Pearls Before Swine News

Famous cartoonists visited Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20 to meet, greet and sketch the men and women serving there.

New comics in The Union You may have noticed two new comics in The Union that started this week, "Pearls Before Swine" by lawyer-turned-cartoonist Stephan Pastis, and "Prickly City" by Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune.

BABloggee Kimberly Zaylskie sent me a link to the cartoon Pearls Before Swine , which yesterday had an astronomical theme.

The famous saying about "pearls before swine" has its origins in this passage; Jesus tells his followers not to waste spiritual resources on people who will never understand or appreciate them.

It has exposed the failings of a government where the power is concentrated at the top, where decisions are often carried out with little consideration for their consequences and where follow-up is often nonexistent, according to social commentators and government officials.

Here's a strip idea I came up with for Pearls Before Swine . Specifically, the sort that Pastis seems to derive evil satisfaction from - an elaborate set-up with the punchline being a mind-twisting pun on some famous line or quote.

Several years ago, Stephan Pastis, the creator of "Pearls Before Swine," drew a cartoon that illustrates the threat now faced by taxpayers.

Why does "For Better or For Worse," a strip that's now in reruns, occupy the prime spot in The Eagle's Sunday funnies? "Peanuts" deserved it; this one doesn't. Put "Pearls Before Swine" or "Dilbert" on the front page.

A viewer called and told News 4 that the "F-word" was hidden in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" in the Post-Dispatch. However, News 4 recieved a call Wednesday morning from the cartoonist, Stephan Pastis.

NEW YORK Comic fans can now personalize their iGoogle home pages with themes from 50 comics.

NEW YORK The Kalamazoo Gazette is asking readers to vote on potential changes to its comics page.

Took me a while to figure this out. I guess Pearls Before Swine is a strip that runs in the paper? And often mocks Family Circus? They both seem profoundly unfunny, with Swine being somewhat more tolerable .

First, we're thrilled that you removed "For Better or For Worse" from the comics page.

Three letters on Sunday about the new comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" and all of them negative? Wow.

NEW YORK Stephan Pastis, creator of the "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip, believes it's pretty easy to get your bosses -- in his case, United Feature Syndicate -- to endorse your new book.

"For Better or For Worse" or "Pearls Before Swine?" Does anyone remember when, in the past, The Desert Sun ran polls about what comics we wanted before making a change? Why not use the mydesert poll on the Opinion page to determine what readers really want? Try this question: "Which comic do you want The Desert Sun to publish: "For Better or ...

Approaching the Hawthorne Bridge during the morning commute. Recently, Stephen Pastis lampooned cyclists in his Pearls Before Swine comic strip .

You have taken away the last reason for me to read your paper. Where is "For Better or For Worse?" You replaced it with something called "Pearls Before Swine." What an absurd comic.

People who don't like bicyclists portray us as filthy parasites on the shining body of their magnificent, motorized society.

Since there is nothing extremely pressing or particularly interesting going on this week, it is an opportune time to ask for some advice on the comic strips that appear in the daily edition of The Northwestern.