Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 31, 2011

Happy 10th! Many more to you!

Woo-hoo!!! Way to go, Steph! Thank you for a great decade of smiles! (Is that better?)

Expecting more from Ratty!

See you in the funnies.

Another ten years to go

Congrats, and here’s to a lot more of Danny Donkey in 2012!!!!

Many happy returns, Stephan!

I love this strip. It is one of my favorites (especially the more recent ones; early on it was a bit dirty, full of prostitutes and junk). I hope to see another ten years of it.

And don’t go halfway out like Bill Amend did with Foxtrot. It is just infuriating to see genius rotting away like that. :( Keep drawing and being brilliant!

How can you tell when a cartoonist is lying… ;-)

Hoo rah. See you tomorrow, cartoon-boy.

toot

Back at you!Was a cool date to start a venture.

Happy anniversary!

Happy 10th anniversary!

Yes, Rat is all partied out!

Woot!!! Hope the next ten years are awesome as well.

Happy 10th Anniversary!Happy New Year!

Happy Anniversary!! Many more to come!!

Aw, Steph. Ya mean your syndicate didn’t commemorate the day with a huge party or anything? I’m shocked!!Congrats on ten years and many more to come!(Sorry, this comment is all I can afford.)

Happy 10th Stephan. Thanks for all the laughs.

Only ten? Really?? Why does it seem like much, MUCH longer??? (Congrats, Stephan :-)

i am glad that Mr. Pastis drew a noise maker in his mouth.: )happy, happy, happy dude!!! keep it up.

Hey, Stephan, you rock! Keep it coming.Sto Lat!

Kudos to the funniest strip I know! Steve! Give up the smokes, man!

Being able to do what you want and not what you need to do for this long deserves a hearty congratulations.

Keep it up Steph, strip makes me smile each day

toot

congrats!

\Wow, my favorite strip and I share the same birthday! Happy Birthday to us….!

Stephan,

Great job with your strip. Yours is by far the best, bare none. Kudos and happy 10th anniversary.

Happy 10th, Looking forward to many many more.

Happy anniversary!

Dry, understatement with a touch of sarcasm from Rat. .Who’d thunk?

Congrats!!

Everyday you start my day with a chuckle. Congratulations on your tenth anniversary; I hope you have many more. Thanks, Rat, for the reminder.

Happy anniversary!http://dilbert.com/mashups/comic/147991/

Can’t start the day without Pearls.

Congratulations! Here’s to many more!

Kudos, Steph!! May you cast Pearls for many more decades to come!!

Happy Anniversary, may there be many more. Happy New Year, too. annie morgan

I toot for you, as well.

Like listening to Tom Waits…strange but true…

STEPHAN PASTIS: Thank you for the many years of making us laugh (to the point of crying at times), for your terrible (and terribly funny) puns, and for being such a regular guy. You rock!

Congratulations and Happy New Year. Here’s to the next ten.

Happy Anniversary, and many more! Thanks for making the world a… well, INTERESTING place. (c;

fantastic! here’s to several more decades of Pearls!

congrats Stephan!

Boooooringgggg!

ha nice one :) congrats stephan!

Congrats!! I love your strip!

Yay!Go stephan pastis!

10 years of pure comedic genius roflmao happy 10years !!!!!!!!

Happy anniversary! Keep on keepin’ on.

happy tenth from a satisfied customer! thanks for the laughs!

congrats to one of my favorite strips…

yea!

@Raspberryice54 Poetic license…

Congratulations, Stephan.! You can quit your day job now!

Congratulations!

Happy 10th to the best comic out there. Looking forward to many years to come.

Happy 10th Stephan!!! ‘Pearls’ is hands-down my favorite strip!! Long Live Pearls, keep up the great work, and have a great New Year!! Hope 2012 brings you as much inspiration, happiness, and success as the last as the last 10, and I’ll be awaiting the great laughs to come!! Thanks for the laughs you’ve already sent around the world!!

Well, time to retire the strip, refuse to allow another artist to continue the strip due to “Artistic integrity” refuse to merchandise or do interviews… The new “Normal”

big deal…

You have made me laugh more in the last 10 years than BC, Hagar the Horrible, Marmaduke, Family Circus, and Alley Oop combined in their whole run! Not sure if that is a real compliment tho, but keep up the good work and MORE AWFUL PUNS!!!!!

