Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 11, 2014

And not only that, River City just got its very first pool table!

The highest point in Iowa is a hoglot on a hot summer’s day.

And besides, it doesn’t start ’till tomorrow, so hush…

Let’s not forget their future favorite son, the heavenly hunk himself!

Butt!

I was getting all revved up for the pun that never came.

Enjoy the little extra money while you can, Stephen. The newspaper as a medium through which one can earn a living is dying. Their ad revenues, including that garnered through on-line editions, is now as low as it was in 1960.https://i.imgur.com/A6hfP.png

Let’s see, Des Moines rhymes with de coins, de loins, rejoins, and dezoins (related to zounds)…….surely there’s good material to work with here. Go for it Stephan (WTF way is that to spell Steven anyway?)

You hear that Beloit, WI? Maybe you should have this strip in your city and see what nice things he’ll say about you!

Shameless, Cartoon-Boy, utterly shameless!But, congratulations on cracking into the Hawkeye capital. Be sure to try the corn….

A new strip a day keeps the bill collector away.

“Stephan”, with an A, is NOT pronounced “Steven!”

It’s pronounced “Stef’-fen,” and it’s used in various countries, including Germany. In some places it’s spelled Stefan, and often pronounced Ste-’fan.

In the case of this cartoonist, “Stephan” and “Pastis” are both Greek names, cos he’s of Greek descent.

You’re confusing it with “Stephen,” which is English, and IS pronounced like “Steven.”

Des Moines is also miles away from DC, Chicago, LA and many other “centers of culture” in the United States, which increases its attractiveness exponentially.

Welcome to the University of Iowa.In Idaho City, Ohio..

Hey, we’ve had you over here on the East side of the state for years and you never say anything good about us! But, when the Governor is involved, then it all changes…just like with police chases.

I can hear ‘em callin’ hogs in the clear Ioway air, I can sniff the fragrant whiff of an Ioway rose!

the corn is as high as an elephants eye, and it’s climbing half way to the sky,oops sorry that was another. OK

@Susan Sunshine—Steph probably doesn’t care how his name is pronounced, as long as it’s spelled right on his paycheck!

Anyone know what strip the Register dropped so PB4S could be added?

every time, I see Pig, scream or get excited, I just picture him, having Steve Smith’s voice, from American Dad

This strip needs more butt kissing.

Portnoy voted for Des Moines and so did I (Bloom County)!!!

Long Beach, CA., used to be known as “Iowa by the Sea” …

Hmmm, Iowa, nice people, but nuttin; to write home about!Of course, let’s not forget Walter ( Radar) O’Reilly

All this talk about Iowa and nobody remembers Cpl. Walter O’Reilly of Ottumwa. Heck, even his good buddy Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce (of Crabapple Cove, ME) got a mention.

Never been to Des Moines, but Dubuque was cool when we visited last year to see a production of my wife’s play, “Like Music”.

It’s been running in the Des Moines Register for several years already.

Is this the reference for Pig’s shout out?http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/quotes?item=qt0314987

Oh come on Steph … how can Rat possibly not comment on the Mother Iowa statue across from the Capitol Building?

If you don’t have anything nice to say about Iowa, say nothing at all. I have nothing to say about Iowa. Oh, on second thought. “It’s not Missouri.”

Rat never misses anything!

xxx

Actually, it’s already been running in the Des Moines Register for years. Odd.

Ok, you low-state types, the highest point in Florida is Britton Hill in the Panhandle at 345 feet. Florida has the lowest high point among the 50 states. Delaware, however, has the lowest mean elevation. Long before the seas get done with their rising, Good-bye, cruel world!

I’m from Buffalo so I am not allowed to even poke fun at another region. Sucks. Maybe in a couple more years.

Sorry Pig, but Iowa is Heaven!!!!!Pastis forgot to mention the domes on the Capital building are all gold. & lest we forget, Des Moines does have an Opera company as well.

Old Dubuque, old Dubuque on the Mississippi river. How I love you with my heart, how I love you with my liver.

Wouldn’t he tease Des Moines in earlier strips just because Pearls wasn’t in its newspaper?