Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out

(2012)

Pearls Freakshow (Table of Contents: 1)

Pearls Before Swine / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Characters

Rat; Goat; Croc; Pig; Danny Donkey

Keywords

Freak show; freakshow; poster

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; mock freak show poster

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out

Indexer Notes

Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter; dedication

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cartoonists are shut-ins.

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Elephant gun; prom

Indexer Notes

Introduction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Pearls Before Swine / comic story / 238 pages (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; Stephan Pastis

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's with the discus?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra; Crocs; Guard Duck; Mr. Snuffles; Stephan Pastis

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip; police; predator

Indexer Notes

Collection of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips (Sundays in color), with interspersed commentary by Stephan Pastis. Notable story arcs include: pirate cleaner; cool fence; Larry the Croc in the zoo; Larry in Wonderland; Bippy the merchandisable character; kill the Google; Katie the drama cow; Crocs invade Zebra's house; pachyderm peace officer; Rat lobbying firm; drilling for gophers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Drawings You Probably Never Saw

Indexer Notes

Section title page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Sunday comics page is an odd animal.

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Section introduction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Pearls Before Swine / illustration / 11 pages (report information)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pearls Before Swine

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Eleven full-page Sunday introductory panels, often omitted by newspapers due to space considerations. Interspersed commentary by Pastis. Includes parodies of Pearl (Janis Joplin album cover), The Joshua Tree (U2 album cover), Ramones (the Ramones album cover), Help! (Beatles album cover), Nevermind (Nirvana album cover), Night Owls (Edward Hopper painting), and American Gothic (Grant Wood painting).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

The Greatest Feakshow on Earth! (Table of Contents: 13)

Pearls Before Swine / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Rat; Pig; Goat; Croc; Danny Donkey; Stephan Pastis [as barker]; Gwen Hefner [as carnival performer]

Keywords

Carnival; circus; freak show; freakshow; sideshow

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Mock freak show poster, with sepia finish.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)

Inks

Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cover design: Tim Lynch and Holly Ogden

Characters

Pig; Gwen Hefner [as carnival performer]

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Sepia photograph.