No, what happens is like the Peanuts characters – They end up on memes on Facebook saying things Charles Schultz would NEVER have them say in a million years. Linus supporting your political agenda? Little Sally cussing? Please!!!!
Well, the characters live on in our hearts and memories for all time and eternity. Take Peanuts for example, it’s lived on forever in new animated iterations and reruns of the strip. Not to mention all the merchandise overseas in Japan. Even if the original creator may be gone, his legacy will live on forever.
Charles Schulz died many years ago, but his reruns have run since then. If Pastis wants that, he needs to up his game. Not that that’s an insult. Charles Schulz was one of a kind.
Hm, I recall having seen or heard Pastis stating that he quit drawing smoking in the strip (both himself and Guard Duck (where art thou, GD?)) because he didn’t want to promote smoking. And from what I understood, he doesn’t smoke. Has he fallen off the wagon.
So, you’re saying… This comic might end a bit early? Thank goodness! I already feared you lived very healthy and would become 100 or more. :DGo eat more pork, btw. :P
BE THIS GUY 7 months ago
Don’t worry, you won’t even realize you’re dead.
BasilBruce 7 months ago
I’m allergic to tobacco, but I do like fried chicken and pizza.
Now I’m wondering if there’s a place that serves chicken pizza . . .
schmegs24 7 months ago
I’m feeling some Velveteen Rabbit here
sergioandrade Premium Member 7 months ago
After a while youse guys become public domain, recently happened to Winnie the Poo.
GeorgeInAZ 7 months ago
This is going to be a great shock to the many readers who seem to believe comic characters are real beings.
sirbadger 7 months ago
If he develops dementia, the quality of the drawing will go down and it will be the exact same joke every day.
Gent 7 months ago
Kudos Pastis. You is goes The Watterson Way of not letting anyone else after you to retcons and ruins your characters.
Bilan 7 months ago
Too bad. The Peanuts gang will live forever.
Gent 7 months ago
You will lives in reruns Pig. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
That is until some PC-CC gang in future decides that you must be cancelled.
tudza Premium Member 7 months ago
I volunteer. Or, I could do a comic called Pearls Before Pigs under the name Steve Pastiche.
Johnny Q Premium Member 7 months ago
They’ll meet Little Nemo, Steve Canyon and Charlie Brown in Comic Strip Heaven.
Imagine 7 months ago
Self-aware comic characters? What’s next? Artificial intelligence?
lavender headgear 7 months ago
The samurai code of honor. When a samurai died, his retainers committed seppuku.
_lounger_ 7 months ago
what does he drink with that?
carlsonbob 7 months ago
Well, at least Pig will be a smoked ham when he dies.
Terrya22 7 months ago
Just point me in the direction of the desserts.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 7 months ago
Pearls just became Death Wish comics.
nicholasbonnie3 7 months ago
Happened with Peanuts, will probably happen with this as well.
dlkrueger33 7 months ago
Houston, we have a problem.
juicebruce 7 months ago
Everybody Got Die Sometime Red ……. Platoon
win.45mag 7 months ago
Smoking is the most disgusting habit in the history of Earth
figuratively speaking 7 months ago
I say take him out now and write the strip yourselves.
top cat james 7 months ago
Uh, Stephan—Redrawing TVs and hairdos on “Family Circus” reruns doesn’t make them new episodes.
jel354 7 months ago
Pig is the prescient one here?
Croc Holliday 7 months ago
Eat right, don’t drink, don’t smoke, get plenty of exercise.
Die anyway.
(not advocating poor lifestyle choices or anything, mind you!)
wrd2255 7 months ago
You mean Steph’s contract doesn’t have a coronary…er…corollary?
Mr. Organization 7 months ago
Perhaps now Rat will think twice before pummeling Stephen when he makes pun comics.
KeithRoman 7 months ago
No, what happens is like the Peanuts characters – They end up on memes on Facebook saying things Charles Schultz would NEVER have them say in a million years. Linus supporting your political agenda? Little Sally cussing? Please!!!!
elbow macaroni 7 months ago
Blondie also on the list, with Beetle Bailey. And each one has been greatly diminished.
Ellis97 7 months ago
Well, the characters live on in our hearts and memories for all time and eternity. Take Peanuts for example, it’s lived on forever in new animated iterations and reruns of the strip. Not to mention all the merchandise overseas in Japan. Even if the original creator may be gone, his legacy will live on forever.
phredturner 7 months ago
They should be worried. Stephan is almost old enough to wear his baseball cap frontwards
david_42 7 months ago
I think this is Steve’s first pun-less appearance, it must be serious.
