Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 01, 2013
September 30, 2013
October 02, 2013
Transcript:
Penguin 1: Hey, Polar Bear. Look... this is an atlas... we penguins live here, see, at the bottom of the globe... and you polar bears are supposed to live here, at the top of the globe. Penguin 2: Education is so overrated.
Hey, this polar bear has got a good thing going! I think this is the fourth penguin he’s gobbled up so far, and they just keep on multiplying. This arc could be endless, or at least as endless as the seas….
@kd1sq—Steph has recommended that his fans get to know Krazy Kat. Myself, I’ve called Rat “Ignatz’s great-great-great-grandnephew” more than once! As for Offissa Pup, I think Paris (a/k/a Goat) would fit quite well!And now everyone knows what the K stands for!
Maybe it’s a polar bear sock puppet (hence the lack of arms). Or a polar sea snake bear. Also, Pastis reports drawing his strips months in advance of their publication.
No, this isn’t in response to our comments. Pastis brought up the “no polar bears at the South Pole” shortly after this arc started. That strip would have been submitted well before the first in this storyline was published.
The Bear was on the plane with the other guys for New York, in the original Madagascar movie. The only difference is that the bear decided to swim south for the summer instead of hang around that crazy place.
We’re arguing geography in a strip that features talking animals, a duck that wears a combat helmet and carries a rocket launcher, a pig that can somehow work a television remote without an opposable thumb? Seriously?
Linda1259 about 11 years ago
Well, Pastis heard some of your comments and this is his response to you! I think this series is funny even if it is geographically challenged! :-D
kamb8 about 11 years ago
Well, Polar bears also have front legs.
margueritem about 11 years ago
Polar bear don’t care, Polar Bear eats what he wants, wherever he wants.
RogueSymmetry about 11 years ago
I learned this lesson from Gary Larson who learned it from picky readers
woodworker318 about 11 years ago
Where are all the Penguins coming from and don’t tell me the south pole.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
Hey, this polar bear has got a good thing going! I think this is the fourth penguin he’s gobbled up so far, and they just keep on multiplying. This arc could be endless, or at least as endless as the seas….
Meester Tweester about 11 years ago
Stephen said he doesn’t read online comments for his comic strip since he doesn’t want it to influene him.
juicebruce about 11 years ago
P. B. S. = Polar Bear Sniper, One “Clomp”, One Kill (Meal)
El Ctrosan about 11 years ago
Whats that on the telly? Its a penguin.(They don’t come from next doors – they from the Antarctic. Cue: Scott of the Antarctic.)
ShadowBeast Premium Member about 11 years ago
I think Stephan has been reading everyone’s comments.
kd1sq Premium Member about 11 years ago
Why do I keep seeing Rat, as Krazy Kat, beaning everyone with bricks?
Come to think of it, Pig’d make a great Offissa Pup…
Imagine, Pastis puts on his legal briefs and shows at the hoosegow as KK’s (Rat’s) lawyer trying to get him bailed.
Enoki about 11 years ago
Must be a Denier!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
@kd1sq—Steph has recommended that his fans get to know Krazy Kat. Myself, I’ve called Rat “Ignatz’s great-great-great-grandnephew” more than once! As for Offissa Pup, I think Paris (a/k/a Goat) would fit quite well!And now everyone knows what the K stands for!
Kathy Freeman about 11 years ago
Climate Change people. You know…“Global Warming”? Seas rising…etc…etc..etc.. It’s ON!
bgby4884 about 11 years ago
Yeah, We See What Happened To The Picky Penguin! I Think I Would Rather Be One Of The Other Ones!
Malcolm Hall about 11 years ago
Maybe it’s a polar bear sock puppet (hence the lack of arms). Or a polar sea snake bear. Also, Pastis reports drawing his strips months in advance of their publication.
corzak about 11 years ago
A surprisingly high percentage of polar bears are illiterate.
Digital Frog about 11 years ago
The atlas shrugged.
Enoki about 11 years ago
Mark Twain once said: Soap and education aren’t as sudden as a massacre but they are more deadly in the long run..Looks like he was right.
catzilla23 about 11 years ago
Wasn’t it Robert Silverberg who made the Post Office box in Schenectady comment?
MeGoNow Premium Member about 11 years ago
If this keeps up, there will be nothing to complain about, because there really WILL be no more penguins in the Arctic.
Hugh Manatee about 11 years ago
I don’t have a problem with this arc/twist, but it does seem much the same as Zebra and the Crocs.
Mopman about 11 years ago
No, this isn’t in response to our comments. Pastis brought up the “no polar bears at the South Pole” shortly after this arc started. That strip would have been submitted well before the first in this storyline was published.
Sherlock Watson about 11 years ago
Thank you, Mr. Polar Bear! Now will you please eat all the posters who can’t stop yammering about the whole north/south thing?
pshapley Premium Member about 11 years ago
How is this like the Zebras & Crocs? When has a Croc ever actually eaten a zebra?
rdusenbury about 11 years ago
I think Rat sold the polar bear a South Pole Vacation with complimentary dinners.
KEA about 11 years ago
…say those with a lack of education. (btw: training is not education)
Number Three about 11 years ago
Yep, True.
LOL xxx
GoodDoctor about 11 years ago
Oooo, Oooo Mr. Kotter, Mr. Kotter,
I know how the ber got down south!
The Bear was on the plane with the other guys for New York, in the original Madagascar movie. The only difference is that the bear decided to swim south for the summer instead of hang around that crazy place.
barister about 11 years ago
Good come back to the “smarty pants” crew Pastis. Now can we get the hell off of this iceberg. WHERE ARE THE CROCS!!!?
Firebird67 about 11 years ago
Thank you. It took a surprisingly long time for someone to point that out.
danketaz Premium Member about 11 years ago
Must have booked a cruise to Antarctica and decided to eat local(s)
artegal about 11 years ago
We’re arguing geography in a strip that features talking animals, a duck that wears a combat helmet and carries a rocket launcher, a pig that can somehow work a television remote without an opposable thumb? Seriously?
Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago
Who cares about geography. I left that in elementary school back 50 years ago. Its funny that is all that counts.