Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!

(2006)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

"Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!" (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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

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

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"You might not know it by looking at them, but I spend forever writing and rewriting my strips." (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Stephan Pastis

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

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Letters

typeset; Stephan Pastis

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Zebra; Crocs

Keywords

Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Introduction. How Pastis creates his strips. Sample strip. Reproduced pages of notes.

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comic story / 241 pages (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; Stephan Pastis

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you hear Rat got a job working for 'The New York Times'?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Rat; Pig; Zebra; Goat; Crocs; Stephan Pastis; Ho Chi Minh

Keywords

Feng shui; Jerusalem; journalism; newspaper; newspaper comic strip; terrorism

Indexer Notes

Collection of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips (Sundays in color), with interspersed commentary by Stephan Pastis. Notable story arcs include: Rat writes for the "Times"; a piggy bank breaks her husband and lives it up on the proceeds; Rat is a feng shui consultant; Pig mistakes a slaughterhouse for a singles bar; the apocalyptic refrigerator; Pig wants wings; Rat and Pig discuss living in a newspaper; Rat holds the strip hostage; Pig falls in love with Mrs. Butterworth; road signs go to the bar; Rat hides out in other strips. Includes the Jerusalem bus Sunday strip.

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illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Good, the Banned, and the Ugly

Characters

Rat; Pig; Croc

Keywords

Censorship

"The following seventeen strips are all strips that were either withdrawn or heavily edited prior to publication." (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Stephan Pastis

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the section

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

Pearls Before Swine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis

Pencils

Stephan Pastis

Inks

Stephan Pastis

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; Stephan Pastis

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Excuse me. sir, but I'm with the State Department, and I'm here to take Ho.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Pig; Rat; Chicken; Chinese man; Dickie the Cockroach; Cathy (cameo)

Keywords

Censorship; newspaper comic strip

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blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

"So far this century, there have arguably been three breakout hits on the comics page -- The Boondocks, Get Fuzzy, and Pearls Before Swine." (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)