Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 12, 2012

pogo did it first way back in the thirties

Rat’s new wall between him and humanity.

Chico almost reminds me of Sheldon of “U.S. Acres.”

So Chico doesn’t want to be in the big enchilada?

Kid should be in a Noir as a hard-boiled detective.

Rat memorializing Shelley Winters?

But is Chico a person…er, rooster yet or not?

Rat’s found a kindred spirit.

rat is part echidna on his mothers side

What has no doors or windows, is smooth as marble, and holds treasure inside? Chico.There’s a poem to that, but it’s late where I am and I don’t feel like looking it up.

You just had to egg him on Pig…

chico played piano…harpo played the harp. groucho-the guitar…

I guess the yolk’s on Rat today.

Chico, I understand. But how did Rat do that (and so quickly!)?

Wasn’t there a cartoon character on TV that was an unhatched egg?

That answers the question of which came first: Rat or Egg?

This is a metaphorical satire about the struggles of today’s Hispanics to make an impact on our American society due to the uncaring GOP (metaphorically Rat) and the sympathetic yet unrealistic Dems (metophorically Pig). We the reader are being asked: should we make our Hispanic population: eggs or chicken nuggets. Metaphorically I’ll have a beef fajita with Eva Longoria

I wonder if rat will shell out for a little egg citement. . . ☻

What came first, the Rat or the egg?

an ‘unborn chick’? Is Stephan joining the anti-choice crowd?

i’m in

viva la unborn!

Rude Rat!

Would love to see that little unborn chick when it IS born.

LOL xxx

1) There were Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo, and the most famous Marx Brother…KARL! 2) The Rodent looks his best in today’s 3rd panel!

Shades of Jimi Hendrix’s “Belly Button Window”

Waiter, there’s a rat in my bacon and eggs!

Also see U.S. Acres. – his name is Shelldon!

I remember Sheldon. Inside his shell was another shell.

Ppff they are just ripping off from Sheldon from the cartoon/comic strip US acres

Hillybilly may be thinking of MORK AND MINDY with the Johnathan Winters story arc where he spent a few episodes in a giant egg, hatched and we discovered Orkians were like Merlin born backwards in time.

Humpty Rat

I’m glad this happened. The thought of rat coming out of his shell gives me the heebie-jeebies!

On USAcres there are 2 chicks, one is normal but the other one can’t figure out how to get out of his shell. So he did get his feet out, still waiting for him too outgrow his shell.

You may have already been told this: Harpo plays the harp & Chico plays the piano, but I don’t think you can get a piano in there.

rat meets his dopplengager

Somehow I get the feeling that there’s a connection between Chico the Unborn Chick and Tim the Gynocologist (from yesterday), but I can’t quite put my finger on it…

Has Pastis been visiting Texas recently? Or was this inspired by watching “Fox News”?

the last panel reminds me of garfield and friends

Reminds me of Sheldon from USAcres or Garfield and Friends.

Rat’s new best friend?