Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 18, 2022

That horse is now banned for 10 years from this comic.

Crazy Horse.

And the Horse’s foal is a terrible actor too

Hard to believe that horse is defending the old nag; I heard she’s a nightmare.

I bet that horse left some fresh prints on his face!

The old grey mare ain’t what she used to be.

They both need lessons from Horace H. Horse.

looks like this is the topic for several strips. So lead times are how long? Not sure just when the Oscar’s were awarded.

So now we know what Pastis’ turn-around time is. I see he was careful to remove any reference to which PART of the horse…

I thought life was supposed to imitate art?

This is probably the only good thing that came out of that ugly mess…

It’d be worse if he was wearing horseshoes.

Poor Mr Pastis came down with hoof in mouth disease!

The horse was from “Wild Wild West” (starring…)

I think carlsonbob wins the prize today for the most clever comment.

I’m with Rat on this one.

This strip is weird. I love it!

more horsetrionics from Stephan.

Mr Ed had a wife?

Is that horse’s name Will?

Probably the best gag on that I’ve seen. Well done.

Did it look like she had Jane’s mane?

Did he laugh until she said “Neigh!”?

That was her “mane” man Stephan!

“Ladies and gentlemen….the mane event!”

Pastis certainly has no problem going after the low hanging fruit.

LOL!

Now that’s topical.

That was a horse of a different color.

Why does this horse have a cloven hoof?

3 weeks lead time. That’s pretty quick.

New mane character???

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way.

I guess if I had cared enough to watch the Oscars, I would have gotten this one a lot sooner.

Yay! First comic strip reference to the stupidest thing to happen so far in 2022!

So we’ve caught up with the Oscars.

Very topical! Which means, it won’t age well.

Will smith

Nah! It’s unbelievable!

he doesn’t like jokes about his mane squeeze…

The pun strips don’t always get me, but this one had my wife asking if I was ok from the other room because I was laughing so loudly.

Et tu Stephan?

OMG. Can’t stop giggling …best interpretation EVER!

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I pinned this one!

I read so many classic comics on this site, it’s a little startling to see one this timely.

WOW. REALLY!

Oh no he didn’t!!!!

Personally, I’m tired of the whole situation. Both were wrong in my book.

Analogy:

Chris Rock to Will Smith Stephen Pastis to Horse

Rat loves the cursing and violence, especially when it’s aimed at Pastis.

I hope this isn’t going to be a week long event.

Now—go read “Non Sequitur”.

Ah yes… the Will Smith jokes will keep on giving us comedy gold for at least 10 years. Good one!

Vivid reenactment, but the other end of the horse should have done the slapping.

Will had to do something. He was stuck between a Rock and a hard case.

How timely! LOL.

I do too … nice one.

In panel 2 he could have just drawn the horses ass

try another one

Good one

Et tu, Pastis? I am so sick of hearing about “The Slap”. But, damn! This was really funny!

LOL!

Maybe next time choose a less powerful animal, like a butterfly.

Pastis should be banned for 10 years after this one. Naaah

She’s a horse’s donkey.

As others have noted:

1. Chris Rock’s joke was a compliment, not an insult;

2. Will Smith was laughing before he decided to be outraged.

hey El Caballo, it’s her Do, not her Tail.

Perfect!!

Now we can figure out how timely these are.

I was kicked by a frightened horse, and it knocked me six feet back and left a permanent scar. In the real world, Stephan would lose most of his teeth and his jaw would have been broken.

HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!! Good One!

well.. that was a timely joke!

Stephen might have to hoof it.. that was a solid slap.

What, it’s been SIX WEEKS since the Oscars? Usually Comics usually have a six week lead time.

Looks like Rat is not the only one tired of Pastis’s puns.

Ouch…slapped in the face with a horseshoe…that had to hurt.

I want to see Guard Duck sink the Russian ship!

Mare slapped him!

Glue hit him.

“Just say Neigh.”

Too bad it had to come to this, that horse did a great job at fighting VIKI, the evil robot.

..and leave it at that…….PLEASE!

I guess Stephan won’t be horsing around anymore.

Snort!!

Too soon?

Well done Stephan

Treat her like a racehorse and she’ll never be a nag.

Pastis must have been able to shuffle things around to be this timely.

Hurrah for the sensitive and protective horse! Cartoon-Boy earned that one!

The news about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock’s face is beating a dead horse to the ground.

Hmm. I sort of wish Mr. Pastis had given the line to Zeeba, instead of to a gelding.

oh my god, can’t we just let this go already????

Hahaha! Good one. My daughter has cancer, this no hair. Her husband thinks it is funny to lick her head occasionally, as a joke. No one slugs him.

*thus, no hair

wow. Will smith

lool

So, Pearls has a 3-week lead time?

This had me laughing :-)

Wrong color of the horse