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Mental Floss Does ’10 Things You May Not Know About Pearls Before Swine’

From Mental Floss:

After honing his skills, Pastis’s Pearls drew the attention of several syndicates. One of them, United, offered a “trial” run where they would verify he could turn in strips on a consistent basis before going out to newspapers. After that phase, Pastis expected to start appearing in print. But one salesman at the syndicate changed that with just one word. Pearls, he said, “sucks.” 

Read the whole column here.

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