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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Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
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SherlockWatson said, about 1 year ago
Sing along with Sherlock: “Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble… when you’re perfect in every way…”
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said, about 1 year ago
@SherlockWatson
Perfect. ‘I can’t wait to look in the mirror cuz I get better looking each day…’
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago
Rat’s destiny: to be eaten by a cat.
Phatts California said, about 1 year ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
… don’t wish that on some poor cat … it’ll get heartburn …
Varnes said, about 1 year ago
Boobies are their own reward, for all involved! what a prize!……sayin’…..come on who doesn’t like boobies?….be honest now….sometimes I think women like them almost as much as the men folk do…All hail boobies!!!!
spamster said, about 1 year ago
Thats easy rat when you die the world does end. for you
orinoco womble said, about 1 year ago
Most of the self-styled “realists” I know have a very weak grasp on reality….
jukeofurl said, about 1 year ago
Or is that “buboes” prize, Mr Rat?
cdward said, about 1 year ago
The world will end for at least one person when Rat dies. Of course, that person will be Rat.
win said, about 1 year ago
Rat: a legend in his own mind
F6F5Hellcat said, about 1 year ago
Alas poor Rat, you are so vain to think yourself a realist when as a realist you would realize that no one will care about you once your gone and that you are extremely unimportant in the grand scheme of things
Peabody-Martini said, about 1 year ago
The truly scary part is that what Rat said about the world ending when he dies is almost a direct quote from Ayn Rand.
Sisyphos said, about 1 year ago
The race for greatness? Rat, you couldn’t even qualify for the team! You are a loutish, selfish, beer-swilling, petty bully. That’s realism!
A I said, about 1 year ago
*snicker!!!
Rat said booby….
Number Two said, about 1 year ago
When loved ones pass on, part of our world does end.