Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 10, 2010
Transcript:
STORY UPDATE Cathy Guisewite retired her 'Cathy' comic strip last week, but Cathy's soul got lost on its way to the comics afterlife and is currently stuck in the 'Pearls' diner, where it's been ating nothing but cheesecake. Rat says, "Dude, enough's enough... make her go to the afterlife already." Pig says, "Cathy, fly to the liiight, flyyy to the liiiight..." Rat says, "Dude, keep doing it... she's leaving... she's flying... up... toward... the-" THUD Stephan says, "Guys! Listen! I'd lik to do a really nice tribute to Cathy Guisewite. At a time when most 'retiring' cartoonists choose to run repeats, denying young cartoonists of a spot on the comics page, she did the greatest thing by truly retiring and giving-" Stephan says, "I don't want to know, do I?" Rat says, "Nope." Pig says, "Psst... avoid the bug zapper."
Ah, a true ‘Pearls’ tribute.