Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 24, 2016
Transcript:
"Cartoonist Stephan Pastis has been found dead. Which one of the characters is responsible for his death? Solution: Slylock. He hates puns and stabbed Stephen repeatedly." "Stephan's guide to drawing cars. Screw it. I don't know how." "Stephan will receive how many complaints for using the phrase 'screw it' in the last panel? Answer: Oodles" "Find six differences between these panels. Answer: (1) Man in first panel is Catholic. Man in second panel is not. (2) First panel drawn 10 minutes before the second. (3) Dog in first panel is in better mood than dog in second. (4) First panel is above the other. (5) I like the first one more. (6) Other differences."
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
The man in the second panel looks like a Methodist.
knight1192a over 8 years ago
Good news! Guard Duck is in today’s strip! That makes up for most problems the strip may have.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
If that’s how big Slylock’s butt is, it’s no wonder he usually wears a cape.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Uh… aren’t we a little late for the April Fools Day comic strip switch?
38lowell over 8 years ago
Other than Rat, I think he committed suicide.
noahproblem over 8 years ago
Dang it – I had my money on Bildert being the killer, figuring he’d be jealous that he hadn’t been used in years…
(And it looks like he hasn’t been keeping up with his grooming. having grown a fifth clump of hair he never had before…)
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
For a man who’s been stabbed repeatedly there’s remarkably little blood.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
I smell a Rat.
jmarkoff2 over 8 years ago
Such a brilliant sendup of the inane Slylock Fox. I like to say that the Slylock puzzles are always either stupidly obvious or impossible.
Kristiaan over 8 years ago
Probably a setup by his ex-wife.
Strod over 8 years ago
I love the newspaper headline: “Cartoonist’s wife Staci makes him quit.”
smorbie the great and beautiful over 8 years ago
I couldn’t read a thing, not one thing in this comic.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 8 years ago
this is the only Slylock Fox I will EVER read!
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
I was doing okay until I got to the find the differences game..I couldn’t find the first five differences, just the last one.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
I like Slylock, it is like Brain Games. This reminds me of the old Mad Magazine satires.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Actually, no one yet has complained about the “screw it” in the last panel. So Pastis was wrong!
whiteheron over 8 years ago
It was suicide. Pastis ran into his own knife 47.2 times.
Mary Morris over 8 years ago
great strip and comments!!
apostate Premium Member over 8 years ago
The difference that stood out to me is that the bowling ball in the top panel is 11-3/4 lbs, and the one in the bottom panel is obviously 12 pounds. Now, can you find one difference in this comment?
Vonne Anton over 8 years ago
Another difference: One panel was drawn on Tuesday, the other on Wednesday.*Actually this is my favorite Pearls in a long time! Inanely hilarious! (Note: make up new word – Inarious? Hilanelery? Anally Hilly? Oops…censor in radar range, Captain!)
dsom8 over 8 years ago
I figured Dilbert was the killer; Adams has been including a lot of death in his recent arcs.
WaitingMan over 8 years ago
I am incredibly offended by Stephan’s use of “screw it” in today’s strip. That’s one.
A_NY_Outlaw over 8 years ago
after today’s hellish strip Cartoon Boy, you’re lucky it wasn’t your readers.
laurenpaul over 8 years ago
10. Man’s wrist has one less stripe.
TonyFromTheWoods over 8 years ago
Laughed my arse off. Only Stephan could find a way to make himself the center of the universe whilst making a game of it, and poking at his un-family. Only wished he had been looking up the skirt of the Censor while spread out on the floor.
Diane in comics land Premium Member over 8 years ago
I’m offended by the use of “screw it.” The F-word is more expressive and should’ve been used.
Darth Stevious over 8 years ago
Gah! I can’t read any of the smaller print! I enlarged and nope. Zoomed the web page and it became illegible. Gah!
Old Man River over 8 years ago
wallyworld217 over 8 years ago
What the f*#ge! I can’t believe Pastis would use the word “Sc*#w” in a family comic strip! Color me offended! I will be canceling my internet connection immediately.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago
The black squiggle is what comes out of the cars tailpipe.
Number Three over 8 years ago
Wow, I love this. Something different for a change.
Unfortunately, I don’t have time to do any of the puzzles though.
xxx
kspencer1 over 8 years ago
Stephan is working hard to get hired by Highlights magazine!
nwtaylor2000 over 8 years ago
LOL LOL LOL
John Thatcher Premium Member over 8 years ago
It was obviously the Syndicate in revenge of yesterday’s strip.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 8 years ago
?????????of course you can’t draw a car if you can’t screw it.(where should the commas go) so get your screw driver out and offend more people. =i am offended, you are offensive, they will offend. will the jocularity ever end off (get it?)??????????
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago
Coronel Mustard in the Study with the Candlestick.
J0lly0lly over 8 years ago
Dear lazy cartoonist,Cartoon viewing is supposed to be a passive entertainment. Your onerous requirement in today’s strip indicates you lacked the creative juices to make one. Please drink a red bull and get back to work. It’s either that or lawyering.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
“If you played the game in the normal fashion”-Perhaps, but I took it as a personal challenge, and none of those make any difference to me personally.
rowena28 Premium Member over 8 years ago
A good parody of that inane & humourless comic.
bigcatbusiness over 8 years ago
Oh no. Now who will do more of these comic strips? Who could have done this? This is a ratastrophe!
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Oh, shoot! Mr. Snuffles didn’t get to use his grenade! Slylock was too fast with the knife!—Or, was he?Oh, screw it! I confess! I did it! The puns, the puns, and having to extract the blown-up (and yet he didn’t use the grenade) version of this strip and rotate it and flip it! This is not a flippant false confession. I really did it!
Jayred the Player almost 7 years ago
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Gent almost 7 years ago
He he. Thanks to Wikipedia again. I never about this parody too. But I always knew Sleazy Slylock was a no good !! ;0)