Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 19, 2012

Poor Zebra, a plaid son.

plaid the impaler

Well, like most sons, he is up on technology and does not care what others think of him. SO, what does Newt Gingrich have to do with this? Adam West is Best BATMAN, EVER!!! Cornbread! thanks for your patronage, please drive thru, aloha

Mmmmm, I thought that they would cancel each other out?

I’ll bet that his name is Checkers.

Zebra! You randy dude! Been leading a secret life all along, ehh? I hope you son doesn’t grow up victimized by the plaid-haters out there!

Did they really date five years ago, or is Pastis pulling a fast one on us? (If they did date, I want a link to the cartoon.)

Zeeba neighba has a big problem, and for once it’s not the Crocs.

Oh, for Pete’s sake, this is so funny!

Pretty lousy proof when all the herd except her is horizontally striped.

And all the zebras in Africa, strangely, are vertically striped, yet they look like our Zebra.

Something happens to their stripes when they stand on all fours.

…Otto….. how did Pete get into this story?Have you been smoking what AlohaCat and Dogsniff are (allegedly) smoking?

So, Virginia and Plaid move in, Plaid becomes friends with Junior the crocodile, who earlier had a romance with Zebra’s niece, and we’ll see where it goes from there.

A blonde zebra?

Even Bogart? Can a bus get me there by 4:20 or will everything go up in smoke before then?It’s high time we had a party at the Dog’s house. Alice, don’t forget the dessert.

: )i wish…thank you verry much. as much a i regret it, i must pass.

@ Mr. Pastisi hope you plan to run with this one. if for no other reason that the little guy is kinda cute.

If the three of them go anywhere together, they’ll make everyone dizzy.

Zebra’s a daddy, oh this is gonna be fun…. for about a week.

Born with grill marks.

If the three of them go out anywhere, they’ll make everyone dizzy.

If you stare at Zeeba Jr. do you see those little gray dots all over him?

I love this on so many levels … horizontal zebra stripes prove paternity … Pigita hair … and Plaid has me rolling!!! However, with 3 plaid sons of my own, I can tell you with professional certainty that Plaid is missing his hipster glasses!!!

What’s his middle name…. Burberry?

this joke is kilt-ing me

So there’s just one horizontally striped zebra in the Pearls universe? Presenting a plaid son doesn’t prove anything, as any good lawyer should know. Is that why you turned to cartooning? ; o

Zebra – he does have your eyes . . . . ☻

Not diagonal? Get a DNA test, dude.

Gettin’ a little hazy in here.

Plaid actually has a pretty big head

Sigh… Even Zeeba is getting more than me…

’ere, dude…cough-cough

I wonder if patis knows about the research that showed predator will attack any animal that is different in a herd. Proven by putting paint on wildebeests and zebras. SO a vertical zebra woulda been eaten a long time ago. “Plaid” Too. But hey least zebra got some very strange…

I think his middle name should be Flannel…

How do we know he’s the father. EVERY OTHER ZEBRA has horizontal stripes……

Forget about the stripes. Does anyone besides me find it suspicious she waited five years to tell him?

Awwwwwww, He looks cute!

So Zebra is a proud Dad now?

Congrats!

LOL xxx

@Proginoskes

Nope, this is a new character – we’ve never seen her before.

Interesting,,fun study of late on how stripes deter /repells flies..whereas plaid clearly does that to all forms of life.Witness: sport coats,guys 70s/80s..I rest my case and shall step down

In style right now? I don’t think so. I think he’s square.

Dave’s not here man.

Weird, for a long time I thought Zebra was gay.

I gave that stuff up when I realised that it had no effect on me. Other things were effective, though.

Don’t bother now, I’m naturally out there.

Oh…Zebah! You sly dog…..

Such is life you never know what may happen

Aloha…Jukie…bring it on. Sunday funnies rule! PLAID!

So what are we to make of Brad Paisley?

I remain skeptical. All other Zebras are horizontally striped. If I were Zebra, I’d call Maury Povich.

Dead zebras don’t wear plaid.

He could be madras. Squirt him and see if he runs.

Now lets see what the crocs do with this one!

Talk about inheritance.

Actually, a zebra’s skin is striped… when too hot, blood is pumped to the black and dispelled…When cooler, black heats up and pumps blood to the white…Besides flies, tall grasses, and confusing for predators, the Zebras have their own “Heat-Exchanger” system in their bodies!

If he were really plaid, I’d think he’d have a more colorful story. He’s really a black and white personality.

+++++

So, Virginia’s not a virgin?

Hey, Mechanic — I almost always agree with you, and I truly respect your opinions, …. but sorry, I think you’re over-reacting a bit….

I hope with further thought, you might think so too.I’m not an advocate for drugs, and I haven’t smoked any thing since Pastis was knee high to a… a… St. Bernard, maybe….. But nobody on this forum has even mentioned what anyone is smoking …. maybe it’s banana leaves (I hope not!) or Marlboros (yuck).And even if it were meant to suggest ….shhh….. whatever you think it means ….heck, as Picto more subtly (and humorously) pointed out….with a slight….um… maybe 20 year time-out, Cheech and Chong have been making a living from those jokes for 40 years, and it’s not illegal to buy tickets.Nobody here has broken any laws…. and nobody has given anyone any illicit advice.

Is “dated” the new “did it?”

it took 5 years? ><

Aw, come on! Nobody is suspecting Al Borland here?

Is it just me or does Plaid’s head look a little deformed….

Forever Plaid, a quartet of zebra’s that die on the way to their first gig.

Coming soon, Indian head test pattern zebra, father was a tv repairman.

That’s “tartan”. A plaid zebra would only have a swath of stripes across his chest and over his left shoulder.

He’s gone straight to ludicrous speed!