When I’m out walking I prefer what I think of as “loop” paths. Next best is “lollypop”: A path to the start, a loop, then back along that initial path. Least favorite type: Out and back. Pastis seems to have solved the “and back” part. Good on him.
It’s not a fake news but here in Italy one person was found 300 Km far from home because he needs to walk during the pandemic. We Italians are very strange people.
And to think it all started because he admired the guy who would walk 500 miles, and then walk 500 more. He can’t stop ‘cause he’s got the darn song stuck in his head!
We’ve been walking since May 1, 2020. 7,481 miles now. You can join the virtual EarthWalk here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uefBsHHaNZK9kzMCD2wVQorGc1F5aKFa2sVeo3JLJ9E/edit#
The longest path over land runs from near Jinjiang, Fujian, in China, weaves through Mongolia Kazakhstan and Russia, and finally reaches Europe to finish near Sagres in Portugal. In total the route passes through 15 countries over 11,241.1 kilometers.
I am, naturally, familiar with the old trope, “riding off into the sunset.” Since Cartoon-Boy is starting from Califorgoshshakesnia he must be headed east, into the sunrise. Who ever heard of “walking off into the sunrise”? This is silly; yes, this is PBS….
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
Say hi to Forrest Gump if you run into him.
alaskajohn1 over 3 years ago
He must have crossed the entire US.
BasilBruce over 3 years ago
This is like an old joke: “My doctor told me to walk five miles a day for two weeks. Now I’m seventy miles away from home!”
Concretionist over 3 years ago
When I’m out walking I prefer what I think of as “loop” paths. Next best is “lollypop”: A path to the start, a loop, then back along that initial path. Least favorite type: Out and back. Pastis seems to have solved the “and back” part. Good on him.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
It’s not a fake news but here in Italy one person was found 300 Km far from home because he needs to walk during the pandemic. We Italians are very strange people.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
can anyone remind me how far Forrest Gump went on his just-felt-like-running run?
sirbadger over 3 years ago
East-West or North-South? You can travel quite some distance south.
artsyguy65 over 3 years ago
And to think it all started because he admired the guy who would walk 500 miles, and then walk 500 more. He can’t stop ‘cause he’s got the darn song stuck in his head!
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
He wants to change his name to Walker, so he can get into the lucrative Beetle Bailey/Hi and Lois franchise.
ronaldspence over 3 years ago
looks like he is walking on someone’s front lawn…
Imagine over 3 years ago
Walked 3,000 miles and hasn’t lost a single pound, by the look of things.
mattro65 over 3 years ago
My kids and I walk a lot during the warmer months but we don’t like to get too far from the refrigerator.
iggyman over 3 years ago
The best exercise there is!
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
It’s so very lonely you’re 6 thousand light years from home!
AndreasMartin over 3 years ago
I’m walking, yes indeed…
blunebottle over 3 years ago
I guess he’ll have to send in his comics remotely.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 3 years ago
Just keep going in a straight line and don’t change direction…
Thumb a ride over any really big mountains… it’s OK…
and I’m sure you can walk on water, being a famous cartoonist and all.
North and South polar routes are longer, and both hotter and colder in parts….
But if you’ve gone 3,000 miles due East or West from Santa Rosa, at 44°N latitude…
you only have 16,000+ miles left before you circle back home.We’ll leave a light on for you.
Gent over 3 years ago
Out without a mask? AIEEEEE!
Guybrush Threepwood over 3 years ago
Forrest Pastis
SmallMeadow over 3 years ago
We’ve been walking since May 1, 2020. 7,481 miles now. You can join the virtual EarthWalk here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uefBsHHaNZK9kzMCD2wVQorGc1F5aKFa2sVeo3JLJ9E/edit#
Breadboard over 3 years ago
Stephan and The Proclaimers (x6) ! …. Croc Power !
OldIndy over 3 years ago
I’d think after that much walking he’d be a little thinner.
dadoctah over 3 years ago
(Pasted from the technologyreview.com website):
The longest path over land runs from near Jinjiang, Fujian, in China, weaves through Mongolia Kazakhstan and Russia, and finally reaches Europe to finish near Sagres in Portugal. In total the route passes through 15 countries over 11,241.1 kilometers.
c001 over 3 years ago
At the doctor’s.- “You need more exercise. You should take a 1 hour walk every day.”- “Before or after I deliver the mail?”
rdav1248961 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Stephan, the Super Spreader
gokar 4,la over 3 years ago
I want that phone battery…energizer?
kartis over 3 years ago
He’s gotten as far as the mall. He’s been told a million times not to exaggerate.
well-i-never over 3 years ago
“Shit happens”
TampaFanatic1 over 3 years ago
Around Christmas time, Pastis should have played The Pretender’s “2000 Miles” for himself.
