Pearls Before Swine/Tear Jerker

"Television to an empty room: Leading off the news tonight, six Israeli children died early today when the bus they were riding in exploded in downtown Jerusalem. [beat] They were little kids... With backpacks filled with sandwiches and juice and gym socks and math books. They had bedrooms with pictures of race cars and soccer players, and they had unmade beds with Spider-Man sheets. They had little sisters and dentist appointments and cats and jeans with holes in the knee. They took piano lessons on Tuesday and spent Sunday afternoons with their dads, who made them hold hands whenever they crossed a street. And on the wall of the hall to their bedrooms was a long line of photos, with each of their annual school pictures placed chronologically... ... by a mom... ... who kissed her son goodbye that morning and watched him board the bus that exploded in downtown Jerusalem."
 * Your Mileage May Vary on this one. 2003 Memorial Day strip.
 * Also the introduction of Andy, the dog who's stuck on "a chain that gets a little weaker every time I pull against it... a chain that one day's gonna break."
 * This comic, February 7, 2010.
 * Also, this.

"Pig: What happened... ? Rat: You dumb pig, you jumped off the roof and smacked into the... [beat panel]] moon. |undefined"
 * When Pig is injured and half-asleep in the hospital after jumping off the roof, believing he was a butterfly: