Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 30, 2013

He should’ve run, not melted.

How long did it take him to come up with this one?

What a world.

Way too long….

In reply to Rat, which cartoonist? Rat’s reply: the wicked cartoonist!

Now, this is right up there with “Dunk rye for me, Arch and Tina!” (Besides, we were warned yesterday that today would be Pun-day!). :-)

Sooo beautiful.

…and your little dog too!

Hooray! The wicked [cartoonist] is dead!

[….but he’ll be back again tomorrow.]

BLESS YOU MISTER PASTIS!!!

Thanks. Now nothing worse can happen to me all day.

Highly contrived, but moderately amusing.Who knew that Rat would be cast as the hero who saves us from the wicked Cartoon-Boy?!

Groan…like a Zombie, he’ll be back.

Was hoping for Crocs, but this will do. Mr Pastis do you drink red or white wine before doing the strip ?

A Toto shame,,, the poor guy is one yellow brick short of a road.

Isaac Aasimov wrote a bunch of short stories that ended with punny punch lines, like “A niche in time saves Stein” and “Poly-water duty all the day”.

LOL Off to the punitentiary with you again!

Oh Deer! Really!

I knew a pun was coming, but it still made me groan… Ugh!!!!

Have no fear……Toon Boy is like a bad penny.

Clever.

Rat is right. The artist is brain dead

boring

Just dang…………..

Whale oil, beef hooked!

no. no. and yet I read it to the end..

pastiso delenda est

groan……….

ya

“Where can you weigh a pie?”“I don’t know. Where can you weigh a pie?”“Somewhere over the rainbow.”“Somewhere over the rainbow?”“Yes. Weigh a pie!”

Today’s really made me laugh. I love that kind of humor!

That was a pretty extreme stretch but I laughed out loud anyway.

So you went there, Paris ?

I’m gonna sing that song in church today- ding dong….

as ray bolger once said…..that was the last straw….

I guess Rat is insane. I mean isn’t doing the same thing over and over and expecting a differnt result insanity? He keeps killing cartoon boy, but he just keeps coming back.

You realize that complaining just eggs him on?

In a rit of fealous jage…I like

One of the all time best!!

Anyone not think Pig’s hat is funny?

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, then…

you had to see that coming!

As was said by Al Czervik in Caddyshack, “Now I know why tigers eat their young!”

Ding dong indeed.

All his beautiful wickedness…

What…no flying monkeys?

OMG

At least I laughed and did not groan!

Freakin’ hilarious!

Anyone who goes to that much trouble to set up a pun deserves my applause.

Dude….that was awesome!

Where’s the ruby slippers? I’m sure he was wearing ruby slippers.

You have to pay deerly.

Dorthy : I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.rat dressed up as Toto: we’re in the land of bad puns and teribble drawings

bravo

sadly, I always seem to laugh out loud, regardless of how terrible these puns are…

Your either born liking puns or not, just remember, all you haters, it’s a birth defect, not a mirth defect.

The Dalai Lama went to Peru on a visit, and was given a llama. He decided to have a toy produced (…a Dalai Lama llama dolly…) to sell as a fund-raiser. The marketing people thought it might sell better if they changed it every day, and kept the price low. Thus was the evolution of the “Daily Dollar Dalai Lama Llama Dolly”. Top that, Steve!

I can usually guess where these long puns are going but he got me this time!

Contrived? A great strip – Stephan has ascended to a new low.

R.I.P Ding Dong…LOL… Excellent strip.xxx

This isn’t merely bad; it’s really, most sincerely bad.

I love when I don’t see it coming.

This is a great strip that includes all four original characters in the fifth panel. It’s a keeper!

You keep you law license current?

I love, love, love the clever play on words on this strip! Keep it up, please, Steve.

Good one.

Well, maybe not dead.

Maybe just all wet.

@Eagle, I missed the warning (guess I read too many different ‘toons) and I almost had to read aloud before I GOT it ;-P At least it is worth a giggle, unlike today’s CD made me drag out my memory cards of Cuddles (and it is 5 years since she passed).

Sing it high, sing it low … rotfl!

I love these.

What a day at the comics! First, a brilliant “Over the Hedge”, followed by this. Life is good.

Loved it !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Reading a comic like this is like savoring a fine wine. It demands slow and careful reading from the first panel. A herd of cattle that used to belong to Hoss? This absurd line immediately lets us know that we’re being set up for a major pun. And while there’s almost no chance of figuring out the gag before the last panel, anticipation is itself a pleasure. So I read each panel slowly and carefully, making sure not to miss anything. And the (pun)ch line was well worth waiting for. Great job!

Now we know why Pastis never shaves.

How do you come up with this stuff. Hilarious

Thank you rat! Long overdue!!!!

101 comments for what some people call a lame-pun comic strip! Pastis I’m impressed, you should be proud.

Oh the memories of “The Wizard of Oz” is ruined!!! I can’t help but put; Gruad Duck: Dorthy, the Cat: Toto (he’s gonna kill me for say that right?)Pig: Scarecrow, Rat: Tin Can, Goat: LionLarry: Witch of the WestBob: Witch of the EastZebra: Witch of the NorthOther Crocs: Flying monkeysRandom people: Random People.Oh the memories of “The Wizard of Oz” is ruined!!!

Genius! Thanks again, Mr. Pastis.

Zebra should have said “neither” not “either”

How does he come up with this stuff??? Most of the time I don’t see it coming. Which of course, is half the fun. He has a pun and he’s not afraid to use it. First time Stephen’s heard that today.

A house would’ve been funnier.

I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD A PUN! YAAY