Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 23, 2011

I sense that Pig is really enjoying Opposite Day.

Good for Pig. But I imagine when opposite day is over he’ll pay for that BIG time,

I am making that second panel, sans context, my wallpaper.

YAY, Pig! Hurrah for Opposite Day! For once, Rat gets what he has coming! YAYYYYY!

It was about time! :D

Is this a tribute to Calvin and Hobbes? I seem to remember Opposite Day in that strip.

The opposite of crazy is still crazy…

The Crowd stands as one and cheers!

I did a typo in my last post, but deleted it and posted again. Praise for Gocomics for that facility.

Extend to Opposite Week. Hit ’im again!!!!!! Wheeee!

love it Pastis, ty

It’s only REALLY opposite day when Pastis wins over Rat.

I’ve been waiting a long time for that one.

Finally! This was long in the wait for Pig to slug Rat one hahaha

When pigs fight back!

And THIS is why I love this strip. Every so often, something actually changes.

Suh-weet! Go Pig!

I think I like Oposite Day. Too bad there aren’t more of them.

I loved this one. Or, since it’s opposite day am I supposed to say I hated it?

Way to roll Rat, Pig! Hope your opposite day continues so you can dodge Rat’s punch.

Nice!

Finally!

Time for the Croc to eat the Zebra? I mean Zeeba.

Opposite day? That means Zebra gets to hunt the Crocs, and Guard Duck gets to be shot at.

hehehe pig must enjoy today

Wow. I guess participation is mandatory.

Pigs gone Wild

YES! Pig got a strike in!

I’d comment but I’m scared of what to say today.

Excellent job Pig!

Dat bad break, Rat.

Rat should have remembered that “No” means “Yes” on opposite day.

Oh yeah! Totally out of Pig’s sweet disposition, but oh so satisfying.

Genuinely surprised. I’m thinking about making the last line my late 1980’s action-hero catchphrase.“You lose, evil dictator. Things are different on Opposite Day!” (U.S. flag unfurls in background for no reason)

Pig, you missed. You were supposed to get Rat in the Jimmy.

Wow, cool!

This may be my favorite Pig moment ever.

I hate opposite day!Thanks, Pastis! :^)

Yay Pig, about time! I wonder if Stephan was watching Bully Beatdown on MTV and got inspired?

And will Bob the Gator live to see tomorrow’s panel?

(applause)

HAH!! Stephen, you corrupted Pig! (as in, you corrupted the character named Pig, not that you are a corrupted pig. G-d forbid.)

Not feeling a lot of love for Rat today.

Way to go, PIG!!

Go pig Go pig! Give Rat what he deserves!

Next up, here comes Pastis with a baseball bat and a sheet full of puns.

This will turn out ugly!

Indeed, Pastis needs to get one over on Rat and let Pig have fun for a while! :)

I want to celebrate Opposite Day!

Whack-a-Rat! LOL!

Today Rat gets served a helping of Pig’s knuckles, and throughout the land there is a great chanting of, “Hit ’im again! Hit ’im again! Har-der! Har-der!”

wow what just happened here?

Finish him pig

Pig pwnz!

Must say Rat has had that coming for a while.

Everyday should be Opposite Day!

It’s about time! Yeah pig!!

In the late 1970s, shortly after Garfield launched, Jim Davis went on a local Seattle talk show to plug his strip. He talked about cartoon violence and how the sound effect “POW!” was okay, but “CRACK!” is over the line. Let’s hear it for Pastis, breaking another comics barrier, not to mention a bone or two.

Awesome….

Yay, Pig! Hit him again before Opposite Day is over! Maybe Rat will lose his memory of the past 24 hours and Pig will survive tomorrow.

Woooooo, Pig, Sooiee!

Revenge for Pig at long last!!

LOL

That was great!

De rat, he go splat! Bravo, Pig!

Now, for “Opposite Day”, maybe newspapers could run comics at appropriate sizes, and pay cartoonists a living wage…

Go pig!! punch him again!!

YESS!!you new guys wouldnt understand!the oldies have been trained to wish with all their might for rat to get punched,or put down,or incinerated,and NOW ITS HAPPENED,COURTESY OF PPIIIGG!!!!

YAYAY Pig!!!!!

Well, it’s ABOUT TIME!

It’s about time Pig punched him with all the violence going from Rat to Pig.

:o

Opposite Day is March 31st I think.

I think I speak for everyone when I say WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why we no on srip

Opposite day is actually January 25