Speaking, as we were yesterday, of brilliant women of the past, this Pearls Before Swine (AMS) calls to mind Madame de Staël‘s quote “To know all is to forgive all.” I’d agree that, if you can see both sides of an issue, it’s easier to be generous in judging, and it’s as true today as […]
Wasn’t sure where to start today, but once the headline suggested itself, it became obvious this Pearls Before Swine (AMS) was the obvious opener, since Franglais gives editors the collywobbles. Regular readers know my opinion that about 97% of people who obsess over grammatical rules cannot write their names in the dirt with a stick, […]
Morten Morland (Times) offers this commentary tying in the coronavirus vaccine with the heroic but somewhat inexplicable return of Victor (ed. No, Alexei) Navalny to Russia, which — in case you hadn’t heard — has touched off massive, nationwide demonstrations in support of him and against Putin’s oligarchy. “Inexplicable” in the first place because Putin […]
I’ll start by not directing you to a particularly silly article by an academic type who explains why we’re all wrong to think political cartoons still matter, in the middle of which she mentioned political cartoons in the New Yorker, which made me guffaw and post a tweet about how ridiculous it was that she […]
Today, I’ll be looking back at things which have resurfaced, but, first, this Juxtaposition of the Day (Ann Telnaes) (Mike Marland) We try to keep this stuff in the family, but somehow it got out that, during a hearing in the New Hampshire legislature on a bill to allow seizure of guns from people […]
I was traveling yesterday and wasn’t able to update the blog. The Watterson-Pastis collaboration continues to blow people’s mind as evident by the amount of social media and real media attention. I’m not sure there’s a media outlet that didn’t give this biggest comic heist ever some love. Michael Cavna reports that Stephan Pastis’s blog […]
This week’s comic explosion over who was guest drawing Pearls Before Swine and then the confirmation that it was none other than Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson wasn’t a fly-by-night collaboration. The two cartoonists, Bill and Pearls creator Stephan Pastis hatched this idea with a philanthropic intent of auctioning off the three strips through […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis confirms that Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has been a collaborating guest artist in this week’s Pearls. Stephan recounts contacting Bill and actually getting a response back – and a suggestion for a comic idea. So he wrote back and explained his idea. He said he knew that […]
Yesterday I published a poll asking people who they thought was providing art to this week’s Pearls Before Swine. There has been a lot of discussion and attention to Stephan Pastis’s strip this week based on speculation that the art is from Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. As of this morning about 60% believe […]
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub interviewed Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. The interview is void of Stephan’s typical ego-centric replies and gets to the heart of his work on the strip. Q: What’s a word you’d love to use in your strip but you can’t because it’s the comics page? A: “That sucks” […]
Apparently not to be outdone by Lynn Johnston’s video I posted this morning about her memories of Charles Schulz (or ‘cuz writing profanity filled comics is less time consuming than coming up with something witty), Stephan Pastis has taken the time to post his own video remembering Lio creator Mark Tatulli.
It’s going to be sensory overload for die-hard Pearls Before Swine fans now that animated versions of the strip start appearing on comics. com today. For anyone who’s ever wondered what the Crocs’ accent sounds like or how Pig withstands Rat’s physical punishment, they will have to “tune in” to find out. “Now others can […]
Remember back in December I highlighted Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis’ video promotion of his new book with Universal Uclick editor John Glynn as being an example of how to promote your book in a social media/viral environment. Stephan has posted a follow up video – the outtakes.
Chris Smith has written a profile about Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis in the The Press Democrat. Topics include his work schedule and non-Pearls projects. Most Monday mornings, the Los Angeles native leaves the Rincon Valley-area condo that he and his Santa Rosa-born wife, the former Staci Daniels, share with kids Thomas, 13, and […]