Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 22, 2015

We’ve had air guitar. Now, cartoonists play air pencils.

And I thought I finally got to see a pig fly!

Is that the sad tuba?

> stephan can’t draw them.

what i don’t get is why pig would dare rat-out / squeal on stephan’s shortcomings. there could be serious consequences in later strips.

if he hadn’t said tuba I would have opted for something else…

I guess pig is riding on air … apparent.

“A man’s got to know his limitations.”

May the Croc be with you.

i suspect pastis was held in contempt of court frequently

when did he learn to play a Tuba?

He’s not playing a tuba, it’s a sousaphone. Learn the difference, people.

The bike is gone with the schwinn.

Not exactly. And, oh, the people’s noses. Maybe Watterson could be persuaded to come back and do a mean bicycle for him. (Love ya, Steph – you’re funny as heck!)

Well, inability to draw never stopped him before.

It’s NOT a tuba! Feel free to use your best Ahnold voice when reading this.

I don’t get the ‘pun’ in this joke. Funny anyway. ha,haa.snerk/snark/stuff. :) Peace.

Have him ride a unicycle then. They’re easier to draw. What? Pig doesn’t know how to ride a unicycle. Dang. I thought I had found a solution.

Well, you may ask for a second collaboration with Bill Watterson, he used to draw evil bikes which tormented Calvin.

One word for you Pastis — PHOTOSHOP

Air tuba – how cool! Maybe Springsteen can use him…

when I first glanced at this strip, I thought ………………………..1) Pig found wonder woman’s plane………………..2) Pastis was hungry, and was eating an invisible footlong hot dog

and note that pastis holding an invisible pen and drawing in an invisible paper

WOW i could have been a famous cartoonist like pastis if i’d known this ‘shortcut’ to drawing!!!!! – if you stare really hard at panel two for a couple of minutes you can almost see the bicycle – really

This is very funny …

I don’t see anything wrong here. Back in the ’70s, the Hair Bear Bunch used to ride around on an invisible motorcycle.

Jef would not be happy…

Hey, Rat, show Stephan how to draw a hangman’s noose and a hangman’s platform by using Stephan as the model.

Maybe he could do a cut & paste like they do in South Park.

I can’t draw at all.

Full stop.

xxx

Love your cartoons and think you should work for the white House. They have invisible success

I never knew Pig was a mime. Maybe Stephan’s next strip will be Pig trapped in glass box.

Is it true that we’ve never seen Jeff the Cyclist’s bicycle? Makes me wonder if Jeff is into spandex for all the wrong reasons.

He drew a strip where one of the crocs is playing a sousaphone. That should count.

When did the quality of this strip (and its intelligence) started slipping?

We don’t often get a good view of Pig’s feet… What part of a pig’s foot points backward like that, Steph?

Slug him, Rat!I want my money back Cartoon Boy! (Oh. Wait.)

Couldn’t stop laughing!

For a much better bicycle — See this Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan at http://goo.gl/3iQ5mo which appeared the day after this strip. Coincidence? You decide.

Montreal bagels that are made in ottawa are better

you can draw a bagel but can’t draw two circles, a triangle. and little lines representing pedals and handlebars? Oy…

Now that’s clever.

What, did he watch a lot of Help! It’s the Hair Bear Bunch! cartoons when doing this strip?

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And yet he can draw the fully-detailed interior of a car…..