Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2011

I’ve been wishing for croc strips for a while now.

Arrgh! Life for cartoon-Pastis! And how humiliating, to be replaced by the most unfunny, boring single-panel comic ever created! Li’L Guard Duck and Mr. Snuffles: you’re needed!

Well, he’s in California. Take the verdict to the 9th Circus Court of Appeals. . . it’ll be overturned in no time!

Pluggers?! If comic boy’s guilty, why are we being punished?

I hope that semi-militarist duck will help Mr.Pastis break from the prison.

Looks like those wanting the crocs have now got their wish.

Steph, go work in the kitchen and make friends fast in the yard! They take care of you!We need more croc stuff, brother!

This whole trial is a croc(k).

Coming soon, at long last, Zeeba naba.

L’il Guard Duck will blast a hole through the prison wall, and Snuffles will be waiting in the getaway car.

Actually, Pluggers might be a refreshing change of pace!

Re-trial!!!

To all those complaining about the strip…. if you don’t like it why do you read it?? Lol no one is forcing you to.

Relax…there’s always gubernatorial pardon.

I hope beyond hope that this strip doesn’t turn into a running story line. They are BORING and who has no life that they can keep up with a story that runs for months? Stop being Mary Worth!!!

As fresco milne said, I hope this doesn’t mean the strip is ending altogether.

I am sure that Stephan has something up his sleeve to save himself and the strip. I have personally liked this story arc, but do miss the crocs.

Guys, since this is happening in the strip, the next strip could be the crocs eating everyone in the courtroom.

Coulda been worse – they could have replace ‘Pearls’ with ‘The Family Circus’ (LOL!)

hey , Stevie would look great in a bright orange jumpsuit , accented by chrome steel bracelets and manacles and a spiffy new buzz cut.plus, he’ll be introduced to a whole new and different sort of friends to hang out with

Is he retiring?

The Judge says YES!!!

Do Judges normally rejoice at the jury’s verdict?

LOL LOL xxx

Ummm… Hey Stephan… can I fill in for you while you’re in prison?

I honestly wish a cat were introduced into the character line up. An intelligent one. Not like the crocs, please. If not intelligent, at least feral, and wily. Yeeesss, a crafty feline. Ready to pounce at a moments notice. Humm. Nevermind. I just got an idea for a strip.

Strip is still great, comments section has become a home for trolls and political commentators. I miss comics.com more with each week.No wonder so many of the old regulars are disappearing.

I keep telling myself, it’s just a comic, it’s just a comic, but I keep thinking, never a more obvious case of incompetent representation.

Stefan rocks, wherever he ends up.

My $$$$$$$ is on the Crocs eating the Pluggers

Just don’t replace PBS with Cathy reruns.“Guilty as SIN!”

Soooooo… all this for a run of Croc strips??? LOL! Well, whoever said Pastis was conventional? ;-) Of course… I hope this won’t be permanent and I hope we’ll still see the whole silly gang… won’t we? :’-(

Shouldn’t his strip be replaced by Two Cows and a Pig … I mean, Chicken!

Has anyone heard if Pastis is hanging up his pens? I would doubt it. Can’t imagine him going back to business law. Hope LGD blows his way out of prison or as a lot of these guys do, he’ll just move on to another plot…6 feet under.

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The only place I have been able to find Zits is on newspaper web sites. I use:http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Zits/

what he said.

Psst, Stephan… I’m sending you a cake with an eraser in it… You’ll know what to do.

the other shoe will drop soon…

wait a minute…in the “pluggers” panel, is the cartoonist saying the crocs are stupid? he’d better be, because the strips certainly aren’t!

Did the Casey Anthony jury rule in this case as well?

Stephen say it isn’t so! File an appeal, bribe the govenor, get JayLo to go on a hunger strike until you are exonerated, draw yourself a large file and a getaway Segway…. c’mon you loser, make an effort!

He cleans up nicely. Can’t get over the tie. Persevere, Cartoon Boy! We love ya.