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- ? (photograph)
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- ? (photograph)
Photo of plush figures from Pearls Before Swine
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- ?
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- typeset
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- Pearls Sells Out
Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter; dedication
- Script
- Stephan Pastis
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- Stephan Pastis; Christina Reed; Jamil Hoi; Kathy Horst; Gil Herrero; Kevin O'Dell; Ray Warner; Matt N. Kroll
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- Stephan Pastis; Christina Reed; Jamil Hoi; Kathy Horst; Gil Herrero; Kevin O'Dell; Ray Warner; Matt N. Kroll
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- ?
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- typeset
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- Some cartoonists tell wonderful stories about getting their first cartoon published when they were just a kid.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- Newspaper
Introduction. Reproduced page from Pasadena Star-News (August 17, 1980) with first published artwork by Stephan Pastis (age 12)
- Script
- Stephan Pastis
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- Stephan Pastis
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- Stephan Pastis
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- ?
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- Stephan Pastis
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- Rat... it's me, Gary, your manager at the coffee shop... why aren't you here?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra; Crocs; Guard Duck
- Keywords
- Christmas; coffee house; election; newspaper comic strip
Collection of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips (Sundays in color), with interspersed commentary from Pastis. Notable story arcs include: working in the coffee shop; cartoon characters aging realistically; introduction of Danny Donkey; Rat sings blues for the rich; Rat runs for President; the printers mix things up; the Crocs investigate why people don't like "Pearls"; Rat tries to buy a gun; Junior Croc falls in love with a zebra; Guard Duck's coup; Crocs sue Zebra; Rat publishes a tabloid; Family Circus fans attack rat; introduction of Mr. Snuffles; Crocs and Zebras celebrate Christmas. Crossovers from The Family Circus, Get Fuzzy, and Beetle Bailey.
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- typeset
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- Stuff You Ain't Never Seen Before
Title page for section
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- Stephan Pastis
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- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The following eighteen strips are all strips that were pulled prior to publication, either because they posed too much of a risk, were too strange, or were just plain bad.
Introduction to section
- Script
- Stephan Pastis
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- Stephan Pastis
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- Stephan Pastis
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- ?
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- Stephan Pastis
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The city council is trying to eliminate the red light district.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rat; Pig; Goat
- Keywords
- Censorship; newspaper comic strip
Crossovers from B.C. and Funky Winkerbean. Includes commentary from Pastis.
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- ? (photograph)
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- ? (photograph)
Photo of plush figures from Pearls Before Swine
- Pencils
- Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
- Inks
- Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
- Colors
- Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
- Characters
- Pig
- Keywords
- Custodian; janitor
Pig sweeping up in darkened store with empty shelves. Plush figure of Dilbert among the debris.