Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 16, 2016

Lonely cartoonist wants attention.

Wait a minute, does Stephan draw with his feet? That explains a lot.

why does he need a microphone? Are Rat and Pig almost deaf?

Lame.

Inspired by Obama when he he tossed the microphone at the correspondents dinner and said, “Obama out!” But he still seems to be there…

Do you know how many audio engineers are on the verge of shooting someone over this microphone dropping craze?

So you think cartooning is hard on the knees do you Cartoon Boy?Try being married for thirty-seven years and see what that does to your knees.

Mamba buy new microphone for Pig.

@PITCO—Marriage, the #1 cause of divorce!

“Mama loves Mamba…Papa loves Mamba…”—Perry Como(Ask your grandparents whom he was!)

this strip should’ve came out on April 1st

???

Pastis is no Kobe Bryant, but he is a PUNsonous snake in the grass.

A-HAA! The classic twist ending! The mark of all great literature. Er, sort of…

Oh! Cute…..?!!!!!

“Lonely cartoonist wants attention”-So does Tony and Teresa…99.9% of the time.

I’m hearing “Mambo Number 5” in my head right now…

Oh no! This can’t be happening? Stephen CAN’T retire!

Oh, Phew! It was just a horrible dream.

xxx

Are both Rat and Pig so slow to recognize Cartoon-Boy’s hilarious spoof of that old basketball retiree?!Cartoon-Boy, you’ve got to start drawing smarter characters if you want to interact with them!

You can never retire, Mr. Pasteees!

Oh thank Heaven! I thought you were really announcing your retirement. Don’t leave yet! I really enjoy your strips…. comic strips.

Nice Kobe tribute – we will miss him!

Thankfully, we will still have Pearls Before Swine. Whew!

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Who’s Kobe Bryant?

A friend of mine remarked, back in ’77, that he was doing Cyrano de Bergerac that year while he still had the legs.

Ooooh! Nice one, Stephan!

Why do you need good knees and ankles for cartooning? Unless you feel the need to flee on a regular basis.