Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 12, 2016

Rat and Duck forgot to mention psychological disorders.

♫ These are a few of my faaaaavorite things… ♫

No. 1? Why can’t we talk about the results of the Belmont Stakes?

Just like I’m betting my previous post will.

Oh, Little Guard Duck. You Too?

Comic strips are supposed to be funny, light hearted and entertaining. Where did we go wrong?

10. Story arc that goes on too long9. The comic strip censor8. Pigita7. Stephan on Staci’s doorstep6. Repetitive backgrounds5. Lemmings4. Story line involving crocs3. Story line not involving crocs2. Anything that can be turned into a political free for all in the comments (i.e. anything)1. Puns

Ok, fixed it.

Yikes. This politic stuff is getting too far!

Noe, the most complaints we ever made is bad puns.

It has been missing lately hasn’t it :D

Yes, and he caught a disease and it drove him mad.

I think Pastis gets paid relative to the # of complaints he gets.

This is a competition, and you lose, Cartoon-Boy! (But I do admire your versatility in displaying the Top Ten list signboards….)

Agree!

Almost as good as the best pun strips.

Hum that was different :-/

Really? I would have ranked Game of Thrones spoilers higher.

Rat is just quoting the Obama haters

I think you are going to get letters about this :D

Pastis is a humorist.Down with humorphobia!

This strip is better than all the Sunday talk shows – combined!

And combinations thereof, apparently.

What is there left to talk about?

Ok.It all looks good to me.Carry on,Pastis.

Yay Guard Duck! All we need are Zebra and so,e crocs and I’m satisfied for the week.

Reminds me of Clint Eastwood’s tirade in Gran Torino

@Ro-Gan, “I did not get a harrumph from that man.” “Give the Governor a harrumph.” “Harrumph. Harrumph. Harrumph.”

I knew I liked Guard Duck for a reason!

I would have thought making fun of Family Circus is number one.

Only with other men.

Reminds me of the Steve Goodman “Country” song where he and John Prine tried to pack all the country elements into one song,

BOL (burst out laughing)

Is he bashing the left or the right?……or both

Do you think he has sex while on drugs?No, that would be Ted Haggard, former president of the National Association of Evangelicals.

No Guard Duck, I think you creator does when he makes this comic strip!

Err. not being funnY?

What, no complaints on puns? Surely, that would be 1A.

wow – i know people who have drawn/done/made all 10 – to bad they weren’t cartoonists – they coulda got a medal or something

Pastis got first world problems.

Hmm. Politics should have been the first one.xxx

Actually all of those issues ARE fodder for politicians, Number Three.

And, they all set up the last panel beautifully.

Donald Trump?

The REAL Pastis admitted in the commentary in PEARLS FALLS FAST that he has gotten the most complaints from 1: Radical Turks 2: cyclists in tight pants 3: polka lovers…

honestly i think this is one of his funnier strips. Well played stephan, well played.

All Pastis needs is some orange make up and a new hair do.

Only while he’s beating his wife…….oops, his crippled, crazy wife