Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 26, 2013

She’s in a better place now. The ditch next to the highway.

About as long as Clark Griswold mourned Aunt Edna.

An armadillo must be resilient to get through life with even a shred of sanity.

My ex-girlfriend got brain lock one day and couldn’t remember what a possum is called. She said, “You know, one of those animals that run so slow across the road.”

Mr. Armadillo is a Kübler-Ross superstar. All five stages of grief, all in panel two. But can he dunk?

Mr. Armadillo doesn’t look like he has much of a jump. He might dribble some. Can he take a hit?And, most of all, where has our star center gone? Mr. Snuffles!

If Mr. Snuffles makes four, who can the fifth member be?………..Perhaps, Toon Boy.

Sorry I didn’t catch your first name…

Oh. nice to meet you Manti Te’o Armadillo.

Eef Mrs Armydillo more resilient, maybe she not die?

I didn’t know armadillos could mourn. You learn something new every day.

They’ve got a winning team there… armadillos can JUMP!

Instant grief and not even any counseling. I like it.

He’s had practice, that’s the fifth wife he’s lost that way.

life is short… grief, shorter…

What about a funeral for his wife?! Doesn’t he CARE??!!!

Armadillos got game.

5 SECONDS LATER: aaah, she’s in heaven, wher she’ll be killed again by Angel Oil Company.

Another member for the team ? Perhaps one of the Crocs ?

Why do I suddenly have this vision of all the armadillo lovers out there rising up and complaining how harsh and insensitive this is on all the wonderful armadillos out there… Armadillo Lovers Against Rude Men or something like that…

Not funny.

Perhaps he would have had more feeling for her if she had come out of her shell more often. (Read that any way you like.)

Looks like pig is wearing San Diego State colors. Not good if they are playing Florida Gulf Coast.

It seems Pastis is having an off week.

Pig looks very cute like that.

R.I.P Mrs Armadillo.

xxx

She’s not dead; she’s just depressed; feels a little run down…

who plays basketball on a grassy hill?

Cartoon armadillos bear a foreboding resemblence to basketballs. I see a double dribble in his future.

As someone who loves sardonic humor and armadillos, I’ve been having mixed feelings about these comics lately. However, they did inspire me to write a parody about armadillos to the tune of Lady Gaga’s Alejandro.

That’s great that LGD and Pig participate in his moment of silence…

Maybe you can work this factoid in somehow, Steve. A Texan decades ago, now, told me that the reason why there are so many flattened armadillos is that their startle reflex is to jump straight up whereupon they strike vehicular undercarriages and the rest is history.

Hey Steeeven, enough with the armadillo already. He’s boring. Go back to the crocs or the kitty.

Wait, didn’t his wife die a few weeks ago (Just Squished)?

Pastis has pretty well worn this armadillo thing out!!!