Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 02, 2011

Finally found a career where rat belongs.

Not if even his creator won’t be his client.

With Rat as your lawyer, you may as well just stay in prison.

Pastis, you’re getting the chair. . .

The “Rat” wears no shirt or pants…just a tie. Dress code must require a tie.

They should be more concerned with the empty suits running this country than a cartoonist. Luckily for authority, creative people always give them a target of opportunity for their only gift, misdirection.

Didn’t know “moronity” was a legal term. How about cartoon-Pastis just walking out, since those bars are so far apart?! (—Another example of incompetent government-regulated design!)

Looks like I’ll have to bake Stephan a cake with an eraser in t.

Noooo,not even Rat would sink so low.

I wonder if this will lead to a “Stephan in Prison” series? That would be interesting.

It’s the gummint’s way to reduce the deficit! Arrest all the cartoonists, bail them at 2mill each – they only need to arrest another… seven million or so!

Now, let’s see if he can work Cathy or one of the “Family Circus” kids in somehow. . . Maybe in the cell next door?

I thought that despite eeverything, there were some things Rats wouldn’t do…

♪♫ Don’t drop the soap, dear, for anyone else but me… ♪♫

He’ll either get the chair, or they’ll throw away the key.

How does Pastis qualify for a court-appointed lawyer???

LOL LOL xxxx

Stephan would like the other lawyer .Lil guard duck .

I believe the correct word is “moronicity”.

Let’s not forget, though, that Stephan himself was once a lawyer before he turned to cartooning. So he’d be perfectly suited to represent himself in court — and he can’t sue himself for malpractice if he loses, either!

Love Rat’s sunglasses. Confirms my opinion of folk who wear those things indoors as well.

The guy informing him about the lawyer should be a deputy marshal or a clerk from USDC.

Rat is the perfect lawyer; just about everything he says is a lie or just plain stupid; Pastis would do better representing himself LOL; rat would be better as a prosecutor LOL

Maybe Stephan can claim cruel and unusual punishment; he’s being kept in a facility with rats in it.

Can’t believe nobody else has said it: get Jose Baez!

Is this ethical, given that Rat is (in part) (allegedly) responsible for Stephan’s arrest and incarceration?

I didn’t know that Rat passed the bar.I thought that he never passed a bar without grabbing a beer.

Free Pastis!!!

Do we need to get Radio Free Pastis going?My radio is already Pastis-free.

i wouldnt want to have rat as a lawyer either!

i would want to stay in prison if i had rat as a lawyer!

We’re off on a very strange adventure and I love it!

Stephan’s a former lawyer you know.

What is that saying about representing yourself? After all, Rat is based on you and although we all think of him as ourselves, he really is Stephan.