “left” and “right” are actually important concepts. People need to think for themselves, or the country will continue to be run by political marketers.

Come on, toon ’taters… almost at triple digits… we can do this!!!

HOBBES!

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their comic.

I started out more conservative and grew to be more liberal over the years. But then I suppose you have to have actual life experience before that happens—not your skin color or your penis or your money insulating you from everything except getting beat up in a bar by a redneck because you winked at his girlfriend. And that never, ever teaches ’em anything, alas.

Uncle Stephan Wants You!

So close….

Stephan, if you made any money wagering on this…. you’re welcome!

Obviously, at least for tonight, I’ve got Too Much Time On My Hands. But I’m sure not complaining. Beats the alternative.

Oh, my goodness. I haven’t laughed this hard in MONTHS.

Maybe this will coax Mr. Watterson to come out of hiding and start drawing more cartoons. I miss him.

And the documentary, “Dear Mr. Watterson” made me cry. In a good way.

Here’s my 2¢.

PASTIS!

He grew a brain then.