Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 19, 2015

Oh, those poor kids.

What a bozo.

And here I thought clowns couldn’t get any scarier!

Psychiatrists all over that area will be dealing with a sudden increase in the incidence of coulrophobia.

That’s so wrong Larry. It’s only one cheek, not the entire rear end.

a balloon fish?

Larry’s my kinda guy. Funny that is.

What happened to Junior’s little brother?

Is it coincidence that Larry reminds me of Krusty?

This is a novel horror. A croc clown with bad balloons. What could possibly go wrong at those kids’ parties?How many wind up in therapy?

Killer Klowns From an Odder Space?

“Okay…Ees you mudder’s beeg mouf.”

And that’s when the fight started…

The croc’s are back. I’d started to miss them.

Need a zebra balloon !

LOL! GOOD ONE!

Why does Larry talk so weird and his wife and kid don’t? Did I miss something?

“your mother’s big mouth” … now THAT’S funny!

I don’t think Larry is happy in his work.

So that’s why I think clowns are creepy.

I found this:

coulrophobia

noun1. an abnormal fear of clowns.-———————————————————————————

So, now I’m really confused. What’s abnormal about a fear of clowns???What is the word for a normal fear of clowns?

Iz Donald Trump’s brain. Haz gots no balloon big enough for ego.

“No fat lady rear end? OK, try dees long pink balloon.”

Larry should market that balloon.

Larry’s head looks like a big upside-down penis.

Why does she have to ruin everything? I would have loved to see the rear end!Oh. That came out wrong.xxx

i don’t think this will end well. also, i don’t think the end was well done

Lucy didn’t include “coulrophobia” in this famous bit, but perhaps it is covered by “clown pantophobia.”

“That’s it!”

Larry is not going to make it to his first gig.

Don’t understand “fear of clowns” — when I was a kid we had Clarabelle the Clown, Milky the Clown, and others and I always thought they were great fun — certainly not something to be afraid of.