Thank you, Mr. Pastis, for the many laughs—and thoughtful moments—you have given me & many others over the past decade. May you continue for many, many more! (As long as you don’t get stale & tedious like Blondie et al…)

Just saying…

Congratulations, Steph!

Pearls Before Swine is amazing.

I love Goat!

xxx

Just another voice of appreciation. And thanks to the posters, some of whose comments I look forward to nearly as much as Steph’s comics which inspire them. I kind of feel like I’m at a party with friends. Okay, some shift leetle ratty friends.

congrats on the 10th anniversary and happy new year!!!

Happy 10th anniversary Stephan to Pearls Before Swine.

Congratulations! I wish I’d been following it back then, but that’s what the books are for :)

Pig must have been busy. And Stephan is lucky LGD was busy, or he’d have supplied real fireworks.

Way to go Stephan and the gang! I’ve been a fan since the beginning. Wishing you many more happy years… Julie

Happy Anniv! and many more!

Awesome! This has been my fave strip for some time. I’ve got all of the books and look forward to it every day. I hope Annie May the Sea Anemone Enemy makes another appearance soon…she’s been gone for a while. And the lions. I miss the lions. Happy New Year!

Congrats on a decade of hilarity! “Croc” on!

he started Dec 31 2001 so he could put it as an expense for his tax return of that year

actually is 1-7-2002, not 2003, and as posted ……….

Slam Dragon said, 2 months ago….

The first strip was actually published on the United Feature Syndicate in 2000, not 2002. The first Pearls published in a newspaper was published in 2001. Read it on wikipedia.

they sure looked different back than, and “newspaper wise”, is only one week missing (Dec 31st 2001 thru January 6th 2002)

United Feature launched the strip in newspapers beginning December 31, 2001, in The Washington Post. On January 7, 2002, it began running in approximately 150 papers. The strip currently appears in 650 newspapers worldwide, that is why is missing the “first week” newspaper wise as it was only one paper carrying it

Happy Anniversary!! “Pearls” is one of my very favorite strips. I get the strip-a-day calendar for my desktop every year. Please don’t ever stop!!

Bravo!

Congrats Stephen. You’ve undoubtedly made more people chuckle than any lawyer in history.

Wow!! 103 comments and rising!! And today isn’t over yet! Kinda gives a hint as to how popular “Pearls” has become! Happy 2012, Steph! Celebrate,man!! Rat just isn’t a party animal.

We expected more too….Happy 10th Anniversary from a fan who has been with you for all 10 of those years.

Congratulations & Thank You Mr. Pastis!

congrats to 10 years of one of the funniest comics ever.

Awesome 10 years

Ditto to all of the congratulatory comments. Happy New Year All!

Congrats on 10 years. And, thank you for making my day. Hope you and all of my favorite characters have a great New Year.

Congratulations Stephanator. I too celebrate my bday today, as does a previous poster.

Congrats Steph!!

Ten years behind the Pen! And – Many many more, Stephan! [What I get for posting way too late at night; now if I could get my own name right…]

Congratulations Stephan. Many more years to you…

It’s only been 10 years???

Congratulations! Looking forward to many more good years.

Stephan, muchos gracias for a solid decade of proving that comic strips can indeed be both intelligent and hilarious.Now let’s go pants little Jeffy!

Happy 10th buddy! Your style reminds me of “Willy n’ Ethyl”, or old Breathed stuff.

congrats

My wish for you Steph on your tenth anniversary: May you be in heaven a full half hour before your anemones know you’re dead.

…toot toot…

Try having some pride for the next ten.--Rodentus Maximus

“Only 10 years?”40 seasons83 months520 weeks3,650 days, plus a few more days with the 29th of February

Happy New Year everyone!Congrats, Stephan! ;-D Many happy returns.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, for the smiles, the snorts, the guffaws, and even the pun-cringes. Live well and Prospero.

Just GREAT!!! LOL

Grats Stephan, love the strip.

Congratulations, “Pearls”! The characters are great, and Stephan, the gags always make me laugh. Here’s to at least another decade of great comics. Cheers.

congrats steph ur awesome

Ten years of insanity. Here’s to 10 more!

Yep.

i was expecting more too

Woohoo! I can’t believe I’ve read 10 years worth of strips in a few weeks at work in my spare time. It’s been a trip.

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOO

Just 40 more years, then you’ll be going as long as peanuts did!

hahahhahah LOL