Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 16, 2023

Stripes don’t make Stephan look slimmer.

The ball and chain doesn’t help. Sheesh, Denver is tough!

Go home Karen!

He doesn’t look very happy for someone who’s having a ball.

The is a con conning his way into the comic-con claiming to be Pastis.

Everyone knows Steph abandoned the striped attire when he entered the comic gig.

Steph should say “Can someone in the audience loan me a paintbrush so I can update my wardrobe?”

Stephan could sign the books with the number on his chest.

One way for Steph to have a ball…

As a creator he should be rolling in dough he could have bought a new suit

How did he escape Detroit?

Ball & chain? Janis Joplin wrote a song about that.

Another song reference in the last panel: The Police, obviously.

Janis sang “Ball and Chain”, but it was written by Big Mamma Thornton

Perfect attire for a crime novel book signing!

I’m surprised we don’t see the cop standing guard.

I really expected a different “ankle thing”.

Stephan is black and white and read all over.

Technically wasn’t he in jail not prison? Not saying that prison’s not good enough for the likes of him.

Nice legs on her, Steph. Go for it.

If he could get his characters to show up to the book signing that would be a good draw.

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Run! He may begin constructing a PUN!

Zebra likes…

At least they found his hat.

Advertise your book somewhere else.

My uncle went for jail for saying he’ll chop off my neck. I have a boyfriend now.

Stephan is coming to my town tonight and I’m going to attend the event.

My uncle almost went in jail for chopping off my neck. I have a boyfriend now.

Speaking of the numbers on Stephan’s chest, someone should write a song about them

This might make you more popular with a certain crowd Stephan.

Readers, please note: Steph’s ball & chain were actually clamped on him by his publisher’s rep. to keep him from running out on his book signings!

Oy! Hope this isn’t for real! ☹️

must be doing well, there are no books or a pen

ha ha

That ball and chain is some ankle monitor.

Time to order something off of Amazon.

Question: I have stuffed animals of sweet Piggy, nasty Rat, Zeba neighber, AND Larry. WHY no Goat or Stephen??? Maybe a “Jailbird Stephen” variant? >HINT HINT<

Funny! Love the Old school monitor!

This is dragging far too long.

I thought they said he was in Orlando? Floridians don’t seem to mind jailbirds.

There are worse things. Way back in the mid century, Texas somehow ended up with a warehouse full of the most gosh awful paisley print fabric there was, intended for curtains, but no one wanted it. So they gave it to the prison system. When you leave prison, you got a new suit (all your clothes are thrown away when you enter). So they started making release suits out of the fabric. Not all suits. But if you had been a pain, a guard would say “Clown him out.” when it was time to leave or go to court, and you got a paisley suit. Made it pretty east to spot ex-cons for the first few days.

So, just another typical day for ol’ Steph.

Where are the books he’s suppose to sign and for that matter where’s the line of people to buy them.

Should have been an Oregon Boot … he’d at least loose some of that lard.

Can’t find his clothes? Why doesn’t Stephen just draw himself some new ones?

the ball and chain is perfect

Don’t stand so close to me……

The bad man scares all of us with his bad jokes.

“My most important piece of advice….when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip”

ELMORE LEONARD

He was here in DC this morning at a bookstore!!!! Part of his book tour. Got to meet him, show off my “Larry the crocodile” socks, and get him to sign books for me. He will be in Takoma Park MD at the Recreation Center tonight!

And the tour cotinues. Lovely so far.

You can see he’s married ‘cause he brought the ol’ ball and chain.

Even in regular clothes, Pab has been having this problem.

My brother-in-law brought a ball and chain to my wedding reception and clamped it on me when I wasn’t looking.

My new bride did not appreciate the humor in it, and it didn’t stay on me for very long.

He’s practicing for Halloween.

Look out, PBS World Tour! The Bad Man cometh!