Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 14, 2017

It’s time for Stephan to take some art classes.

Got to work with the tools you got. Even if it is you.

instead of coffee mug, I would’ve got with a coin

anybody know typical sizing of daily comic artists’ work, before scaling down to fit in the funny pages? fwiw i’ve seen originals for birding field guides ~20" tall.

I wonder what Stephan Pastis is going to do for the total solar eclipse on August 21st?

It’s not huge; it’s just perspective!

Am I missing something, or is that sun the biggest beer cap ever?

That’s funny!

Charles Schulz said that the hardest thing to draw was Charlie Brown’s perfectly round head.

But unlike Stephan, he could.

Hold the basketball in front of the sun for an early eclipse.

Didn’t have any coins in his pocket….that’s sad.

hey wanna see my giant yo yo? and with a 3D perspective effect?

Who cares about such worthless dribble?

At least it didn’t leave a coffee ring stain.

Oh my god! No way you should view that monstrosity during the eclipse! I doubt even welder’s glasses would be safe.

Are you sure that’s not the planet Nibiru about to collide with Earth?

Today’s background music: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John.

Oh, Stephan. What a big ball you have.

xxx

Anyone up for a game of Earth Ball?

Last panel, you get the feeling Stephan is seeing the world through beer goggles.

Big, big beer goggles.

Don’t you just hate confessional comic strips? I mean, who doesn’t already know that Cartoon-Boy is incompetent? The old “I forgot my stencil” excuse again, hmm? How about, “I ain’t got no talent….”

LOL!

that is one massive rat

Paint that star red and the solar system is dying. The sun has probably killed off Mercury and Venus.

The sun’s so close to the Earth!! THE END IS NIGH!!!!!

STENCIL!!!? You CHEAT!!