Pearls Awaits the Tide: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury

(2021)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ryan Schude (photo)

Inks

Ryan Schude (photo)

Characters

Beachgoer; Stephan Pastis

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pearls Awaits the Tide

Indexer Notes

Half-title page

Other Pearls Before Swine Collections (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pearls Awaits the Tide

Indexer Notes

Title page, front matter

Dedication (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Stephan Pastis

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To my best friend, Emilio

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

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

Introduction (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Stephan Pastis (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Recently, I went to a memorial service for one of my relatives.

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

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

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

Pearls Before Swine / comic story / 236 pages (report information)

Script

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Inks

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Colors

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Letters

Stephan Pastis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are so many things I want to do with my life, but I don't do them because I'm afraid what others will think.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Rat; Pig; Goat; Larry; Guard Duck; Pigita; Neighbor Bob; Neighbor Nancy; Comic Strip Censor; Rat's boss; Father Gus; Jef the Cyclist; politicians; Twitter users; Stephan Pastis; Franz the music teacher

Keywords

Elections; newspapers; p.c.; political correctness; politically correct; politics

Indexer Notes

Collection of newspaper comic strips, originally published from October 1, 2018 through March 29, 2020, with additional comments by Stephan Pastis. Notable themes and story arcs include: bad puns; money in politics; decline of local newspapers; social media out of control; censoring the comic strips; excessive political correctness; cyclists think they're superior.

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

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Photo of a letter to Stephan from Senator Patrick J. Leahy.

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

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

Loser No More! (Bonus Section) (Table of Contents: 12)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Colors

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Photo of the "Reuben" Award

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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

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

Script

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Inks

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Colors

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The highest award in American cartooning is called the Reuben, named for the cartoonist Rube Goldberg.

Characters

Staci Pastis; Stephan Pastis

Bonus Bonus Section (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Stephan Pastis (credited)

Pencils

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Inks

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Colors

Stephan Pastis ? (photo)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After this book was completed, my editor, Lucas Wetzel, informed me that we still had some blank pages at the end of the book, which he felt very strongly we should fill with something.

Indexer Notes

Acceptance speech for the 2019 Reuben award.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ryan Schude (photo)

Inks

Ryan Schude (photo)

Letters

?

Characters

Beachgoer; Stephan Pastis

Keywords

Beach

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ryan Schude (photo); ?

Inks

Ryan Schude (photo); ?

Colors

Ryan Schude (photo); ?

Characters

Pig; Croc; Zebra

Keywords

Beach