Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 25, 2020

No trick or treating this year in our neck of the woods.

For sure they would prefer a six-pack treat .

Scary and horrible aren’t the same from my viewpoint.

just saying that if it were only Rat at the door as a calendar, it would have another meaning: this year would be his year according to the Chinese zodiac

What was it, last year, when Pastis had the cartoon about the baby New Year…

What, no masks? AIEEEEEEE!

It’s been a tough year to say the least. Good jokes but the same downer cartoon, nearly every day, isn’t helping much, IMO. I guess I chose the wrong four weeks to check out PBS.

I didn’t realize I was being prophetic when I dressed up as a plague doctor last year.

Wearing a sign that read “4 More Years” would’ve led him to need new underwear with a Xanax chaser.

Yes, please Steph – we NEED crocs and zeeba neighbas!

haha, BEST.

This is even scarier than a costume of Trump, to a democrat…

As long as we don’t have another 4 years of 2020.

Well, my mother-in-law just died yesterday, so that’s another one for 2020.

Yeah, that’s about right.

Absolutely the scariest “costume” out there! I think I’d cry, too, Pig.

Happy Halloween?

I don’t have much faith in Election Day.

Then died.

I doubt 2021 will be any different, regarding the pandemic….as for the new president, things will change for the good….America will be restored to its glory again….takes time…

No more Sunday puns, crocs, Danny or Ella. What’s happened to this strip?

Looks like those days are numbered.

Did you guys get all that candy from people to go away and not come back? EVER?

I could name quite a few years much worse than 2020. Grow up, People.

A whole bunch of days that will also go down in infamy. Sadly, all those who demanded and got their freedom could be dead.

I spent New Year’s Eve 2019 and New Year’s Day sitting in a hospital with my very ill partner of 46 years. He died on January 28. Incredibly, the year got worse from then on. Mr. DCBakerEsq, with all due respect, sir, you grow up. Or at least, grow some compassion.

It should be illegal to wear something that scary.

2020 has been the longest decade that I can remember. However, unlike the Negative Nancys on here, I appreciate the levity these strips bring. If you can’t laugh in the dark times, you’re probably a pessimist in the best of times.

Thanks for the strip. If many commenter here had their way Van Gogh would have painted sad eyed clowns and Rembrandt would have painted dogs playing poker.

That particular costume will be scary for the rest of time. Generations will be able to will hear about 2020 and use this costume.

You nailed it!

Except that at this rate they will shut down Halloween too

this is a better costume idea

The scariest mask is not wearing one

GAH! NOOOoOOOoOOoOOOooooo…… !