Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 29, 2019

its a very scary new year

And to make it worse, it’s going to be a leap year.

Should auld acquaintance—and just about everything else—be forgot…

I have high hopes that a miracle will happen in 2020. My hopes for a useful miracle are somewhat lower.

we’re all also worried about 2021, 2022, 2023, etc., etc., etc.

It will be a year of living dangerously!!

Perhaps it would be great idea to get that bedroom fridge and stay in bed the entire year.

Sigh. The more things change the more they stay the same, only worse. And this next year? Annus horribilis without a doubt.

i have a positive attitude – i’m positive things are going to go badly wrong…

I thought only adults were allowed in the Glug Glug Club.

The baby represents progress and civilization. Poor baby knows that radical religious terror is coming to destroy all progress and civilization and to take the world back to the medieval desert dark ages.

If we all VOTE BLUE 2020 we can start rebuilding our country.

Stephan just say no to Debbie Downer pills … Croc Power !

I know it’s comic strip, but to us, that is sad; the Baby New Year getting tanked and passing out! Lord help us all!

You should be.

Great performance, New Year Baby! Uh-Oh Baby (Cul de Sac), eat your heart out!

There’s good new for all those people who wear glasses and contacts. They’ll FINALLY be able to see 2020!!

“Ward, I’m worried about the Beaver.”

Whatever happens in 2020 can’t be as bad as what happened in 2019.

Nah, this year is going to rock!!!

At least the New Year’s Baby knows where to go for help.

I already like the new year.

“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” —Rainer Maria Rilke

He’s got THAT right! More lies, destruction, deceiving, treason, obstruction, etc etc etc…..I’m surprised PIG didn’t freak out by now…..wait for it……

It’s an election year, so…yep.

Actually, I am looking forward to the new “Roaring 20’s”!

The new year is always very scary at first. But when you see all the TV shows and movies that’ll come in that year, you’ll be more excited.

2020 will be horrible- EVERY DAY until November 3rd. and EVEN THEN…lol

OK, who bought the alcohol for Baby?!

I’m getting married next year! I’m excited about what 2020 holds!

Yes, it’s an election year. Be afraid.

And we are still wrung out and beat up from the old year; Lord help us but still a few days left to get through. Anybody seen that nuclear football……?

No need to worry, as long as they don’t reinstate prohibition …

We might very well get to see if it’s true that everybody loves to see a train wreck. Did anybody fail to mention that the best view is from inside the train?

Why aren’t there more drunken babies on the comics page?

he ain’t the only one

Let’s see…..the 19 turns into a 20. Whoopy

As well you should. A Russian POTUS hacker behind every tree. Will ours ever release his financial records? We can be sure the NSA isn’t saying.

Over before you know it. Problem is one of these days everything is going to be over.

I believe it’s all about your outlook. The new year will be as good or bad as you want, no matter who is in office.

It won’t be scary at all as long as the Republicans get control of the House and stay in control of the Senate. We might get things done.

It’s all about perspective. My family is in good health, I have enough food to eat and money to pay the bills, and I’m surrounded by loyal friends. I also don’t obsess about the national and international news since I can’t do anything to change them.

I have seen this trope many times already this year, and many times in the past. Has it ALWAYS been bad in the past? Not for me! I’m still cautiously optimistic.

Well, it is an election year.

The suspense is killing me

1939 New Year was scary.

As Lucy vanPelt asks “Does your saying ‘happy new year’ MAKE it happy? Is this a guarantee?”

I hope it is like 2019. Market up 25%+

I hope Pastis i s wrong about this.

Sigh. I’m with Pig. After reading all these nasty comments I’m afraid we are in for a bad year, too. Made worse by the fact that it is an election year. Perhaps when the dust clears after November 3rd we can make peace with whatever the results are and enjoy a nice Christmas and holiday season.

That’s a prudent attitude, Pig. Happy New Year?

I don’t think even another 9-11 will bring the country together. Maybe a pandemic.

The bebe saw the virus!

If only pastis knew

This is the most prescient “Pearls Before Swine” EVAH !!

looking at this for the first time during the last week of May. How eerily accurate this is.

how did he know?

And he was right.

Quite a prediction, speaking from 2020. Its awful.

Creepily accurate.

pastis has told le future

03-Oct-20: And the worst is yet to come!

This is oddly correct. Well done Pastis.

So…infant…alcohol…abuse?Where’s the webcomic police when you need them?!…In retrospect, this comic seems prophetic.

The sad thing is: He’s right.

God that baby is a prophet

Dang!

He warned us.

Did Stephan Patis predict the future!?!?

Looking back at this now… He was eerily correct

Reading this strip from the perspective of the end of 2020, Pastis was a freaking prophet.

He must have a wayback machine

So did you buy any lottery tickets at the end of last December, Stephan?

Wow…spot on prediction there…

Looking back at this comic it seems Stephan predicted the future

This aged… eerily well…

You should be

That baby was right 2020 was a bad year

you should be

he’s holding a bottle of corona

2020 was indeed bad

Be worried for March!

Looking back, yeah. This was so, so true.

They predicted 2020!

It’s sad how right Stephan Pastis was.

You have a right to be so, pig. (Not my favorite year)

This aged well

how did he know??!!!

Yeah… that was… um…

How did he know?