Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 23, 2018

All those who saw the punchline in the first panel, raise their hands.

Did Rat use Guard Duct tape?

Rat’s my new hero!

All tapered off and no more puns to flow…

I think Steph is trying to pull a “Pull my Finger” gag in panel three. Another part of him you can seal off.

Rat, you’re needed over at Brevity.

Tis the totally Tall Tale of the Tapir’s Tail as telegraphically and tepidly told by (s) Tephan. The temerity of it all.

Some of these puns are rather a boar.

Silence is golden, duct tape is silver.

dy/dx

dy/dx

or, the opposite of a taper is a tangent…..

or, the opposite of a taper is a tangent…..

Yo, ‘Toon boy – a challenge for ya – let’ see you do something with Chester Capybara???

How this would be called on television play-by-play: “Ooh, that pun was a bad one. Let’s go to the tape.”

Don’t badger the artist.

thank you, Rat.

I gnu he would say that…

Stephan, the third panel MAKES this comic. Well done!

I love it when Steph writes himself into the strip!

Comic strips are supposed to be “punny” Rat which you clearly didn’t know.

xxx

Pastis off. We’re all, very Pastis off.

Duct-tapered off.

Cartoon-Boy shut down by Rat! Audience cheers in response. Tape slows the weasel!

I’m disappointed he didn’t manage to throw in something about a thin candle.

TAPE THAT, STEPH!!!

Sometime Rat does the right thing