Pickles by Brian Crane for August 19, 2012

Look at the six-pack on him.

A pink shirt does look good on some men. But I’m told pink is a poor match for someone with my coloration.

I agree with Earl, go without before wearing pink.

BTW – Salmon is food, not a color — tasty too

Real Men can wear pink

Put the shirt back on…..please!

Pink shirts used to be very popular for men, especially in the 1940’s and 50’s.

Dress shirts, sheer nylon seersucker, short-sleeved shirt-jackets and bowling shirts all came in pink.

My ex-husband collected vintage pink shirts – mostly those boxy long-sleeved wool flannel ones with pearl buttons and black or grey handstitching, or 2-tone short-sleeved paneled shirt-jacketsSome people call the latter “daddy-o” or “rock-a-billy” shirts.

And in the 70’s Izod made very popular pink polo shirts for men.

What’s yer problem, Earl?

I prefer ‘dusty rose’

Arctic dawn? Princess Diana?

I once bought a slew of food-related polo shirts for work:Ketchup red, mustard yellow, relish green, andmedium rare.

I didn’t know Earl farmed.

This is exactly why I haven’t remarried in my golden years.

Too late, Earl. The damage is already done.

Almost anything looks good, if you are thin enough. If you have something of a belly, not so much.

Put yer shirt back on or you will wear pink and be in pain to boot

It’s only a colour, Earl.

LOL xxx

Historically, pink and red were men’s colors and blue was a woman’s colors. It was sometime in the last century that it was changed.

Marshall Matt Dillon always wore a pink shirt. He was physically bigger than John Wayne. Maybe he had to be.

Real men are tough enough to wear pink… sorry Earl…

It takes a brave man to wear pink and an even braver one to keep it on.

I think Pickles is the best comic strip! Whether short is Pink or Blue doesn’t matter,, all your strips make me chuckle & feel good.

Is that the only blouse Opal has ?

Earl went beyond the six-pack to the keg.

Poor Earl. He has what I have – Dunlaps Disease – his belly done lapped over his belt !

I have at least two shirts in different shades of pink….because…real men wear whatever colors they like!

Clark Gable, that most masculine of men, wore a pink shirt in GWTW, set in the 1860’s, for heaven’s sake!

A quote on men wearing pink.

“I gotta say, for a tough guy, you sure dress like an Easter egg.” —Jason Bly, Burn Notice

Opal knows it is bad and too cheap and proud to take it back.

I made sure my wife saw this one.

NOT a fan of pink,and I’m a girl!

A pink shirt and black pants was a fad for boys here in Indiana as well back in the 50’s

Nice touch on the tan lines in the last panel, Brian!

Earl and I are on the same wavelength.

Welby42: Wow, you are as old as I am! In Dallas, pink shirts were the fad, but never black pants – charcoal gray. Fortunately I never went for fads and still wear the styles (if not the colors) of those times. Yes, they are still available.

Pink flatters many skin tones.

Love the tan lines.