Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 23, 2019

About a week ago, when Rat was threatening his neighbor with a spear, I said a neighbor would outmatch him with a shotgun. I seriously underestimated the firepower available.

You deserved that and more, Rat.

Don’t give Trump any ideas.

Getting back to panel 3, reporting somebody for tweeting something bad?

As if that’s ever going to do any good.

Looks like someone took the concept of a “flame war” a bit too literally.

I think this is reminding me of a Looney Tunes episode: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck keep thwarting each other with a bigger weapon until the former has the last laugh.

Rat, take a lesson from Cleo and Company on Sherpa. Cleo is never the loser in an arms race.

Hey Neighbor Bob, my rocket launcher is BIGGER than your measly flame-thrower. Plus, ACME now gives me a free monthly supply of their best rockets.—Wile E Coyote, SUPER GENIUS

Hmm. Rat is still standing.

In a Twitter war, someone is bound to get burned! You of all creatures should know this, Rat!

Where is guard duck when you need him?

Unlike a real war, a Twitter war is between who is the biggest Flaming Butt-wipe!

Burnt Rat Um Um Good ! …… Croc Power !

Only twits pay much attention to Twitter.

Hide the Ammonium Nitrate…

What ever happened to the flamethrowers that Elon Musk was going to sell online?

They always do.

I can think of a few twittiot wars that should end like that instead of all over the “news” pages.

One of my brothers wanted to go to a costume party with working crossbow…

Twitter should implement virtual torching. Within a week half of their users would be gone, and the right half!

Wow, Rat, has finally met his match

Rat got flamed.

Rat has met his match

Fricasseed rat.Yum ;(

don’t all twitter wars escalate that quickly?

Neighbor Bob has Rat’s number.

Nice to see Rat get his butt kicked for a change.

How soon until Twitter wars actually escalate to these levels?

He got it from Elon Musk…

I think Pelosi should have the flame thrower and trump a squirt gun in this situation

Flame Wars are flame wars for real, with this new and nastier Neighbor Bob!

SO. FUNNY.