Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 13, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  about 1 year ago

    Detroit has bigger problems than people drawing on bathroom walls.

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    BasilBruce  about 1 year ago

    Maybe if he told the cop that he’s on a mission from God . . .

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    ronaldspence  about 1 year ago

    maybe you should have drawn Guard Duck Steph

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    noahproblem  about 1 year ago

    For a good time call RAT-5309…

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    Joseph comicinthestrip  about 1 year ago

    “You can’t have [nice things] in Detroit.”

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    sirbadger  about 1 year ago

    If he decides to become a rapper, he just increased his street cred.

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    C  about 1 year ago

    This must mean that they caught all of the real criminals,

    and now have time to police graffiti..   right?

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    Gent  about 1 year ago

    If you walks into a toilet and smells a Rat then you is knows Pastis was here eh.

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    DennisinSeattle  about 1 year ago

    I guess Detroit is not fond of Rat graffiti.

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    carlsonbob  about 1 year ago

    So, who posts his bail?

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    Charliegirl Premium Member about 1 year ago

    His mother must be so proud. ******

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    hariseldon59  about 1 year ago

    I guess this is one time that the pen isn’t mightier than the sword.

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    Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Detroit cops are tough!

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    iggyman  about 1 year ago

    “They wash these walls to still my pen, but the bathroom poet strikes again”!

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    Doug K  about 1 year ago

    Way back in the day, you could only legally write on a public bathroom wall if you had a “License to Quill”

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    Steve_The_Beard  about 1 year ago

    Imprison the sinistral! ;-)

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    Imagine  about 1 year ago

    He’s going to get a lot of cleaning bills from around the country now.

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    Tigrisan Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Rat on a bathroom stall in Detroit just made the city 1000 times better. Should give Pastis a medal.

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    TampaFanatic1  about 1 year ago

    If Stephan is lucky, his cellmate will be a gentleman named Ben Dover,

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    ajr58(1)  about 1 year ago

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    steveh64  about 1 year ago

    Is this how Picasso got started?

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    wrd2255  about 1 year ago

    Wouldn’t surprise me to learn this really happened. :-)

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Stephen King, when he was waiting for a flight would go to a bookstore and sign his books.

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    unfair.de  about 1 year ago

    The bathroom stall is up for sale now, Stephan „Banksy“ Pastis.

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    Jeffin Premium Member about 1 year ago

    I’m jail-us!

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    Ermine Notyours  about 1 year ago

    I’ve heard about Gary Larson’s dorm closet with his sketches at Washington State University, but I’ve never seen it myself.

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    JudyAz  about 1 year ago

    Tough town – the cops hide in bathroom stalls.

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    ralphkramden  about 1 year ago

    The crocs are dead………..

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    Ellis97  about 1 year ago

    Remember kids, don’t vandalize anything.

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    DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago

    OH! Detroit?! Hang in there, Steph, I’ll come visit you! I might even let you autograph something for me and contribute something to the “Bail out Mr. Pastis” fund.

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    Zebrastripes  about 1 year ago

    Hope it’s not in the same jail as Mr. Lemons characters are. LOL☺️❤️

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    elbow macaroni  about 1 year ago

    No advertisements in the comics! And pimping a book of recycled comics is the lowest form of advertising.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Banksy!

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    Goat from PBS  about 1 year ago

    Must not take too kindly to vandalism in Detroit.

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    Radish the wordsmith  about 1 year ago

    Banksy draws rats too.

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    Just_Karl  about 1 year ago

    Does the guard in panel 4 remind anyone else of Officer Barbrady from South Park? Or is it just me?

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    RitaGB  about 1 year ago

    But only in the men’s room? Unfair!

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    Spacetech  about 1 year ago

    Commie Left

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    I'm Sad  about 1 year ago

    What are the options he has? -—-a) Keep him in jail where he might be safe or the world might be safe from him? -—-b) Keep him in jail because his next stop is in Ohio (and Washington D.C.). I noticed he skipped Cleveland like most good rock stars seem to do. If he went to Washington D.C., would he be a hero among fans or do politicians put him in jail for poking fun at them? -—-c) Start a “GoFundMe” account so we, the readers and fans, can rescue him. The Detroit police could be big fans of his and might get some free autographs from him!! (Besides signing official paperwork…) -—-d) Thank the Detroit police for doing such a great job!!!!

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    paulscon  about 1 year ago

    like Trump, Pastis is not above the law

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    Queen of America  about 1 year ago

    Maybe offer him a signed copy of your book as a bribe.

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    Katje  about 1 year ago

    Are they gonna give you a chair? With wires? :D Will our dreams come true? :P Will the pain finally end? Will Rat and Goat finally be free? Will Pig turn into Ham and Bacon?We will see in the next episode of “Pearls for Swines”… :D

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    luvdafuneez  about 1 year ago

    At least there’s no criminals in there with you,they get a free pass…

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    marilynnbyerly  about 1 year ago

    He’d have been fine if he hadn’t written, “For a good time, call Mouse at….”

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  about 1 year ago

    RELATED BUT UNRELATED

    There’s a famous theatre in Joliet,Illinois where all the famous entertainers are required to go down into a sub-basement room and write their names on the wall.

    One day a painting crew who hadn’t been briefed painted over every autograph before 1950.And those were some pretty famous names.

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    steveh64  about 1 year ago

    Beethoven, a notoriously difficult tenant, once rented a summerhouse, with the landlord making a specific demand: that Beethoven allow slatted shutters installed on the front windows. Why? Ostensibly, to protect the composer’s eyes from the harsh sunlight, but the real reason was that the landlord knew that Beethoven had a habit of writing musical notes, calculations, etc., on them. The landlord then sold the shutters for a handsome price after the famous composer left.

    I could imagine someone cutting out a piece of the bathroom wall that Pastis drew on.

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    wildlandwaters  about 1 year ago

    too bad he wasn’t in a coffee shop…maybe coulda bribed him with some donuts…

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    moondog42 Premium Member about 1 year ago

    It’s not a prison sentence, probably more like a small fine and a night in jail

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    Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago

    You’d always sign the toilet paper.

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    zeexenon  about 1 year ago

    Just give me an indelible marker, and I’ll write, “I will not deface crapper stalls” on this wall here.

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    Bilan  about 1 year ago

    Somebody ratted on Stephan ratting.

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    B UTTONS  about 1 year ago

    Steph drops the pen to sit in the pen.

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    zenyattafan  about 1 year ago

    Stephan, the saying is “The world is my OYSTER,” not “The world is my EASEL.”

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    Charlie Tuba  about 1 year ago

    Those who write on bathroom walls,

    Roll their s#!+ in little balls.

    Those who read these words of wit,

    Eat these little balls of s#!+!

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    Charlie Tuba  about 1 year ago

    When I was a CSULB, they had chalkboards and chalk in the stalls and by the urinals.I’m not sure if it was the same in the women’s rooms.

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    John Jorgensen  about 1 year ago

    Yeah, that’s Detroit for ya.

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    otieagle1  about 1 year ago

    there is whiteboard paint

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    mail2jbl  about 1 year ago

    I guess the Detroit police don’t have any real criminals to go after, like those “peaceful protestors” from 2020…

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    eddi-TBH  about 1 year ago

    Detroit is rough on graffiti artists. They need to arrest somebody.

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    Malph  about 1 year ago

    Better than Bansky!

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    oakie817  about 1 year ago

    and it’s not the punitentiary!

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    Sisyphos  about 1 year ago

    Busted! Those graffiti vandals deserve Detroit’s Robocop solution….

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    Swirls Before Pine  about 1 year ago

    You are not Banksy, Steph.

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