Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 01, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  about 1 year ago

    But people remember Calvin & Hobbes.

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    Botulism Bob  about 1 year ago

    Or come back in other forms like Funky Winkerbean…..

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    BasilBruce  about 1 year ago

    Third option: You become an animated cartoon, like “U.S. Acres.”

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    Bilan  about 1 year ago

    None of them have ever died and Calvin never grew 1 year older.

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    DanielRyanMulligan1  about 1 year ago

    Sorta insanely ironic that Mr. Pastis chose Bloom County for one(1) of his references, as the ONLY other comic strip I’m currently in the “middle” of catching up on, by way of the other “tab” I’m keeping open on google chrome right now, is the one(1) he mentioned!!!! (But also weird he mentioned Calvin and Hobbes, my other top favorite comic strip of ALL TIME!!!! Him and I share GREAT TASTE, but NOT less filling….) Dan aka…

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    old_geek  about 1 year ago

    Or a mixture of helping Hobbes find Calvin in a new Bloom County..

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    Gent  about 1 year ago

    Not worries, Pig. For so long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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    enigmamz  about 1 year ago

    It’s all relative.

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    lavender headgear  about 1 year ago

    Or live forever as a zombie like Peanuts.

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    David_the_CAD  about 1 year ago

    You can read Calvin and Hobbes on Comics.com.

    Dose that make them zombies?

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    Imagine  about 1 year ago

    Comics never die. Comic artists, on the other hand…

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    blunebottle  about 1 year ago

    The As s is truly wise.

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    iggyman  about 1 year ago

    Yes, A subject the wise one really knows about!

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    TwilightFaze  about 1 year ago

    Calvin once said he’d be remembered as the legendary type. He was right. Calvin and Hobbes “died,” but they are forever remembered and will continue to be. I have a good feeling Pearls will also be remembered under a legendary level as well.

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    Liam G.P  about 1 year ago

    Why do Pig and I have the same questions? That is also one of my biggest worries as well. But you know, just enjoy life while you can.

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    donlackie  about 1 year ago

    Or you become a part timer like Foxtrot

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 1 year ago

    You just stop showing up one day, like Get Fuzzy.

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    DangerBunny  about 1 year ago

    Does no one else remember Watterston’s guest stint on Pearls June 4 – 6 2014, for the week’s arc starting June 2nd? They’re pals.

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    juicebruce  about 1 year ago

    Pig …. You Break On Through To The Other Side ;-)

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    grassler  about 1 year ago

    or, like “Liberty Meadows”, you go into this repeating netherland of endless repeating

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    Tim Stahmer Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Or you only work on Sunday like Doonesbury. Which is not to say I don’t love anything I can get from Trudeau.

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    jbmlaw01  about 1 year ago

    Clever humor.

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    zerotvus  about 1 year ago

    My wife passed away 9 months ago. I just hope she was reborn somewhere, what a great lady she was……..

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    SALUDADOG  about 1 year ago

    I think if they are really bad, they become character in “Mary Worth”

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    Ken Gagne Premium Member about 1 year ago

    I appreciate it when Stephan speaks to my generation.

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    Wedgeman Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Dilbert was murdered.

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    ajr58(1)  about 1 year ago

    I wish my life was non-stop Hollywood movie show

    A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes

    Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain

    And celluloid heroes never really die

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    Cary Rodda Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Ironically, Calvin & Hobbes is just in front of Pearls in my GoComics feed. I keep them, along with Peanuts for the end of the page, saving the best for last.

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    Ellis97  about 1 year ago

    I always thought I’d either live up in Heaven or be reincarnated as a minority male with a mop top.

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    Goat from PBS  about 1 year ago

    Or you go to Heaven, or you go to Hell. Those are two more possibilities.

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    MS72  about 1 year ago

    Please, not CATHY!

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member about 1 year ago

    ………..or you go to perpetual reruns like Chuckle Brothers, reliving your “life” until you get it right.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Or continue to grow up and evolve like “Gasoline Alley” and “Luann” starring Ann❤️Eiffel.

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    uniquename  about 1 year ago

    I haven’t really liked the many incarnations of Bloom County. Too bad, cuz I really liked it back in the ’80s.

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    HOTLOTUS1  about 1 year ago

    maybe he meant cause it was in black & white

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    priyansh.jeziel  about 1 year ago

    If only Dilbert could be reincarnated. And NOT as some politically correct BS, to appease the “woke”, or whatever the hell they are called, who are offended by their own shadows.

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    syzygy47  about 1 year ago

    Both live on well in our memories. Calvin, unfortunately, lives on in the back windows of the pickup trucks of idiots.

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    royq27  about 1 year ago

    Reruns, Calvin & Hobbs are still with us, not to mention Peanuts…

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    mail2jbl  about 1 year ago

    Or you become a zombie like “Blondie”…

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    [Anonymous Account]  about 1 year ago

    All the best artists have the guts to end it. Find me any media that never had a decline/dip in quality, and I’ll find you some media that ended “prematurely.”

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    Sisyphos  about 1 year ago

    What other explanation for cartoon characters but Comical Metaphysics?

    (Still, Wise A$$ is a fraud….)

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  about 1 year ago

    Or you get a new creator like ALLEY OOP and MARK TRAIL and you just WISH you were dead.

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    joannesshadow  about 1 year ago

    This gave me my biggest laugh of the day. No, make that the week!

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    zeexenon  about 1 year ago

    OK, but what in Sam hill about The Far Side … is it a zombie?

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    rob  about 1 year ago

    Or come back in reruns like C&H and FBOW

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    thedogesl Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Or you live in re-runs here like “Sone Soup” and so many others. And we continue to read and enjoy them.

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    thedogesl Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Some classic strips live long after their creators died or moved on and the strip itself stopped. We “Pogo” fans continue to love the strip and treasure our copies of the book to this day. And Walk Kelly died back in the 1970s.

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    Zebrastripes  about 1 year ago

    Aaaaacckk! I got some bad news….

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    Lawrence Stetz Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Ironically Calvin and Hobbes reruns are still more popular than Pearls Before Swine.

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    LKrueger41  about 1 year ago

    Calvin & Hobbes not only exists, it is the comic I read just before Pearls every day. The humor, the issues and Waterson’s imagination are timeless. Many years ago, when I subscribed to a newspaper, Bloom County appeared daily. After trying for about a week, I decided I no longer needed to even look at it. Never regretted that choice.

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    [Unnamed Reader - bf182b]  about 1 year ago

    Bloom County brought back Calvin and Hobbes for a story arc.

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    AndrewSihler  about 1 year ago

    I’m confused. Hasn’t Calvin & Hobbs “come back in various forms”?

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    eddi-TBH  about 1 year ago

    Calvin and Hobbes live forever in reruns. Berkley’s last iteration of Bloom County ended during the Plague Years. Although the classics are replayed for those who missed them.

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    macksteelburner Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Or, like Dilbert, the cancel culture sends you to purgatory.

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    ellisaana Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Or, your creator succumbs to merchandising you and you live forever on spiral notebook covers, and in bins of marked-down action figures.

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    Birdman47  about 1 year ago

    Calvin & Hobbs…. Now that’s one of the bestest cartoons ever.

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    GATORx81  about 1 year ago

    Shots fired!!

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    SuperCharged5-  about 1 year ago

    you fade into legend or you become commodified

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