DaBump Premium Member 7 months ago
Uh-oh, now the characters are going to go on strike until Pastis takes up a healthy lifestyle. This could get interesting. Or really boring.
mail2jbl 7 months ago
And don’t forget “Blondie” and “Dennis The Menace”.
bittenbyknittin 7 months ago
Is this foreshadowing?
kstegath 7 months ago
What about Libby? >
Comics are the first thing to read 7 months ago
Save the crocs!
Goat from PBS 7 months ago
Quick! Get him the eternal life pill!
I’m joking, of course. Outliving the Earth sounds cool, but there are more downs that ups, I’d imagine.
Ermine Notyours 7 months ago
Pig is having a Back to the Future moment when he realizes his mother smokes.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 7 months ago
Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do? Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do? Subtle innuendos follow. There must be something inside – Adam Ant
John Jorgensen 7 months ago
Pastis doesn’t really smoke. I wonder why he pretends to do it in the strip. Maybe so the older kids will think he’s cool?
ElwoodP 7 months ago
…see Big Nate today.
mindjob 7 months ago
He could have his characters exhibit his symptoms of cancer when he gets it
old_geek 7 months ago
Wonder if Pastis is signaling….
Norris66 7 months ago
Well “The Argyle Sweater” {Scott Hilburn} had been getting Bad Punny lately. So I’m sure Dad Jokes and Puns will live on.
awgiedawgie Premium Member 7 months ago
No, Steph has issues. You have a problem. There’s a difference.
Zebrastripes 7 months ago
…there’s always re-runs…☺️❤️
zeexenon 7 months ago
What about my pet Demodex arachnids?
ladykat 7 months ago
I see a problem.
wildlandwaters 7 months ago
oh well…there’s always reruns…
marilynnbyerly 7 months ago
Charles Schulz died many years ago, but his reruns have run since then. If Pastis wants that, he needs to up his game. Not that that’s an insult. Charles Schulz was one of a kind.
alkabelis Premium Member 7 months ago
I’m a big fan of Pearls and Stephan but this is his best that I can recall. I love when he breaks the fourth wall.
B UTTONS 7 months ago
… We can’t knock off Steph without harming ourselves.
How’s the gag order coming along?
liberalnlovinit 7 months ago
Yes, I’m always of afraid of contracting cancer from second-hand chicken…
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 7 months ago
Well,Steph has promised that this strip won’t end up like ALLEY OOP or MARK TRAIL. That’s one small favor
hoffquotes2 7 months ago
So if he lives to 105, he will still be drawing them? Or will Rat, Pig, and crew already be dead
Radish the wordsmith 7 months ago
When Steph dies the PBS legacy strips will be out of his hands.
elgrecousa Premium Member 7 months ago
Don’t believe him.
christelisbetty 7 months ago
The Surgeon General has determined that cartooning may be hazardous to your health.
kencrosno 7 months ago
Still better than a cartoonist killing their characters. Berkeley Breathed killed Opus.
dolf37 7 months ago
Hm, I recall having seen or heard Pastis stating that he quit drawing smoking in the strip (both himself and Guard Duck (where art thou, GD?)) because he didn’t want to promote smoking. And from what I understood, he doesn’t smoke. Has he fallen off the wagon.
del_grande Premium Member 7 months ago
They’ll never die…they will just run in endless repeats, like with Peanuts.
Even the lesser-known strips have repeats – when was the last time Agnes had a new strip?
AMBER1 7 months ago
More like a serious situation!
eddi-TBH 7 months ago
Pastis started smoking when “Pearls” became successful.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 7 months ago
Pastis is choosing to go the route of his hero, Charles Schulz.
Sisyphos 7 months ago
Don’t think about it too much, Pig. Que sera, sera.
Besides, Cartoon-Boy may be just pulling your leg….
mikeszeller Premium Member 7 months ago
I have faith the Estate will sell out…
wordsmeet 7 months ago
Oh, crud, Steph needs an intervention to live forever, now!
Katje 7 months ago
So, you’re saying… This comic might end a bit early? Thank goodness! I already feared you lived very healthy and would become 100 or more. :DGo eat more pork, btw. :P
koolen3k 7 months ago
Chichen Itza in Mexico. Mayan ruins known by some as Chicken Pizza.
Swirls Before Pine 7 months ago
Ha, ha, I’m better than you, Steph. I eat fried food too, but I don’t smoke.