Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 22, 2012

Funny

Wheee…I’m on first! Who’s on 2nd?

Whack ’im Rat…nice swing, and we need to work on the follow-thru…raise your shoulder a little more, get your weight into it…

Good thing John Glynn has a great sense of humor!

Please, Hammer, Let’s Hurt ’Im: the new album by MC Rat.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷I’m guessing that “The Stephster” doesn’t like Glynn. I wonder how many masks SP’s prepared, and how many people he’s targeted?

heres a mallet for your mullet.

Finally revealed. Steph was wearing boxers with the corporate logo.

And for all these years, I thought it was the syndicate that hated a rat…

He won’t hit you without the mask because you look like Newt Gingrich!

If I was famous and Steph knew me; Id fit right in.

Poor John Glynn (who’s a real syndicate editor, you know)! That’s what you get for handling the account of a nogoodnik like cartoon-Pastis! Of course, if former videos are any guide, John will have his revenge! —Or die trying!

Could have sworn that was Newt Gingrich. John Glynn, you say?

i too thought at first this was Newt Gingrich……….gosh waiting badly for nov 7………..got to stop reading newspapers and stiop watching tv till then

another rotund idiot….newt gingrich the winner of sc primary on the anniversary of being kicked out of the gop speakership.

Pastis and Glynn have been friends for a long time…. and the guy obviously has a sense of humor.

They’ve made several funny videos to promote Stephan’s books, even when Pearls was still at United Features (Comics.com), and Universal (GoComics.com) was a rival syndicate.

THIS ONE was made about a year ago for “Pearls Blows Up.”

Hysterical … but be forewarned — maybe NSFW, due to expletives that are not replaced by !@#$%.

I remember an episode of the old Twilight Zone where this dying old man made his greedy relatives put on masks at Mardi Gras. When they took them off, their faces were permanently set in the images of the masks. If I were you Mr. Glynn, I wouldn’t have risked it.

nice hat, Rat.

Almost looks like Garfield and Calvin in the background. Are my eyes THAT bad?

All seriousness aside, is he really in/from KC? I ask only because that is where we are. (If I know, I can avoid Rat)

There has to be a very bad pun in this strip. Too many goofy references: John Glynn. syndicate.mask. Kansas City Missouri. Haven’t got it yet.

Has everyone seen Stephan Pastis’s videos with John Glynn?

Of course it could be a shameless promo for his new e book. But I still think there is a pun in there someplace. Got to be.

rat shoulda known better – Pastis doesn’t wear a tie . . . ☻

… “The Syndicate” :)

O.Ouch…

On his shelf I see a stuffed Garfield doll, a picture of Dilbert, a picture of Calvin, Charlie Brown, a Cul de Sac sign, two baseballs, and my favorite — two empty cans of beer.

Whack-a-Newt? smack a serial liar for civilization?

Mr. Glynn needs a Pastis mask as much as he needs a hammer to the head. Oooops wait- I guess he does!

I can see Steph applying for diplomatic immunity over at the Family Circus.

Would love to see John get up and say in his best Jimmy Cagney impersonation “mmmm…you dirty rat….”

I thought it was W, not Newt, have to look again, I guess.

did u notice Charlie Brown in the 3rd and 4th panel?

can’t picture saying “sorry” to anyone.

Rat’s always on the ball. [Snerk!]

Did anyone else have their paper run last week’s strip a second time?

Another case of Mistaken Identity ends hilariously.

Whe does Stephen get to play “Whack-A-Rat”?

Calvin in Panel 2.

anyone else notice that the little cat thingy in the background becomes open-mouthed in the 2nd-to-last panel?

why does john glynn look like newt gingrich?

The lack of cigarette should have been an obvious clue.