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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 31, 2012
May 30, 2012
June 01, 2012
Transcript:
Rat: What are you reading, Goat? Goat: 'Of Mice and Men'... It's the story of two friends one is short and crafty and the other is an over-size fellow with mental challenges. Rat: Do we get royalties for this? Goat: No. Pig: I'm famous! I'm famous!!
rayannina almost 13 years ago
I will love him and hug him and hold him and squeeze him, and I will name him George …
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
If this comic was compared to a book, I would have thought The Wizard of Oz; Rat needs a heart, Zebra needs courage, Pig needs a brain, Bob needs a brain, Larry needs a brain, Burt needs a brain…
jeff_e almost 13 years ago
Tell me about the rabbits, Rat.
mahnster almost 13 years ago
Shouldn’t the book be called “Of Mice and Hogs”?
arye uygur almost 13 years ago
@SherlockWatson: And what does Stephan need?…
shimoon almost 13 years ago
Sounds like the book of the year.
rf_eq almost 13 years ago
I remember in The Grapes of Wrath, Tom’s uncle ate a whole pig in one sitting. So Pig should be careful around Steinbeck characters.
Peabody-Martini almost 13 years ago
They should at least find out how the book ends first.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Curly’s wife has no name. Why is that?
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
A couple of months ago I saw “Of Mice and Men” done as an opera. It was interesting. The composer, Carlisle Floyd, was there.
kzcreations.com almost 13 years ago
easy pig, your shout is breaking the panels. don’t want to fall out of your box and crush garfield or cathy. actually it’s okay if you crush cathy.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Oh,Pig! You are not famous, not in the way that you think! And yet you are like Lennie. I just hope no one here seeking more bang for his buck would put you down….
zero almost 13 years ago
Creepy @#%&*! book. If Steinbeck wasn’t clinically depressed, he sure passed it on a lot.
hariseldon59 almost 13 years ago
Actually it’s the estate of John Steinbeck that should be getting royalties from Pastis.
Anyway, Pastis is hardly the first to copy the short crafty friend/big dumb friend characters. It’s been done many times in cartoons (Ren and Stimpy, anyone?).
peabodyboy almost 13 years ago
I think that Pig and Rat are more like Lenny and Squiggy than Lennie and George.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Peabody, ne7minder, yeah, Pig might want to check out the ending first before he gets all excited….BTW, if you haven’t read Totilla Flat, Cannery Row and it’s sequel, Sweet Tuesday, treat yourself to some funny stories, written by a master who could write about common folks with gentle compassion…
thad.humphries almost 13 years ago
LMAO! This is great. It’s long been one of my favorite books.
peabodyboy almost 13 years ago
I am not a number. I am a free man.
lancemay almost 13 years ago
i don’t get it
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
What came 1st? The Lenny or the Pig?That is the question.
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
I’m changing up my avatar over the next month or so to see if I like anything better, Popeye
Thomas Skogestad almost 13 years ago
In news from tomorrow, rat walks.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/health/in-rat-experiment-new-hope-for-spine-injuries.html?_r=2&hp
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer almost 13 years ago
lol
mariew Premium Member over 12 years ago
LOVE THESE GUYS