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Pearls Before Swine (also known as Pearls) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis.The series began on December 31, 2001. [1] It chronicles the daily lives of an ensemble cast of suburban anthropomorphic animals: Pig, Rat, Zebra, Goat, and a fraternity of crocodiles, [2] as well as a number of supporting characters, one of whom is Pastis himself.
Cover depicts Stephan Pastis and Rat in a boxing match with Goat as the referee. Rat kicks Pastis in his "oompa loompas" (running joke word for testicles in the strip) while Goat tries to step in. Pig, Zebra, and Guard Duck work Pastis' corner while Larry and Snuffles work Rat's, and a poorly-drawn Dilbert is shown watching the fight. Rat's Wars
The next year, Pastis attended law school at UCLA, where he received his J.D. [6] [7] He kept drawing during this time, coming up with the first Pearls Before Swine character, Rat, during what he said was a boring class in law school. [8] When I wrote for him [Rat] it seemed pretty honest.
Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis (known for using other comic characters in his strip) portrayed Nancy and Sluggo as extras to replace Rat and Goat during the 2003 "Pearls Labor Dispute". [86]
Over the week of July 7, 2008, Pearls Before Swine parodied the tendency of Funky Winkerbean towards killing off main characters when it killed off Rat and the strip's own author, Stephan Pastis (the two would later be returned to the strip via the intervention of the head of United Feature Syndicate), with Tom Batiuk even allowing Pastis to ...
Pearls Before Swine Release: December 31 by The Washington Post. Writer: Stephan Pastis Artist: Stephan Pastis. Sgt Mike Battle: The Greatest American Hero! Release: August by Pier-C Comics. Writer & Artist: Graham Pierce. The Surgeon Release: by Rough Cut Comics Trip to Tagaytay Release: by Tala Comics Publishing. Writer & Artist: Arnold Arre.
On April 1, 2005, Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Bill Amend (FoxTrot), and Darby Conley each drew similar strips revolving around Ouija boards; the three strips have largely similar dialogue and punchlines. [4] [5] [6]
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