Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 15, 2012

He’s getting in touch with his inner quack . . .

Oh, very bad move, Pig.

the “flower in his head” looks like a “short fuse”

OHMMMMMMMMMMM G

didn´t think Guard duck would fall into that.

Obviously some sort of electrical engineering meditation regimen.

He’s picturing a soothing image… the bodies of his enemies…

That’s where Rat needs to be sent. Maybe some inner peace would melow him out and teach him to be kind to others. Then again Tibet would kick Rat out an hour after he arrived.

Wonder what this will do to Guard Duck. Having a girlfriend mellowed him for a while, until she first flew away then got a job with Aflac. Then we got the Water Fowler before he returned to normal. Maybe Guard Duck’s just learning inner peace so he can train with the Shaolin monks.

Wow! Guard duck took off his helmet!

ohmmmmmmmmmm’s law…

After a few days with Guard Duck, the Tibetans are going to join the East Coast Cartoonist.

Cartoon-Pastis, in a pickle, goes to play his trump card and Pig shoots him down (you should pardon the expression)! Meanwhile, Li’l Guard Duck is trying to find Enlightenment at a remote Tibetan mountain monastery. Can a duck change his nature? Can Pig and Cartoon-Pastis hold out against the East Coast Cartoonist Gang until tomorrow?! Ohh, this is so exciting!

LGD is only there for Monastary reasons, which I sure will run a fowl.

Most of the bad asses I know have tried the monasteries. They’re just up the road from the 24/7 brothels, where there is also useful training…

And yes, there are some interesting values in Tibet. Slaveryfor instance. Warrior meditation is so that you can kill them with a clear, precise mind. You know, like a hunter.

This is NOT good !

Inner peace in Tibet? No more than in neighboring Xinjiang (see the map in my avatar).

I recommend everyone the “Five Tibetan Rites”.. It is the best thing I have done for my health…

Day after dayAlone on a hillThe man with the foolish grinIs keeping perfectly still=^..^=

can’t snuffles help? he and LGD used to work together

The secret to Tibetan inner peace is a box of quackers, Duck is on the way already.

Stephan will bring Guard Duck back to help with an army of Tibetan monks! Pig will be very confused and Rat will be amused – for a while. Zebra will convince the Crocks that the monks are going after “Guerrilla Zeeba Cartoonists” and they will join the monks!

Middle of the war…..helmets on…..pinned down in the house….awaiting reinforcements…..and Pig has a SLURPY next to him.

love this!

LGD has been a little high strung LATELY? What was he before? I’ve always thought he should cut back on caffeine a little……

We too want peace…a piece of your country….

We always knew that sooner or later, that duck would quack -up.

Call in reinforcements! Where’s bad kitty?

So the only time that guard duck can bring out a bazooka and nobody’s gonna think he’s a psychopath, he’s sent to THAT? Aw, I wanted to see a cartoonist blown up.

Give it a week, and they’ll be trying to figure out what to build on the spot where the meditation center used to be.

OMMMMMMMMMM (going to kill someone when I get back). OMMMMMMMM (mean it)

Why did the mattress from yesterday turn into a table?

He will probably learn to feed all of his emotions into the Void so that he is a better warrior. No emotion just a killing machine.

Steph needs some eyelids. He looks perpetually surprised.

Cuuuuuuuuuuuute.

I sense resistance

Lil’ Guard Duck is going to channel some Sun Tzu The Art of War and all heck is going to break out! I can’t wait.

Ohm’s Law: E=IR – To be read: HE=IRE or He’s pissed off. So LGD will not find inner peace. It’s the law.

This seems out of character

Awwwwwww, Cute.

LOL xxx

Looks more like the Potala Palace than the Sera or Drepung Monasteries in Lhasa. The Drepung monks were kind enough to let me use their “loo” when I was there.

If Guard Duck isn’t guarding, why is his name Guard duck? Not such a great idea to put him on retreat, pig.

LGD at a Tibetan monastery reminds me of Christoper Anvil’s “The Claw and the Clock”.

He will return as transcended guard duck, and pacify the cartoonists.

Pastis is gonna lose

Guard Duck will just learn some Shiaolin Monk Martial Arts

Give him a couple days. He’ll nuke the joint and be right back.

the bricks in the wall are are running vertically rather than horizontally.

Well. Mr. Guard Duck is back today.http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/03/28

is that me?