Stephan Pastis
Author of Timmy Failure: Mistakes were made
About the Author
Stephan Pastis was born on January 16, 1968. He received a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 and graduated from the law school at UCLA. Before becoming a cartoonist, he practiced law as an insurance defense litigation attorney for 10 years. He is the show more creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, which appears in more than 600 newspapers and the author/illustrator of the Timmy Failure series for young readers. In 2014 his title, We Meet Again made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Stephan Pastis
Suit Your Selfie: A Pearls Before Swine Collection (Pearls Before Swine Kids) (2017) 20 copies, 3 reviews
Friends Should Know When They're Not Wanted: A Sociopath's Guide to Friendship (2012) 4 copies, 1 review
Pérolas a Porcos 6 Os Sopratos 2 copies
Mundo de zumbados / Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection (Desastre Y Total) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Timi promašaj 1 copy
Flip Fiasco - Nóg een keer 1 copy
Associated Works
Linus (2023) (Vol. 10) — Author — 2 copies
LINUS. Settembre 2023 (Vol 09. 2023): Vol. 9 — Author — 1 copy
Linus. Giugno 2018 (Linus 2018) — Author — 1 copy
Linus. Dicembre 2018 (Linus 2018) — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Pastis, Stephan
- Legal name
- Pastis, Stephan Thomas
- Birthdate
- 1968-01-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Marino, California, USA
- Places of residence
- San Marino, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley (BA ∙ Political Science)
University of California, Los Angeles (Law School) - Occupations
- insurance defense litigation attorney
cartoonist - Relationships
- Watterson, Bill ("Lib" of "Pearls Before Swine," 2014)
- Awards and honors
- National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award (2003, 2006)
Nominee for The National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Members
Reviews
Another fun and funny, strange and silly collection of Pearls Before Swine comic strips by Stephan Pastis. The Pearls treasuries, like The Crass Menagerie, are particularly wonderful because they contain commentary from Pastis. I find most interesting the strips and jokes that offend readers. Crass, like other volumes, contains some exquisitely groanworthy puns. The inept, slow-witted crocs continue to be my favorite characters. Pearls is a wonderful strip.
Pearls Before Swine is a newspaper daily comic and contains, among a multitude of truly terrifically terrible puns, the ongoing adventures of a cohabitating rat and pig. The pig is a true cloud-cuckoo-lander and the rat the biting cynical curmudgeon who lives within us all. On no account should you listen to anyone who tells you newspaper comics are dead.
Stephen Pastis' Pearls Before Swine is a very funny comic strip. I particularly enjoy the treasuries, including Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My! because of Pastis' commentary that accompanies some of the strips; it's fascinating to learn the motivations and inspirations behind some of the cartoons, and some of the strips that garnered letters of complaint. My favorite characters continue to be those demented crocs; they bust me up.
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Statistics
- Works
- 85
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 5,274
- Popularity
- #4,726
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 146
- ISBNs
- 350
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 7
And the humor!
"The apple fell so far from the tree it rolled to the other side of the world and somehow became an orange."
"Life is filled with What-If Dragons. I'm here to slay them."
And it's ok that we don't know what Saint imagined, what was real, whether she's going to be happier now.... Life doesn't tidily end at the end of the story....
I do recommend doing what I did, which is read it again immediately after the first time. It's short, and, yeah, full of spoilerable stuff that you'll want to understand better after you turn the last page.… (more)