Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 18, 2025

He forgot to bring the duct tape.

I guess he doesn’t have the parts in the van to make Pig a girlfriend.

He’s got the superglue to fix the broken heart, but the HHS would frown on that.

He can fix anything except a broken heart and the crack of dawn.

Rebuttal: James Taylor’s 1977 song, “Handy Man”.

Well, a man’s gotta know his limitations….

I expected Phil giving Pig a hug in the third panel and then in the fourth panel Pig saying something like “this guy can really fix anything”

“I can fix broken hearts, I’m your Handy Man” James Taylor! Great song!

“How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” by The Bee Gees.

Beer. It may not work, but many are trying it.

It should’ve been „No,“ on that „Can I help you?“ Phil needs no help.

My fix-it guy called, I asked him if he could fix Western Civilisation. He said he’d get back to me…

I’ve been living on the edge of a broken heart

Vixen, 1988

Pig shoulda gone to Mark Lindsay. I hear he was the original handyman.

I think he can only fix the things that are literally broken. Not the things that are broken metaphorically.

Does Phil have an eye candy assistant like Heidi from Home Improvement? She could make Pig forget all his problems.

Speaking of , the latest Covid booster is available. Going into my GPs to get it this morning. Kennedy’s HHS won’t advertise it.

WHERE ARE THE CROCS?

What becomes of the broken-hearted, Who had love that’s now departed?

This is so sweet.

Is this what happened to Phil from “Luann” after she kissed him and then ran off totally mortified???

Awwww, poor Pig. Someone should give him a hug.

If your broken heart should need repair, then I am the man to see. I’ll whisper sweet things to tell all your friends. They’ll come running to meeeeee.

Girl-rilla glue should do the trick.

Yes, they do.

[singing] “Only love can break a heart! Only love can mend it again!” So true. I know from experience.

Quick! Send Phil and his team to the White House!

Pig needs Jimmy Jones, or even better James Taylor

I love the way motion is expressed in the first 3 panels. The hill behind Phil is slowly sinking.

The wrong person to fix a broken heart.