HOUSTON, WE’VE GOT PANTS (Well, almost.)
December 17, 2009“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop.”
– Mario Savio, Free Speech Movement, December, 1964
. . . .
The voices of millions are now being heard.
I give you…..today’s Ziggy:
Fine, he still isn’t wearing pants. But Rome wasn’t built in a day.
And sure, Ziggy creator had agreed to put pants on Ziggy yesterday, but maybe he needed to warm up to it. Take a few baby steps.
And today’s strip is that first step.
One small step for Ziggy, one giant leap for decency.
The “Pants on Ziggy” people’s movement has borne fruit.
And now, alongside the portraits of Moses, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, you can put this little guy:
Power to the people.
Power to the pants.
– Stephan Pastis, “Put Pants on Ziggy” movement, December, 2009
Great response from Tom Wilson… much funnier than him actually wearing pants!
Hahaha. Nice work. You can rest well tonight.
Dude.
No pants.
This is sort of like declaring unilateral victory and going home.
The Man won.
Nobody makes me laugh like you do!! Pastis – I gotta say it – I love you & your sick (fabulous) twisted mind!!!!! HA!
For the love of decency, man, if you’re not going to put pants on Rat at least have him keep both feet on the floor.
Is a compromise possible? Could Tom Wilson show a running Ziggy with a word balloon containing “pant, pant?” Would this inclusion of “pant”s in Ziggy satisfy the Rat? And if Ziggy ever does wear actual pants, does he run the risk of getting caught with his pants down, like so many other celebrities. Oh, I fear that Rat is about to open a “pants-dora’s box!”
Hm. Rat’s not wearing pants either. ::grabs a sheet of paper, scribbling:: “Dear Comic Editor…”
Hypocrite
Rat, Pig, Croc, etc….
None have pants
Come to think of it
Im not sure I have ever seen your strip character in pants
I bet you are pants-less under your desk right now
good point there.. most of your characters don wear pants either..
case in point, at least Ziggy’s “gown” covers over his legs.
Pants are for humans, not for animals. Notice that when Pastis puts himself in the strip he almost always wears pants. (Just like in real life, I would imagine)
@Jonny pogo:
“Me no wear pants, it feel guuuuuuuuddd.”
It’s self explanatory.
Out of curiosity, where does one go to join the movement to put pants on Ziggy?
Hmm. You know, I just noticed that Rat not only does not wear pants, he is completely naked. Tit for tat, perhaps? So to speak…
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Can’t wait to see what further transpires between “Ziggy” & “Pearls Before Swine” (and their creators) over the next few days!
BRING IT ON SOME MORE, GUYS!! \m/ \m/
We will not be
we will not be mooned
we will not be
we will not be mooned
Just like Uranus
In the Milky Way Galaxy
We will not be mooned
You’re welcome.
Today, Ziggy. Tomorrow, the “Love is” couple!
Steven,
You weren’t the first cartoonist to mention Ziggy’s lack of pants.
The idea was already done in May 26, 2009’s “Molly and the Bear.”
If you’re not familiar with “Molly and the Bear” you should check it out. It’s one of the best strips being produced today!
Here’s the link:
http://www.gocomics.com/mollyandthebear/2009/05/26/
Thanks for adding the corresponding actions of Ziggy here because my paper doesn’t carry that Ziggy!
I love it! Ziggy can keep his pants off, just don’t bend over!
You should totally put pants on Rat as a form of protest!
LoL…I don’t know whats funnier. The comic strip..or the people posting the Yas and Nas about it.
The comic strip is better For sure!
what if Ziggy is wearing booty shorts – that his long shirt conveniently happen to be covering? :/
or hot pants.
Tell Tiger to keep his pants on.
being a houstonian myself, i could not be prouder of this report. Viva la ratvolution.
What do we want?
PANTS ON ZIGGY!
When do we want it?
NOW!
You know, most of your characters don’t wear any clothes. Just saying.
I think there’s a pretty good cartoon rule of thumb that animal nudity is acceptable (as we accept the nudity of “real” animals) but for any character to wear a shirt and no pants is unspeakably repulsive.
The shirt always implies “something” to cover, so why the lack of any “something” below the torso? How far do the horrors of Moreauvian technology go? It would be like an animated talking bird with no teeth, or a male poodle. We need our anthropomorphism consistent, dammit!
Sorry…the crew over at the comics Carmudgeon has been begging Ziggy to don pants for ever. It is clearly the first group to recognize the horror of a Ziggy…without pants. (my eyes!! the goggles they do nothing!!!)
Rat isn’t wearing pants…I know he’s a rat, but he does speak English and he does walk on two legs…I’m just saying.
No pants, no peace!
No pants, no peace!
Throw an army against that tubby little heathen unless he dons the bifurcated garments required for decency.
Thank the heavens someone has finally raised this staff of honor on high.
Well hell, I never wear pants. Why should I expect any more from a comic-strip character?
You know, maybe the movement ought to start with the basics: put some junk on Ziggy first, so he has a reason to wear pants.
Hey, wait a minute, RAT doesn’t have pants, either. Or junk.
You know, Rat is having a pretty bad double-standard, seeing as he wears no pants, underpants, shirts, etc. He has less clothes than the one he’s protesting…
I noticed Ziggy also wasn’t wearing pants when he appeared in YOUR strip this week . . . a fact concealed by the blanket. (Was Ziggy’s pant-less-ness the “this” that made you “uncomfortable” in the last panel?) And when Wilson reneges, (as he appears to have done), Rat’s likely to escalate this, in an eye-for-an-eye kind of way, by having that character in the last panel go pants-less in your strip. That character’s streaking will disgust Wilson, who will gladly stick pants on Ziggy, just to get the streaker off of the funny pages. A “win-win” for Rat: he restores Ziggy’s dignity while stripping your of yours.
In the latest strip, http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2009/12/18/ he’s not wearing pants still, but the dry cleaners have finally found his pants. After all doesn’t everyone go pantsless until the dry cleaners have finished with them.
And the Ziggy “pantsgate” rolls on! See the 12/18 Ziggy. There are actually pants in the cartoon!!!
Looks like you owe Ziggy creator guy an apology. He continues the pants theme today.
If I had a nickel for everytime the dry cleaners lost my pants…
I’d be a very wealthy half-nudist. I’d probably be in jail, too. Insane asylum. or a Lady Ga Ga music video.
Oh man…Tom Wilson’s got your number. I only wish you could respond faster than the comics page will allow.
Today, friends we have victory!
Ziggy is presented with pants today from his dry-cleaner.
Ziggy is wearing very, very short pants. I guarantee it.
I’ve never been a Ziggy fan, till now. It’s even funnier if you realize that unless you read Pearls, you’d never get the jokes in Ziggy.
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Didn’t Homer Simpson complain about Ziggy’s lack of pants a hundred years ago?
The problem with this strip is it adds no humor whatsoever: it just briefs readers on the events so far. This strip was apparently written for people whose papers don’t get PBS.
rat has no pants either. pot calling the kettle black…
your mouse has no pants