"The July 27 installment of “Pearls Before Swine” was pulled from national syndication because of a joking reference to ISIS, according to creator Stephan Pastis. (While he doesn’t specifically say so, it seems likely his syndicate, Universal Uclick, removed the strip, as it doesn’t appear on the GoComics website.)"
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Monday, August 1, 2016
‘Pearls Before Swine’ strip pulled over ISIS reference; Comic Book Resources, 8/1/16
Brigid Alverson, Comic Book Resources; ‘Pearls Before Swine’ strip pulled over ISIS reference:
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