Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 19, 2016

And he borrowed the brick wall from the “Peanuts.”

Is nuclear fallout what caused Paris Goat to lose his beard in the early days of the comic?

Tbh it is actually a nice backdrop for it – except ofc for all the other people appearing in the strip.

Aren’t pearls round stones that come from mollusks?

Tons more than you’ll ever have, Rat. Since no one wanted to buy your Dickie the Cockroach treasurie, Rat, you should have taken the hint.

Does Neighbor Bob live in the second pile of ruble down the street?

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Seriously though, how do you explain the Crocs’ house?

Well if this is not a croc………..And that is how the Crocs came to be…..

Don’t let your limitations define you, Stephan.

But such a well drawn pillow!

Is that supposed to be broccoli in the first frame?

Just ONE diner…with a setting for TWO?

Even the TV is a side-view. I bet it’s not even a TV.

That last frame just shows an a-hole with 2 butt cheeks. How hard can THAT be to draw?

Don’t worry, Stephan. I probably suck worse than you.

he draws using an Etch-a-Sketch

what about the beach?

crocs

why is it that characters that made a comic strip enjoyable to read eventually get shoved aside for the sake of ease? Is it laziness or burn out?

Neighbor Bob occasionally wanders over from the nuclear wasteland.

“Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst enemies would agree that if you had to liken Ankh-Morpork to anything, then it might as well be a piece of rubbish covered with the diseased secretions of a dying mollusc.”

― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic

This is always the one strip that can make me laugh out loud!!! I read it every day and never fail to wonder how he comes up with these things. Just Rat, Pig, and Goat is all he needs to use to show the idiosyncrasies of the world.

When’s the last time anyone bought a console television?

Your artistic skills have advanced dramatically since the early, minimalist days of “Pearls”, Pastis. You ain’t no Hal Foster, though.

That’s not true Rat. The nuclear brocolli sprout looks very real…

Hey, this is about nothing, just like Seinfeld.

Pearls: Rise of the Post-Nuclear Family

Quack on the draw?

There are no secrets around here, Cartoon-Boy. Even Goat and Rat know the truth; but

you can’t handle the truth!

Hence, this charming nuclear myth….

Bizarro has the best artistic skills. http://bizarro.com

I love an origin story! When does Wolverine make an appearance?