Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 22, 2012
Transcript:
"Story Update: Stephan Pastis is on the run from Rat, who is upset at Stephan for shipping him to Siberia. Today, Stephan's travels bring him to Kansas City, Missouri. John: Stephan Pastis! What brings you to K.C.? Stephan: Hi, John Glynn, V.P. of my new comic strip syndicate. I've just come for a little visit. I was wondering if I could stay with you. John: Sure thing, Stephster...welcome to the syndicate! Stephan: Gee, thanks, John. And to show my appreciation, I've brought you a 'Stephan Pastis' mask. I thought it'd be funny. Here, try it on... John: Hahaha...I'm Stephan Pastis...I'm Stephan Pastis...how do I look? *kathunk* John: I don't think I want to be Stephan anymore. Rat: Sorry, sir. You looked like another rotund idiot I know.
trauringe over 12 years ago
Funny
tigre1 over 12 years ago
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…
margueritem over 12 years ago
Good thing John Glynn has a great sense of humor!
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
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?
V-Beast over 12 years ago
heres a mallet for your mullet.
fatjimi over 12 years ago
Finally revealed. Steph was wearing boxers with the corporate logo.
zero over 12 years ago
And for all these years, I thought it was the syndicate that hated a rat…
jnik23260 over 12 years ago
He won’t hit you without the mask because you look like Newt Gingrich!
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
If I was famous and Steph knew me; Id fit right in.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
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!
Kaputnik over 12 years ago
Could have sworn that was Newt Gingrich. John Glynn, you say?
maxjaja over 12 years ago
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
vwdualnomand over 12 years ago
another rotund idiot….newt gingrich the winner of sc primary on the anniversary of being kicked out of the gop speakership.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
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 !@#$%.
HighPeaks over 12 years ago
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.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
nice hat, Rat.
WCLamb over 12 years ago
Almost looks like Garfield and Calvin in the background. Are my eyes THAT bad?
Packratjohn Premium Member over 12 years ago
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)
radicalrad over 12 years ago
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.
TheSpanishInquisition over 12 years ago
Has everyone seen Stephan Pastis’s videos with John Glynn?
radicalrad over 12 years ago
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.
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 12 years ago
rat shoulda known better – Pastis doesn’t wear a tie . . . ☻
Tue Elung-Jensen over 12 years ago
… “The Syndicate” :)
fmasroor over 12 years ago
O.Ouch…
BobSpelledBackwards over 12 years ago
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.
tigre1 over 12 years ago
Whack-a-Newt? smack a serial liar for civilization?
A_NY_Outlaw over 12 years ago
Mr. Glynn needs a Pastis mask as much as he needs a hammer to the head. Oooops wait- I guess he does!
Harryfan over 12 years ago
I can see Steph applying for diplomatic immunity over at the Family Circus.
adrianmonk over 12 years ago
Would love to see John get up and say in his best Jimmy Cagney impersonation “mmmm…you dirty rat….”
pearlsarefuzzy over 12 years ago
I thought it was W, not Newt, have to look again, I guess.
doodoodle over 12 years ago
did u notice Charlie Brown in the 3rd and 4th panel?
SUPKEM over 12 years ago
can’t picture saying “sorry” to anyone.
bmonk over 12 years ago
Rat’s always on the ball. [Snerk!]
CitizenThom over 12 years ago
Did anyone else have their paper run last week’s strip a second time?
chris_weaver over 12 years ago
Another case of Mistaken Identity ends hilariously.
ZydecoBear over 12 years ago
Whe does Stephen get to play “Whack-A-Rat”?
fmasroor over 12 years ago
Calvin in Panel 2.
mld1812 over 12 years ago
anyone else notice that the little cat thingy in the background becomes open-mouthed in the 2nd-to-last panel?
Arisas over 11 years ago
why does john glynn look like newt gingrich?
NeilCopeland over 5 years ago
The lack of cigarette should have been an obvious clue.