SkyFisher over 3 years ago
Run, Forest, run!
cracker65 over 3 years ago
Walking is underrated.
Linguist over 3 years ago
Doesn’t look like you’ve lost any weight with all your walking, Steph.
diskus Premium Member over 3 years ago
Walking would be a lot more interesting If i didnt have to return
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 3 years ago
3,000 miles? Steph’s doing 6X better than Bobby Bare & Peter Paul and Mary!
RichardMetropolis over 3 years ago
BRADY WON!!
gmu328 over 3 years ago
someone else must have done his comics in the past months … it shows
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
There’s all kinds of walks of life….he just took a wrong turn at the fork…
Golf Buddy over 3 years ago
I walk daily and don’t leave the house. We have a treadmill and watch lots of Netflix…
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
How is he gonna find his way back home?
pcmcdonald over 3 years ago
So who is writing the comic if Steve has ben walking 3,000 miles?
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
One of these days this strip is gonna walk all over you.
librarylady59 over 3 years ago
I wish I could walk. Did so spring thru fall. Too darn cold now. -12˚F at 8:30am today. High 3˚. Same temps in the foreseeable future. Ugh.
Nyckname over 3 years ago
Better hang a right when you get to the big wet thing.
COL Crash over 3 years ago
A lot of fools take a good idea to ridiculous extremes thereby making it bad.
Maester Brow Premium Member over 3 years ago
I walked 450 miles last year but got stranded in See Moines!
PoodleGroomer over 3 years ago
He is almost with the Pacific Coast Trail. Keep heading south for the Patagonia Trail
Bookworm over 3 years ago
I do wish they’d put up that road sign in Albuquerque. I always make the wrong turn . . . .
hoffquotes2 over 3 years ago
Following in the footsteps of Forrest Gump
TonysSon over 3 years ago
I wonder if that’s where he got the inspiration for his book title “Pearls Takes A Wrong Turn”
dadlivonia over 3 years ago
rip-off of an old joke
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
Turn signals not working?
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Stop the world, l want to get off…..
MartinPerry1 over 3 years ago
I would have thought that Steph would have lost the old paunch by then.
feverjr Premium Member over 3 years ago
“It’s so very lonely, you’re 2000 light years from home,…” Rolling Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjYmfXeKt9Y
Thinkingblade over 3 years ago
Still pretty chubby for a guy who has been walking all that way …
zeexenon over 3 years ago
Instant communication wherever you are, and we can easily find you.
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
I doubt he’s that far away. If he can make 3000 steps without turning around unless there is beer involved, it would surprise me.
SlashPhantom over 3 years ago
Must be strange talking to a pig on a cellphone
RACerri32 over 3 years ago
No losing weight if you stop at every 7-eleven for a Slurpee !
jandaloft over 3 years ago
It’s so very lonely….
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
3,000 miles from San Marino puts him in New England!
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
He may prove that the Earth is round.
knight1192a over 3 years ago
Even Forrest could stop and turn around.
Chris Sherlock over 3 years ago
Has he hit a phone dead zone at any point in this journey?
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 3 years ago
wish i could
CoffeeLvr over 3 years ago
If he’s walked 3000 miles, why does he still have his paunchy belly?
asrialfeeple over 3 years ago
He’ll come around eventually.
tee929 over 3 years ago
Stephan “gump” Pastis…
Quabaculta over 3 years ago
Somebody probably said it. ‘Run Forrest, Run!’
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
I am, naturally, familiar with the old trope, “riding off into the sunset.” Since Cartoon-Boy is starting from Califorgoshshakesnia he must be headed east, into the sunrise. Who ever heard of “walking off into the sunrise”? This is silly; yes, this is PBS….
Orcatime over 3 years ago
A journey of a 1,000 miles begins with but a single step. Apparently one of 3,000 begins with a pandemic!
SirKrunk over 2 years ago
how can stephan even call Pig from that far away?