We know the strips are a HERCULEAN effort, ICARUS not like we’re asking Pastis to fly to the sun. He’d probably go APOLLO 13 if he TRIDENT and be POSEIDON himself. For all we know, Stephen must have been KRAKEN for his date with MEDUSA when he wrote this. We got FLEECED and he must have gotten STONED with the EROS of his character.
The skull is almost as great a touch as taking the camera and filming slowly from south, to east, to north, to west, and to south again, or whatever it’s called.
I originally thought Pastis would only walk a block or two for a pun, I’m beginning to think he’d fly to the moon. I’m sure there are those who wish he would. Me, I think he’s funny.
The classical historian Plutarch claimed that a sailor heard a divine voice saying, “The great god Pan is dead!”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)#%22The_Great_God_Pan_is_dead%22
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
I thought gods are suppose to be immortal.
hariseldon59 over 4 years ago
Must be a pan-demic.
Notaspy over 4 years ago
Don’t start a pan-ic!
Sherlock Watson over 4 years ago
He was killed by bad tea; he didn’t check the expiration date during his Pan tea raid.
gbars70 over 4 years ago
Two days in a row; Pastis phones it in.
DennisinSeattle over 4 years ago
I thought I had seen the worst that Pastis can offer, then he outdoes himself.
Robert Grimshaw over 4 years ago
Ummm… maybe he died of a PANdemic?
pauljmsn over 4 years ago
Remember, folks – puns are the lowest form of humor when someone else thinks of them before you do.
alaskajohn1 over 4 years ago
Wan’t he Goat’s ancestor?
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
off to Hades he goes I s’pose
wiatr over 4 years ago
Now we’ll never know the joke…
finkd over 4 years ago
Pastis is just being satyr-ical. Or, is he just fauning over us ?
Robin Harwood over 4 years ago
There is a story that a sailor heard a divine voice saying “The Great God Pan is dead”, but that was before Pastis drew this strip.
marilynnbyerly over 4 years ago
This is a family cartoon. Just as well that a demigod of naughty behavior died in just few panels.
B UTTONS over 4 years ago
We know the strips are a HERCULEAN effort, ICARUS not like we’re asking Pastis to fly to the sun. He’d probably go APOLLO 13 if he TRIDENT and be POSEIDON himself. For all we know, Stephen must have been KRAKEN for his date with MEDUSA when he wrote this. We got FLEECED and he must have gotten STONED with the EROS of his character.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 4 years ago
Deities know we MORTALS do, Rat.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago
At least they aren’t dropping Coca-Cola bottles on him.
deojaideep aka Courage over 4 years ago
WTF Rat? Where’s that Baseball Bat??
tudza Premium Member over 4 years ago
Biting social satyr.
Denver Reader Premium Member over 4 years ago
Pan wasn’t a god.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Pastis scraped the bottom of the pan for that one.
3hourtour Premium Member over 4 years ago
…finally, a pun we can use…
…thank Jebus the virus is over…
iggyman over 4 years ago
Didn’t quite “pan out” for the poor guy!
The Old Wolf over 4 years ago
The floating head of death makes the strip…
Fantom Premium Member over 4 years ago
That was really a “dead pun” delivery.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
He would have delivered that joke with his usual pan-ache! Too bad…
Breadboard over 4 years ago
We have Gods ? When did they go back to work ?… Croc Power !
Masterskrain over 4 years ago
A Pan Pun??
uniquename over 4 years ago
Rat panned that pun.
mjb515 over 4 years ago
“That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.”
Ham_Gravy over 4 years ago
Pan-demonium breaks loose
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
amazing how everyone pans this because they didn’t think of it first…
Ellis97 over 4 years ago
Who is Pan?
Jeffin Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’ve got a fry pan delivery for you Steph.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
The great god Pan is dead/ and most of his fans have fled/ but have no fear/ there’s “divinity” near / we now have “Don” instead.
Linguist over 4 years ago
Good one Steph. We’ve mythed your puns of late.
oakie817 over 4 years ago
this one didn’t pan out
Queen of America over 4 years ago
I liked it. I like all of his puns. And, I loved the little skull and crossbones.
jonlaw over 4 years ago
This was roundly panned by the critics
khcm1157 over 4 years ago
He’ll be Baccus.
the lost wizard over 4 years ago
Honestly officer, we were just engaging in some wordplay.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 4 years ago
Looks like cabrito tonight.Fire up the grill.
RaZaP over 4 years ago
At least the crocs have something to eat now besides KFC.
BrentskiL over 4 years ago
Looks like Stephan is off his meds again!
zeexenon over 4 years ago
The skull is almost as great a touch as taking the camera and filming slowly from south, to east, to north, to west, and to south again, or whatever it’s called.
El Cobbo Grande over 4 years ago
Aaaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
asrialfeeple over 4 years ago
Another victim of the pan-demic.
D1063n35 Premium Member over 4 years ago
my corrupted soul is revealed in my enjoyment of Pastis puns. I am lost, lost, happy, but lost.
mikeywilly over 4 years ago
I originally thought Pastis would only walk a block or two for a pun, I’m beginning to think he’d fly to the moon. I’m sure there are those who wish he would. Me, I think he’s funny.
Phydeux over 4 years ago
Speaking of – Zamfir.
Shades O’Grady over 4 years ago
Pizza Hut is running a special on ‘Pan’ pizza
bryanbingham over 4 years ago
final panel add: Pastis: Don’t pan me bro.
gmu328 over 4 years ago
good one pastis … didn’t see it coming and thank you!
Concretionist over 4 years ago
I’m sure that in a better world today’s strip would be Panned.
dwkiser28603 over 4 years ago
If they don’t then I do
Samuel Daniel Premium Member over 4 years ago
His immortality didn’t pan out….
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Greek Cartoon-Boy, slayer of the Country-Boy Greek god! Mythology mangled!
Et in Arcadia ego….
Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago
The classical historian Plutarch claimed that a sailor heard a divine voice saying, “The great god Pan is dead!”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)#%22The_Great_God_Pan_is_dead%22
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 4 years ago
Pastis and his puns, no matter how stupid, may be seen as a sign we are moving to normalcy.
Floofy Elvis almost 4 years ago
The funniest thing: Pan is the god of the environment, the environment died, eh, eh?
Josequeen about 3 years ago
Not how pan died!
Boxo croco says happy derby about 3 years ago
Pan dering to Greek geeks