Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 14, 2005

And so it begins….(ominous musical overtones)

And Guard Duck is born…

Enter the DUCK!

Insert theme from “jaws”

And pastis said let there be duckamen

I wonder how he funds his first arsenal?

guard duck!!!

Shut up dude. Let them have their moment

So it begins.

Guard Duck!

The best strips are always the ones with Guard duck.

Guard duck has arrived.

I wonder, was Guard Duck supposed to be temporary as Zebra almost was? Because most series like this end with the characters right where they started.

G.D.: The beginning of life, or it would be if I hadn’t already said that about the crocs

And so begins. . . Untitled goose game.

CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DUCKS OF WAR

this is the duck that replaced zebra as one of the main side characters

The saga of the one and only GD has begun.

ducc

Guard duck

Oh hail the mighty guard duck

And now begins the era of a massive up-surge of anatidaephobia in the PBS universe… (Cue the shrieking violins)

I think he’ll do a little more than quack

GUARD DUCK!!!

The amount of hype this one strip has when you know what comes next is incredible. You’re not even laughing, just so excited.