Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 07, 2012

Either there’s a hill on both sides of the fence or they decided to hop over it.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Andy.

Reminds of Blu from movie RIO, where he loves the cage..

Man, all dressed up and no place to go…..

Get the “bear in boots”, and the only thing missing from the party is the female dog with the whip.

yep

His idea of “bling”!

I understand how Andy feels……..

What happened RAT does not have a beer in his hand/paw?

Isn’t this like long time no see for Andy?

He can take the chain off?

New drugs!

Fencing is an Olympic sport..@burser: Suggestions?

Jonah, from the belly of a big fish, thanked God for saving him. Really? He’s grateful for being swallowed by a fish? Now, that’s optimism!

Awwwwwww….

xxx

andy has a first name why does not piggy?

If you’re going to go through life as a chained-up dog, a new chain is a really big deal! So I understand Andy’s excitement! I guess neither Rat nor Pig gets it.

I think Pastis left the hill there to get a rise out of everyone.

Interesting comment just after an election…I ‘get’ that, although we worked pretty damn hard to shape the results… in spite of my COMPARATIVE happiness about the result, there are yet a lot of unnecessary restrictions…social/political life ain’t perfect yet, right?

We don’t need no stinking chains.

Andy must be a democrat.

Look out, Stephan, PETA is planning a bonfire in your honor. . .

It’s called copy-paste. As it looks like you did with your comment.

I don’t do this often, but here’s a nitpick about the strip:When Andy was first introduced, he was always tugging at his chain, hoping to weaken and eventually break it so that he’d be free. It doesn’t make sense that he’d be happy about getting a new chain, unless he’s lost his mind.

I wish I could date a woman that get’s this excited about a new chain.

Did he get a new leash too?

Please Steph, develop a brief strip series where Andy finds a home and is freed from the chain forever. It would be a nice statement from a widely read (wildly funny) strip.

It was a joke … but pedantry shall be met with same.-Jonah 1:17: the Bible says Jonah was swallowed by a “great fish.” Type unspecified. Still pretty optimistic!

notice he has to say " the chained up dog."

That’s like saying, “new wife!”

If you want to keep one off characters, I vote for Andy the chained up dog.

I miss the crocs and zeebas.

Anyone else remember the internet dog’s and cat’s thoughts?

Fences usually look different when viewed from the other side, so a superficial look at the fence suggests Pig and Rat just hopped over it. However, if you examine the fence more closely you see that the single and double line markings occur in pairs in the first panel, but they alternate in the second panel. The third panel adds more confusion, the lines alternate at the left but occur in pairs at the right. This suggests a variety of cartoon physics: mutability of appearance. Or perhaps Stephen is testing the observational powers of his readers…