![]() ![]() While at UCLA, he drew a popular strip called “Rosen.” It was while was hopelessly bored in a class on the European Economic Community that Pastis first drew “Rat,” a character that would reappear in every comic strip he created thereafter - including Pearls Before Swine. Stephan Pastis is the creator of the syndicated comic strip 'Pearls. Although he always wanted to be a cartoonist, Pastis realized that the odds of syndication were slim, so he went to UCLA Law School and became an attorney instead. ![]() Move over Pearls Before Swine is back and badder than ever in the new treasury collection Pearls Hogs the Road. He holds a degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. About the Book 'These strips appeared in newspapers from Mato September 6, 2015.' Book Synopsis. Pearls Before Swine has a growing list of fans, including Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams who says Pearls is “one of the few comics that make me laugh out loud.” Pastis never had any formal training, but he did draw cartoons for each of his school newspapers as he grew up. ![]() ![]() Launched in 2002, the strip appears in 750 newspapers worldwide, including The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Chicago Sun-Times and Seattle Times. An unusual rat and pig take center stage in Pearls Before Swine, a quirky daily and Sunday comic strip by erstwhile litigator Stephan Pastis. ![]()
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