Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 15, 2023

Use that one phone call to ask Jim Borgman to send a drawing ASAP to the judge.

I’m trying to think of a pun that includes “unfair judge meant.”

you could habe just gone with it Steph…

He may wind up in a punitentiary

At least he didn’t get strapped to the electric chair…yet…

So judge grant bail for personal reason that he a fan eh. So much for law and justice.

So, for the time being, his sentence includes getting dressed up as one of the Zeebas.

Wait a sec, didn’t one of Lio’s pet monsters eat Jeremy recently?

Why would you need a drawing of a rat in Detroit?

Make room, Pastis. Jonathan Lemon will join you as cell mate for the pun in today’s “Rabbits Against Magicians” strip.

Who does the judge think he is? The Puntif?

Is Pastis the same Pun-itentury where Weenus locks up Eightball?

It took me a minute to realize that the guard’s comment in the last panel was a joke – and a very good one at that.

Silence is golden, Stephan!

Could be worse. Might have mistook you with the creator of Nancy.

All the puns? you mean Rabbits Against Magic?

There’s no joking in court. They have no sense of humor.

Nice going, pal! Not even Phoenix Wright will defend you after that!

Do the pun, get punished! :D

Now we know why he quit law to become a cartoonist.

Working retail I couldn’t go see, but thank Stephan for visiting Detroit yesterday.

Some are lab rat puns.

Was he inspired by Shephard Fairey?

Doing elaborate puns should automatically be a Get Out of Jail Free card.

Ah, these are the type of PBS strips humor I remember reading a while back, and made me a loyal reader/follower

how punny.

Stephan really does draw a pic of Rat on a wall in towns he visits.

Should have kept quiet.

Pastis won’t get good medical help in jail. If he gets apundicidis, he won’t get treated.

Rat finally gets his wish.

Something tells me that this is probably going to signal the end of the strip.

If he even considers doing a pun, tack on more time.

He should just’ve drawed Jeremy to the best of his ability! (I like both comics, but Pearls is still THE best of ALL. I LOVE my stuffed animals!)

Some lessons are more expensive than others. Next time, just draw Jeremy. And key a drawing of Rat into the hood of the judge’s car.

Rabbits Against Magic have their own punintentiary. Pastis should be locked up there

Sometimes we have to learn things the hard way, Stephan.

My generation calls it, “Foot in mouth disease.”

Hahahaha!

Get Keith and Evan from Bargain Block to help with your bail

This looks like a job for Lawyer Snoopy.

You spelled “contrived” wrong, y’onner….

Don’t do the pun if you can’t do the fun.

The judge can’t decide to turn the puns honor off.

I’ll probably be in jail, I like this strip far better than “Zits”. (not a fan at all)

Good advice for Trump 45** and his co-conspirators. Anything you say may be held against you in court.

Like Ron “Tater Salad” White, Pastis has the right—but not the ability—to remain silent.

Drawing a rat on the wall in a public restroom isn’t grounds for arresting someone considering how many people write on bathroom walls.

In prison it doesn’t matter what cel he draws. (>ᴗ•)

I come back here every day, but deep in my heart, I am with the judge.

Based on a true story?

Pastis is lucky. The penalty for being a punster is life in Alabama.

Pearls before pigs with acne

oops

Cartoon-Boy has a big mouth, and that’s his downfall.

Don’t try to con the Judge, Cartoon-Boy! He always has the Final Word. In this case (ahem), the punishment fits the crime. Book tour or not, the dummy belongs behind bars and with a bonus sarcastic guard….

He drew Rat on a bathroom wall in Detroit? How did he find the free space to draw?

If Pastis had told the judge he did MALLARD FILLMORE he’d be in the gas chamber

I had a great time at the book tour stop in TAKOMA PARK MD.