Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 19, 2012

Oh, Benny. You and your boots.

Oh, Benny! Are you still feeling shame before your own family?!

Gonna be just as disappointing to his folks and Larry is to his.

That dumb Bennie is too busy making his fashion statement.

This character is idiotic.

I think he wants to be a dentist ….

The only animal who should wear boots is a puss.

“And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoonLittle boy blue and the man on the moonWhen you comin’ home son?I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then sonYou know we’ll have a good time then…”

Does Ru Paul go home for Christmas?

Perhaps Benny is intended to be the poster child for cross dressers?

Benny will have trouble just taking the letter to a mailbox.

This boot thing is not interesting – I would like to see more of Larry’s parents, and even more of Larry.

long live benny, eddie izzard and all folks brave enough to wear hot boots. think of how boring life would be without the wild people of the world!

This is just not right, he needs a matching purse.

Ok, you can dis the boots for a short visit home Bennie. I mean….your parents are important too!

Maybe it’s time for Benny to come out of the teddy bear closet to his parents…

There goes the stereotype of him being that way because of a domineering mother and no father figure.

aren’t those Jimmy’s shoes?

Christmas? I thought bears hibernated in the winter.

Considering the track Stephan has been following the past few days, I think it’s time to remove P.B.S. from my favorites – unless it all starts making sense soon

Perhaps his parents misunderstood when he described himself as “fierce.”

Perhaps Paris Goat will get a visit from his mother this week; in the story arc where we found out his name, we saw that she likes to drop a huge sack of guilt on him whenever they meet.

This strip just keeps getting more depressing…

Things will pick up after the holiday season.

Hey guys; give Pastis a break and while you’re at it, stop taking yourselves too seriously. It’s a friggin comic! You think this is depressing, watch what happens to the country over the next 4 years.

Pray for mercy from Bear N’ Boots!

another disappointing child. it is like majoring in art.