Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 31, 2006

Transcript:

"Guard duck, this is Maura. She's a girl duck... I'm hoping that having a girl around will help calm you down." How do you do, ma'am?" "QUACK" "Sir... this is a non-anthropomorphic duck, sir." "A what?" "Sir, I'm anthropomorphic... that means I've taken on the characteristics of a human being... see how I talk and wear a helmet?... This girl's just a duck." "And does that matter?" "I'm afraid it does, Pig." "Stephan Pastis? Creator of 'Pearls'?" "Hi, Pig... yeah, listen... You can't introduce a non-anthro animal into the strip... they have to be able to talk and stuff... it's part of the premise." "I'm sorry, Mr. Pastis. Please don't fire me!" "Pig, Pig, Pig... relax, buddy... you're the <I>least</i> of my problems. Believe me, I've got characters who-" "Well well well... it it's not Mr. 'I guess good art is no longer a requirement for the comics page.'" "I gotta go." "It's okay, Stephan, you've got a nice personality."