Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 27, 2004

Transcript:

"Listen, Rat, you've gotta come back to 'Pearls.' " "Dude, listen, I just ran smack dead into the most blatant case of copyright infringement I've ever seen...I'm holding the offending character hostage 'til he gives me the address of his creator." "Someone ripped off 'Pearls'?" "Dude...It's obscene...The guy made a rat one of his characters...and get this...he doesn't name him 'Bob' or 'Dave'...he names him...he names him...aww, heck...I'll let him tell you..." "...Ratbert." "...Start talking, Splatbert."