Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 29, 2011

Ver’ bad!

It’s a frat house? That explains a lot!

At least it’s a newspaper and not Tolstoy he’s carrying!

The Plot to Destroy Zebra’s Wall will be no more successful than The Plot to Kill Hitler; in fact, probably even less so. Bad bowel control, there, Melvin! [Will we ever see (this) Melvin alive again?]

Yeah, it must have been very difficult to time it nine months ago so the bomb would go off at the precise moment when Melvin needs the potty today…. I mean….er, what?

Of course, any bomb plot from the crocs is going to bomb.

Pastis says he’s anywhere from 5 to 9 months ahead so the topicality of the strip is often “off” by that amount of time – so other cartoonists’ commentary sometimes airs before his. But like Susan I also don’t see what’s so "incredible"about the timing of the strip. If Mitzi means Sept 11th, um…it’s still August.

http://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/ahh-the-perils-of-being-too-far-ahead-of-deadline/

it says in a collection

I don’t see what is incredible about the timing of this strip, is August 29th something historic?

I always seem to miss something good while I’m in the reading room.

I’m glad to see the crocs back.

Everytime I look at a crocs strip I say “Boy is this stupid” and then the tears form in my eyes as it is just so funny and comical that it makes my day start right. I just love these guys. Keep up the wonderful work!

Newspaper? I didn’t know the crocs could read.

Melvin has such bad timesing.

Poor Melvin – he has to do all the grunt work.

(But I’m sure everything will come out all right, in the end.)

…and Pastis does Zeeba/Croc strips when he doesn’t have a funny idea available?

Should have chained him to the wall.

LOL LOL!

xxx

I forsee Zeeba’s wall will out-last Melvin, and probably Bob. The Frat House throne, however, may not.

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But then we all knew crocks all be potty.

Riddle time: What’s black and white and red and green and brown all over?

I’m sensing a bout of explosive diarrhea for old Melvin…

Oh my! This is hilarious!

the bomb around croc looks like hot dogs.

Hope he’s still able to make that appointment he has this afternoon…

why so much violence on my birthday?