Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 08, 2016

The fact that it was with his mother makes it the llama diaroma mama pajama comma drama trauma.

Thanks. Panel 2 is nice and clear. No problem.

OK, we’re kind of going Pastis here ;-)

Llllllllllllaaaaaaaammmaaaaaaasssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

high tolerance for rhyme, though

Banana fana fo fama!

If this were Pearls Before Swine, the punchline in panel four would be in the second to last panel, with the kicker following.

Did you hear that Michelle Obama is raising alpacas on the White House lawn? They’re called Obama’s mama’s llamas.

Ohhh, since when id Stefan Pastis ghosting the strip?!

I think unicorn is friends with Pastis from Pearls Before Swine.

Dana, Did you come up with the ending before the beginning on this joke? I love it! My cheeks hurt a little from rereading it and smiling hard.

No, Dana! Stay away from Pastis! He’s toxic!

exactly! wondered how much Pastis time was spent here. lol!

Are Dana Simpson and Stephen Pastis in cahoots now?

That was terrible.…do it again!

Have you been taking lessons from Stephan Pastis?

Agreed Phoebe.

Carl was definitely in his element in the Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion episode.

shows comic to older sister “Are you sure you didn’t write that?” Gotta love over-the-top rhyming.

In case anyone hasn’t seen it, the llama song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHNczNvOnGc

Umm…why is everyone talking about Stephan Pastis? Is he the only one to ever do puns like these? Come on, this type of humor has been around longer than Pearls Before Swine.

Ooooohhh, be careful Dana. You have your foot on the edge of the slipper slope!

When it comes to puns and wordplay in a comic, nothing is better than Frank & Ernest.

Am I the only one who thought of Dr. Seuss when reading this strip?

We need to isolate Pastis from other cartoonists. He’s contagious.

Then there’s the “Unicorn to conform and transform to uniform vs. free form art form” affair when there was an argument about decorating with paintings and whether or not they should match the color of the couch.

Miss Simpson, have you been hanging out with Stephan Pastis by any chance?

He’s the only comic artist I can think of who uses jokes this bad

Funny, but please don’t do puns too often. That’s why I quit “Pearls Before Swine.”

This reminds me of that Mark Twain story about the Hottentotenstrottelmutterattentäterlattengitterwetterkotterbeutelratte

It does of course require an American accent for “comma” and “trauma” to rhyme with “diorama” etc.

Did they listen to “La Bamba” while making it?