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At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn't know any better. Together, this pair offers caustic commentary on humanity's quest for the unattainable. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams says that Pearls is "one of the few comics that make me laugh out loud." The strip has twice won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben division award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip – in 2003 and in 2006.
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KaminoNeko said, over 1 year ago
Not Rat.
Now that is a shocking twist!
BahramtheRed said, over 1 year ago
Not Rat… Shocking. I bet this character is soon to be found an antisocial psychopathic, teen prostitute that Rat ultimately locks away with the family circus kids in hopes of a melting pot event.
BahramtheRed said, over 1 year ago
That results in some socially acceptable citizens from all the victims, sorry test subjects… Sorry I meant volunteers.
BahramtheRed said, over 1 year ago
Why was that separated? Meant as one post?
Grumpy Mathew said, over 1 year ago
Oh Stephan, you’ve just earned the ire of overweight over-50s everywhere.
Joe Minotaur said, over 1 year ago
@Matther,
You described half the people in line at Sunday’s book signing in Minneapolis.
BTW: Stephan looks almost exactly like he draws himself in the strips. Brown hair, baseball hat on backwards, unshaven, goatee, etc. Nice guy.
tigre1 said, over 1 year ago
Good one. For awhile I was afraid you DID mean me, and that you would send RAT.
Hugh B. Hayve said, over 1 year ago
Steph should have taken Jay and Silent Bob with him.
SusanSunshine
said, over 1 year ago
See? It’s NOT me.
You can see right here in my avatar that my hair is (ahem) red.
AlaskaJohn from yesterday — I said “sshhh”…. you didn’t have to go telling!
LOL.
Did you really go to East? Small world.
Sisyphos said, over 1 year ago
Is Goldilocks 2011 (a.k.a. CartoonCritic2544) going to torture and kill that teddy bear she clutches?
Rescue the bear, Cartoon-Pastis! Rescue the bear from evil Goldilocks 2011! We’ll testify in your defense when you’re charged with child abuse, assault, battery, and stalking, all premeditated…. Know any good lawyers? (Not Rat! You’ve already got a record, thanks to him.)
doublepaw said, over 1 year ago
SusanSunshine certainly was one of the usual suspects however.
Tirasmol
said, over 1 year ago
@Sisyphos
you made me spit coke onto my keyboard
cooj
said, over 1 year ago
I’m an overweight 50s guy, and I appreciate being noticed.
tegm said, over 1 year ago
kinda creepy ^^;
Citizen GROG!
said, over 1 year ago
Where does he get the time to write these strips, with all the appearances he supposedly makes.