Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 28, 2014
Transcript:
Goat: What are you doing, Rat? Rat: Rorschach tests. Goat: Oh, where you show ink blots to people and ask them what they see? Rat: Yes. Now shut up. Okay, Pig, what do you see? Pig: I guess I just see failure. Like something that has gone terribly wrong. Show zebra. Zebra: i don't know... It just makes me sad. What does Goat see? Goat: I see something more pathetic than sad. Show Stephan. Pig: I wonder what he saw.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Stephan is a real pity-party animal.
Ida No over 9 years ago
Stephan: “A mirror.”
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Pastis saw an insult.
hariseldon59 over 9 years ago
Looks like Zebra is back to normal.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Now this is an instant classic! Cartoon-Boy gets put down not once, not twice, but three times, by three of his most sympathetic characters, and he acts out on the instigator, Rat! Absolutely perfect humor.And yet, so true, too.
Michelle Morris over 9 years ago
Himself smackin’ down Rat!
AlnicoV over 9 years ago
I’d say he saw plenty.
lklawless Premium Member over 9 years ago
Love it!
Varnes over 9 years ago
’Bout time Rat got smacked……
PICTO over 9 years ago
I agree with Goat. It’s almost too pathetic to be funny. Almost.
Lary Youngsteadt over 9 years ago
He saw his shadow, guess that means six more weeks of droll humor.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
we must learn to see ourselves, as others see us, and be grateful or humble…whatever
billtjr52 over 9 years ago
This is a great one!
bigbadpete over 9 years ago
There’s a reason why people like PBS so much. Actually, hundreds of reasons.Today’s strip? I agree with c.davies above: brilliant!
mbashian over 9 years ago
I love how rat tells goat to shut up. Rat is so impatient. And goat is such a spring of knowledge—being able to describe exactly what the Rorschach test was.
rgcviper over 9 years ago
The more I read this one, the more I like it. I kind of pity Pastis, too, but then, that’s the whole point, I’d say.
John Falstaff over 9 years ago
Mee theenk peecture look like fud. Tastie fud.
uniquename over 9 years ago
I thought he was going to see the Red Sox.
unca jim over 9 years ago
@SizeofaPea:why are you here, day after day reading it? I think the sheer number of comments daily only proves that Stephan’s work isn’t sad, pathetic or a failure.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That’s the whole point of this ‘pseudo-derision’ crowd. He makes us moan, he makes us groan and makes a circus ride of our minds with his daily output (tut-tut, don’t say it !) and we commenters are just going along for the ride.
David Rickard Premium Member over 9 years ago
Sharper than a serpent’s tooth is the ingratitude of a toon
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
Michael Jackson’s “Main in the Mirror”. Do you think, Stephan, it might be time to change? Great strip—very Zen.
Number Three over 9 years ago
I think Stephan sees how much he regrets creating Rat.
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Ink blot Premium Member over 9 years ago
Is that the actual ink-blot, or is it just Stephan’s drawing of what he thought the ink-blot looked like? Does the cartoonist/avatar actually have complete control over what happens in the PBS universe? (I’m using “avatar” in the sense that predates computer chat rooms.)
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Anger.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
PIZZA!!!!
LilPeruna over 3 years ago
‘Now, to drama, shock and MORE shock, someone gone and added Rorschach and the thing has got completely out of hand’! (The Ballad of Sigmund Freud-Chad Mitchell Trio)