![]() ![]() Several expressed interest and three accepted it, but they could not convince their sales staff that it was marketable. In 1999, Pastis first submitted Pearls Before Swine to syndicates. Pastis continued to draw comics the character Pig came from a failed strip, The Infirm. ![]() Rat became one of the main characters in Pearls Before Swine. ![]() ![]() Bored in his law school classes, he doodled a rat, eventually casting it in a non-syndicated comic strip he called Rat. īefore creating Pearls Before Swine, Pastis worked as a lawyer in California. The strip's style is notable for its black comedy, simplistic artwork, self-deprecating fourth wall meta-humor, social commentary, mockery of itself or other comic strips, and occasional elaborate stories leading to a pun. The daily and Sunday comic strip is distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication (by United Feature Syndicate until 2011). Each character represents an aspect of Pastis's personality and worldview. It chronicles the daily lives of an ensemble cast of suburban anthropomorphic animals: Pig, Rat, Zebra, Goat, and a fraternity of crocodiles, as well as a number of supporting characters, one of whom is Pastis himself. Pearls Before Swine (also known as Pearls) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis. Humor, black comedy, gag-a-day, satire, anthropomorphic The cast of "Pearls" in order from left to right: Snuffles, Rat, Stephan Pastis, Pig, Goat, Larry, Guard DuckĪndrews McMeel Syndication (2011–present) ![]()
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