Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 12, 2012

Ruben giving me enough already!

It looks like Rat took this joke a little too far. Be careful next time Stephan might have an eraser.

Well, you asked for it, Rat!

Hey Rat, nothing like a steaming mug of Dunkin Rodents coffee to wash down a few nibbles of the hand that draws you, don’tcha think?

You still walk the fertile fields of my mind.

Nothing like a dunkin rat to start my day.

Isn,t rubin a sandwitch?

i love ruben sandwiches, especially when the bread is nice and warm. yum yum!

Peter, Paul, Rubens did what? where? when?

FINALLY!!! I can’t believe the other characters haven’t gotten together and killed the rat LONG ago.

Me too and if theyy ever do, I hope they take out that obnoxious little guard duck as well.

Last panel — Rat, a picture of de feet.

Arianne!! Where ya been??

The Most Perfect rendering of the Spilled Coffee trope in PBS ever!Hey, Rat: inhale deeply!

atta bot steph! that’s standing up for your self

Think Stephen ever feels like Dr. Frankenstein?

oops – Stephan, sorry.

Steph, why you’re sharing your coffee with this beasty rat?

Y’all confusin’ Ruby and Reuben James…Ruby takes the love and Reuben James walks the fields. (Could not stop meself)

I thought Paul Rubens was Pee Wee Herman’s real name?

Everybody gets a trophy, kid.

Reubens the fur the wrong waycauses static electricity

That’s a face that rings a bell

Should have gone with Matisse, as in – I’ll just shove Rat in this coffee because Matisse not ready yet.

But if Peter Paul Rubens married Mary then they could Peter Paul Mary and sing instead of paint.

My favorite artist is Rodan. No Auguste Rodin. Rodan, the Japanese monster. I like his work.

Or maybe Rubens could open candy factory and make chocolates willed with coconut filling and maybe sometime have a almond nut inside. – Sometimes you fell like a nut, sometimes you don’t.

Forget the Reuben, show me the Monet $$$!

Stephan wants the accolades from his peers? How embarrassing. It’s like winning a trophy on the Island of Misfit Toys.

I LOVE Rat. Especially as YOUR enemy (frenemy?) and not mine. He just keeps Ruben it in.

And if you mess with Guard Duck…or his friends… you get what you deserve.

It’s OK, Stephan. We’ll get Pastis.

“You been Ruben me the wrong way, Rat!”

Will tomorrow’s pun be “Batman and Reuben”? Rat is certainly enough of a Joker to do it.

“isn’t Paul Reubens the actor who played Pee Wee Herman?”-——————Yep, and - something else for Pastis to think about — he was the winner of the 2011 SCREAM Awards ‘Visionary Award’http://movies.about.com/b/2011/10/13/paul-reubens-to-be-honored-at-the-2011-scream-awards.htm

Oh Rat… You are ALWAYS putting your foot in it.

I think Stephan is an amazing cartoonist.

xxx

Ah, this joke again. Rat died once or twice before. The time I’m thinking of, Rat and Pastis both died and a giant talking head in the afterlife told them they had to stay on earth because there was money in it. Come to think of it, Rat’s died and undied at least five times since the comic started.

Good Lord that’s a lot of comments.I still think the whole thing comes together with some deli mustard and a nice marble rye.

So far, the creator of That Is Priceless has used 4 works by Peter Paul Rubens in his blog, one of which has also appeared in the strip.

Mama Odette see’s a Ruben in your future…soon…yes…soon!

LOL!

I hope Peter and Paul get Mounds of praise.

Rat has turned bitter.

No—wait … that’s just the everyday Rat. My bad.

Bmonk — I’m having a hard time seeing de tail.

Rat is absolutely the best!!!!!!!!