The innocent and naïve pig protagonist, Ham Shears, moves to the big city to try and make something of himself and mistakenly ends up working at a butcher shop. The well-meaning Ham doesn't make the connection between animals and meat products while the titular and eccentric "Boss" of "Boss's Butcher Shop" doesn't seem to notice the implications of hiring a pig to work for him.
Uncomfortable encounters with butcher shop customers ensue and eventually Ham Shears meets two girls from the neighborhood, the plucky Jill and no-nonsense Ingrid. They end up befriending Ham Shears and get wrapped up in the day-to-day weirdness that comes from knowing an anthropomorphic pig.
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blunebottle said, 4 months ago
Humour! Two days running!
randayn
said, 4 months ago
Someone needs to read Boss the story of Miles Standish, John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins.
vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago
or, until a love triangle develops which never ends well.
Kyrel said, 4 months ago
Oh, this will get interesting when Hamshears does actually ask out Jill out for Boss… when Boss actually means Ingrid (“Other Jill”).
Kyrel said, 4 months ago
@Kyrel
http://www.gocomics.com/ham-shears/2011/12/26
http://www.gocomic s.com/ham-shears/2012/03/05
http://www.gocomics.com/ham-shears/2012/03/16
WyattMute said, 4 months ago
@Kyrel
Ooh, nice prediction… I’d say that’s very likely.
Also, it’s funny looking to go back and forth real quick between today’s strip and Monday’s. Ham does “The Spit-take Seizure”.
blunebottle said, 4 months ago
@WyattMute
Good drawings of his facial expressions, too.