Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 13, 2024

Someone did manage to draw a cartoon. That’s an achievement.

Why isn’t Achievement Man able to leap over, or at least sidestep, the Laziness Monster?

Pig’s guy should be renamed ‘Underachievement Man’.

I sidestepped the laziness monster. Worked in the yard all afternoon.

At least I wasn’t too lazy to read the comic. 2 2s!

Embrace your inner monster.

The Laziness Monster I have to defeat every day!

All hail the Laziness Master, er Monster!

The hero we needs is Power Pig!

Is the laziness monster related to Inertia Man?

I like his camouflage mouth.

GRAMMAR POLICE, EVERYONE: PIG “SHOULD” HAVE SAID, (if he wanted to be grammatically correct, that is) WAS: “achievement man never stood a chance!!!!” Dan aka…

That monster has defeated everyone in the whole world.

It’s the old age monster or me…all those plans I have for the day just don’t happen.

Another Millennial and/or Gen Z’er bites the big weenie. Happens all the time.

I’ll do it tomorrow. But tomorrow it will be today so I still have to wait ‘til tomorrow.

Meh ill fight him tomorrow

Time to roll over and go back to sleep…

Predictable for a Monday.

To me, it’s not a “Laziness Monster”; more like a Monster of Negative Self-Esteem.

I have a theory that we’re all given this sub-conscience voice. It tells us positive influence when everything is great, but also degrades us when things are horribly wrong. The unfortunate thing is that negative side can speak louder and longer lasting to some, to the point where you lose motivation for even basic daily functions. That holds more true if you listen and give in to what it tells you.

Distraction Man is a more powerful adversary to Achievement Man. Grrrr.

I suffer from the “Lack of Energy” monster

I guess not.

Pig seems to get his face dirty every time he is working on something & writing.

My alter ego is Easily Distracted Man…

Ow, ow, ow, too close to home.

In Japan, I think the green thing would be a kotatsu.

I think the Distraction Monster is much more scary. It is btw. part of why I am reading this strip.

He’s a member of the less-than-super group, The Procrastinators

“Crime doesn’t pay, but Procrastination’s payoff is immediate”.

Whatever happened to Zeeba Neighbor and the funny side of Pearls ?

It’s a powerful foe, all right.

Laziness is just so fun. It’s frustrating.

Ever since I retired a few months ago, the laziness monster has had total control.

’Twould you only believe ’twould you achieve.

Achievement Man will defeat him, tomorrow, or maybe the next day.

Laziness Monster was elected to the US Congress last year….

Frank Gilbreth, pioneer of time and motion study and dad in Cheaper by the Dozen used to ask factory supervisors, “Show me the laziest person you have.” I took that to heart when I read the book when I was 9.

Oh the pain! This strip looks like the story of my so-called life.

“Laziness Monster” is often the alter ego of Major Depression.

All too true

Achievement Man needs a sidekick. Discipline Woman.

“A new excuse is ahead of me!” – Captain Procrastination