Stephan, just wanted to say you’re one of the best cartoonists I’ve ever read. Consistently funny humor (even the puns). Never stop cartooning. You’re almost as good as Bill Amend. snickers
Landlords are not Lord Almighty. It often works to “play poker and call them” to negotiate. The landlord thinks the tenant won’t bother with the hassle to move, and go along with whatever increase the landlord requested. But the tenant should know that the landlord does not want the apartment to be vacant until they can rent it to someone else. If you research the neighborhood for comparable rates and know you are being screwed then be firm on your fair counter-offer.
You’re dreaming Pig if you think life is fair. The Landlord will gouge you for as much as he can get away with. If you don’t want to pay the bill there’s always someone out there who will.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Yeah, and the landlord has thing for you called an eviction notice.
DennisinSeattle over 5 years ago
Worth a try! Maybe the Landlord has a sense of humor.
B UTTONS over 5 years ago
That’s telling your landlord who allowed the property to be a Rat infested Pig sty.
sirbadger over 5 years ago
The landlord is willing to give them time out doors.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 5 years ago
Good luck with that.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Appa-rent-ly, Pig doesn’t know a thing about lease agreements.
Gent over 5 years ago
Silly Pig. It is you who will be forced to spend your time outside the house.
Gent over 5 years ago
If you don’t pay up or else vacate the house, Pig, your landlord Mr. Mc Wolf is gonna huff n puff you out!
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Pig if you want to play you got to pay . Some items are beyond a landlord’s control, such as taxes . …….. Croc Power !
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
The only thing that will be out is PIG AND RAT from their abode. Lol
aerotica69 over 5 years ago
I wish.
Snoots over 5 years ago
Stephan, just wanted to say you’re one of the best cartoonists I’ve ever read. Consistently funny humor (even the puns). Never stop cartooning. You’re almost as good as Bill Amend. snickers
jimboklein over 5 years ago
Welcome to San Francisco… where family-owned businesses that have been open over a century are closing because they can not longer afford the rent.
hariseldon59 over 5 years ago
Don’t worry. By tomorrow this will all be forgotten anyway.
Katsuro Premium Member over 5 years ago
Why the change from all-caps?
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 5 years ago
The landlord is going to tell you to shove that paper where the sun don’t shine, Pig
Dis-play name over 5 years ago
Landlords are not Lord Almighty. It often works to “play poker and call them” to negotiate. The landlord thinks the tenant won’t bother with the hassle to move, and go along with whatever increase the landlord requested. But the tenant should know that the landlord does not want the apartment to be vacant until they can rent it to someone else. If you research the neighborhood for comparable rates and know you are being screwed then be firm on your fair counter-offer.
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
Next comes the renoviction.
zeexenon over 5 years ago
I remember when the peons called it “Usury.” Ha, ha, ha, tee-hee, roar, choke…. (And I remember when Credit Card companies existed in Wisconsin.)
ocarol7 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Wish that would work for my greedy guts landlord here in Boise, Idaho where they raise the rent Every six months!
COL Crash over 5 years ago
You’re dreaming Pig if you think life is fair. The Landlord will gouge you for as much as he can get away with. If you don’t want to pay the bill there’s always someone out there who will.
chris_weaver over 5 years ago
Now, that’ll show that landlord the error of his ways!
AwelCruiz over 5 years ago
Funnily enough, today marks the one year anniversary of us moving into our apartment, and our rent increased as a result.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, PASTIS!
Bilan over 5 years ago
Pig, what you need to do is tell the landlord’s mother. Then she will give him a time-out.
Chris Sherlock over 5 years ago
Well, if you have to be homeless, at least the weather’s warm right now.
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
Okayyyyyyyy
Concretionist over 5 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veX9dotK_do
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Sweet naive Pig and his roomie, Rat, will soon be sitting on the curb, experiencing their own “time out” (out of their house)….
christopher.w.owen over 5 years ago
Put a contract on his head and call the guard duck!