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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Adam Nedens(Snoopster) said, 3 months ago
Everyone would have a NASCAR fix than hear good news in newspapers.
Pelahnar said, 3 months ago
There’s a Canadian news site that has a section devoted to good news.
templo SUD said, 3 months ago
I remember a “Pearls” strip where Pig goes door to door asking the neighborhood if they’ve found Jesus… stolen form his Nativity scene.
thebird55 said, 3 months ago
Shake the dust off your feet, Pig.
RachelC22 said, 3 months ago
@templo SUD
Oh yeah, I remember that one too.
Arye Uygur said, 3 months ago
“Good news,” in Greek is “Gospel.”
Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago
Yeah, that’d be pretty much my reaction to that phrase…
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago
Hi, we’re selling pre-1991 back issues of Izvestia and Pravda. Make the check for the Oregonian…
Hillbillyman said, 3 months ago
No news is good news.
Destiny23 said, 3 months ago
Pig = Jehovah’s Witless
jukeofurl said, 3 months ago
If they sent out the good lookers & offered a lap dance with the talk, I’d let them in. More than once. . ..
Alex said, 3 months ago
You should also sell Trud and Moskovskiy Komsomolets. Also, did you know that when americans win the Moon Race, soviet newspapers issued a back-paged note on that, which would probably fit the Twitter massage format.
Radish
said, 3 months ago
Hey Pig, that’s old news…
pschearer
said, 3 months ago
@Arye Uygur
No, Arye, “gospel” derives from a Middle English translation of the Greek “euangelion”.
F6F5Hellcat said, 3 months ago
That seems to be a common theme. I’m watching people yell and scream about always getting bad news then when they get good news they yell and scream about it not being news worthy. And others yell and scream about bad news not being news worthy and they yell and scream about always getting good news. Only a few seem to like good news, but then those stories tend to be what my 10th grade current events teacher called fluff pieces (I got in trouble for mentioning fluff pieces too often) and these folks don’t get why there isn’t more to the piece.