Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 11, 2004

Transcript:

"The sad, lonely journey of a 'Pearls' comic strip" "That's me." "Hahaha... This one is really edgy and funny... People will love it... Hahaha..." "...It's funny, babe. But you've got to change that one word... You know United's not gonna allow it." "The wife" "Yeah... You're probably right. Okay, I'll change it." "It's nice, Stephan, but we just can't show that one image in the third panel." "Fine, Jake... I'll delete it." "The editors at United Features Syndicate" "And tell him to watch his grammar." "...And his punctuation." "...Listen, we simply cannot allow you to make a reference to that topic, because if we do, four grandmothers in Provo will complain and we'll have no choice but to drop your strip and replace it with 'Maryworth.'" "The newspaper editor" "Okay. Okay." "Sigh." "Draw draw draw" "What a pretty day, Pig." "It sure is, Rat." "Yay!" "Man, are the comics today lame..." "It's these cartoonists. They've got nooooooo creativity."