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Oatey Oy

Cidu Bill on Aug 3rd 2011

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor, oy | 14 responses so far

Son of Bonus LOL

Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2011

Jon Delfin:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Cul de Sac, Dave Coverly, Mark Parisi, New Yorker, Off the Mark, Pablo Picasso, Pearls Before Swine, Saturday Evening Post, Speed Bump, Stephan Pastis, apps, cicadas, comic strips, comics, humor, iPhone, lol | 23 responses so far

LOL - May 2

Cidu Bill on May 2nd 2011

Filed in Bill Bickel, Book of Biff, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Coverly, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Pearls Before Swine, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Speed Bump, Stephan Pastis, Zach Weiner, lol | 29 responses so far

In case anybody thinks that what Stephan Pastis does is easy…

Cidu Bill on Apr 10th 2011

…witness the tragic results of when it’s done badly. Very badly. WTF badly.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Tom Batiuk, When Comics Go Bad, comic strips, comics, humor | 41 responses so far

Saturday Morning Ewww

Cidu Bill on Mar 26th 2011

Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Pearls Before Swine, Rubes, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 4 responses so far

You mean that’s not the Tardis??

Cidu Bill on Mar 22nd 2011

Somebody sent me this as a “Geezer” strip, and I wrote back no, even kids today know what a phone booth is, even if they’ve never used one. Then three or four other people sent me the same comic.

So was I wrong? Would a younger reader look at this and have no idea what’s being referred to?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comcis, comic strips, humor | 53 responses so far

LOL - February 28

Cidu Bill on Feb 28th 2011

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, F-Minus, Jimmy Johnson, Leigh Rubin, Pearls Before Swine, Rubes, Stephan Pastis, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, humor, lol, xkcd | 19 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-May 30

Cidu Bill on May 30th 2010

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Cyanide and Happiness, Francesco Marciuliano, I Dream of Jeannie, Martin Luther King, Medium Large, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, Pardon My Planet, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Hilburn, Star Trek, Stephan Pastis, Vic Lee, banks, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 30 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-April 25

Cidu Bill on Apr 25th 2010

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Frazz, Gumby, Guy & Rodd, Heaven, Jef Mallet, Kick-Ass, Lio, Mark Parisi, Mark Tatulli, New Yorker, Off the Mark, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Hilburn, Stephan Pastis, Zits, cats, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 15 responses so far

So you’re allowed to grab them on the comics page now as long as you call them oompa loompas??

Cidu Bill on Mar 15th 2010

Was kinda funny, though…

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor, oompa loompas | 13 responses so far

Nutty Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Feb 25th 2010

Submitted by Janice

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor, squirrels, synchronicity | 6 responses so far

LOL-February 1

Cidu Bill on Feb 1st 2010

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Buckets, Dave Coverly, Doonesbury, G.B. Trudeau, Garfield, Jim Davis, Jimmy Johnson, John Deering, New Yorker, Pearls Before Swine, Speed Bump, Stephan Pastis, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, iPad, lol | 27 responses so far

LOL-January 11

Cidu Bill on Jan 11th 2010

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Guy & Rodd, Pearls Before Swine, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, Stephan Pastis, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 31 responses so far

Knit One…

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Nor really synchronicity, of course, but several people pointed out that we got a double dose of awful Pearls Before Swine puns yesterday

Filed in Bill Amend, Bill Bickel, Fox Trot, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Feral Ballerina

Cidu Bill on Sep 10th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far

LOL-August 31

Cidu Bill on Aug 31st 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Coverly, Dogs, Hark! A Vagrant!, Joe Martin, Leigh Rubin, Mark Parisi, Mister Boffo, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Pearls Before Swine, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Speed Bump, Stephan Pastis, Tina's Groove, Wiley Miller, cats, clowns, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, computers, humor, lol, xkcd | 28 responses so far

Saturday Afternoon Ewww

Cidu Bill on Aug 8th 2009

John in Tronna:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Gummy Bears, PVP Online, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Kurtz, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

LOL-July 26

Cidu Bill on Jul 26th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Donald Duck, Ewww, Francesco Marciuliano, Garfield, Hilary B. Price, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jim Davis, Mark Parisi, Mary Worth, Medium Large, Mickey Mouse, Off the Mark, One Big Happy, Pearls Before Swine, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Stephan Pastis, Tina's Groove, Windows, Wizard of Id, atomic bombs, birds, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 11 responses so far

Those Who Cannot Remember the Pastis…

Cidu Bill on Jul 14th 2009

Obviously a reference to former attorney Stephan Pastis, who draws the Pearls Before Swine strip; but is there an actual gag here, or just a gratuitous shout-out?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Jef Mallet, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

LOL-Special Supersized Summer Edition

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Coverly, Dave Whamond, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Far Left Side, G.B. Trudeau, GPS, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Hilary B. Price, Leigh Rubin, Mike Stanfill, Pearls Before Swine, Reality Check, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Scott Adams, Speed Bump, Spongebob Squarepants, Stephan Pastis, Tina's Groove, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gay marriage, humor, lol, pizza, xkcd | 22 responses so far

Rhys: I work in publishing, and I have no idea what a “brad” is. I’ve also consulted two dictionaries and google. Please tell me I’m not the only clueless one! If he’d written “Brads” rather than “brads,” I’d have guessed he meant the author could recycle the character’s name so the manuscript wouldn’t be a complete loss. Since he did not, I’m as stumped as Rhys (while also, in fact, working in publishing) -Bill

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 55 responses so far

Pearls Before Sign

Cidu Bill on Mar 29th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far

Pearls Before Spine

Cidu Bill on Mar 25th 2009

Is PBS in reruns this week? Because the hedgehog-throwing incident took place in February of 2008, and I can’t believe it took Pastis more than a year to come up with this gag.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crimeweek, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Weird World of Crime, comic strips, comics, hedgehogs, humor | 12 responses so far