Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 27, 2022

Also a more fun day

It’s not a great day if you drink water without booze.

He’ll do a lot of producing, all right.

Grin and beer it.

seeking help from his Buds!

Just look at all those perfect little clumps of paper.

Stephan with the cop-out!!

Maybe this is why Rat has lived so long. He is well pickled.

Isn’t it nice to see Rat seeing things with such a positive attitude?

A great inking day?

I would say the drinking might have an effect on your writing, Rat!

Maybe things will go better if you write about drinking.

For some reason, Goat always reminds me of Ron Glass.

Best to save the drinking for when you read what you’ve written.

Rat appears to be a drinker with a writing problem.

Drinking is Rat’s favorite pastime.

well, you try your best. sometimes it’s just a SHOT in the dark

Sometimes it is best to concentrate on the things you are good at. Sometimes.

At least rat gave it everything he had…

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again….burp

Yes

I’m sure this strip has absolutely no relationship to Stephan’s actual creative process. None whatsoever.

Stay on the positive, and recycle all that paper.

Stop drinking. Stop writing. There. Now start riding a bike and … nah, go ahead and drink and write, what the hell.

rat likes his glass half full

Faulkner…

Well,they can’t all be gems.

Call a Muse … for example Sharon Stone.

wow [is what I say in rocket league not that any one cares]

The one thing Rat is good at is putting his pencil behind his ear in a way that defies gravity.

Might as well be bad writer than alcohol intoxicated

Write what you know

“Is everybody happy?”

I can relate, Rat, since I write for fun. The process comes with ups and downs, but finishing a good scene always feels awesome. Hang in there.