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4 hrs ago | Great Falls Tribune

Laugh it up with first of four new comics today

Comic strips are near and dear to readers' hearts, whether it's a hankering for the slapstick of 'Blondie' or a fondness for the teen vs.

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Related Topix: Great Falls, MT, Great Falls Metro, Folk-Rock

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Dialogic

Pearls Before Swine: Do You Think I Could Be Your Soulmate ... ?

Thivai Abhor Sprouted San Diego-CA. Interpellated Midwest universities. Working borderline South.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

'Pearls Before Swine,' 'Candorville' artists to speak in Walnut Creek

'Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist Stephan Pastis says he has to shut off part of his brain before he starts drawing a new strip.

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Related Topix: Walnut Creek, CA, Folk-Rock, Santa Rosa, CA, UC Berkeley, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Entertainment

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

"Pearls Before Swine" joins the Sunday comics lineup

Stephan Pastis relates to Rat. Never mind that the cold-hearted rodent is the most purely evil lead character in any contemporary comic strip.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

The United States Army

Cartoonists sketch troops at FOB Marez

Famous cartoonists visited Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20 to meet, greet and sketch the men and women serving there.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Folk-Rock

Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Union

Readers' Corner: Oct. 21, 2009

New comics in The Union You may have noticed two new comics in The Union that started this week, "Pearls Before Swine" by lawyer-turned-cartoonist Stephan Pastis, and "Prickly City" by Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune.

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Related Topix: Corn, OK, Folk-Rock

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Discover

When you wish upon a stellar remnant

BABloggee Kimberly Zaylskie sent me a link to the cartoon Pearls Before Swine , which yesterday had an astronomical theme.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

KTEO-FM Wichita Falls

Dogs - a Christian perspective

The famous saying about "pearls before swine" has its origins in this passage; Jesus tells his followers not to waste spiritual resources on people who will never understand or appreciate them.

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

Space For Commerce

Pearls Before Swine

It has exposed the failings of a government where the power is concentrated at the top, where decisions are often carried out with little consideration for their consequences and where follow-up is often nonexistent, according to social commentators and government officials.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

Vantage point

A Script for Pastis

Here's a strip idea I came up with for Pearls Before Swine . Specifically, the sort that Pastis seems to derive evil satisfaction from - an elaborate set-up with the punchline being a mind-twisting pun on some famous line or quote.

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Fri Aug 28, 2009

American River Messenger

More

Several years ago, Stephan Pastis, the creator of "Pearls Before Swine," drew a cartoon that illustrates the threat now faced by taxpayers.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, California, California Government

Sat Aug 15, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Opinion Line Extra

Why does "For Better or For Worse," a strip that's now in reruns, occupy the prime spot in The Eagle's Sunday funnies? "Peanuts" deserved it; this one doesn't. Put "Pearls Before Swine" or "Dilbert" on the front page.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Opinion

Wed Aug 12, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Cartoonist said what the word in his comic really read

A viewer called and told News 4 that the "F-word" was hidden in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" in the Post-Dispatch. However, News 4 recieved a call Wednesday morning from the cartoonist, Stephan Pastis.

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Thu Jul 30, 2009

Editor & Publisher

iGoogle Allows Comic Fans to Personalize Their Homepages

NEW YORK Comic fans can now personalize their iGoogle home pages with themes from 50 comics.

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Tue Jul 21, 2009

Editor & Publisher

'Kalamazoo Gazette' Asking Readers to Vote on Comics Page

NEW YORK The Kalamazoo Gazette is asking readers to vote on potential changes to its comics page.

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Mon Jul 20, 2009

MetaFilter

Pig and Rat Get Lost

Took me a while to figure this out. I guess Pearls Before Swine is a strip that runs in the paper? And often mocks Family Circus? They both seem profoundly unfunny, with Swine being somewhat more tolerable .

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Desert Sun

Those who don't like 'Swine' don't get irony

First, we're thrilled that you removed "For Better or For Worse" from the comics page.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Desert Sun

New cartoon amusing; don't need 'For Better'

Three letters on Sunday about the new comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" and all of them negative? Wow.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Editor & Publisher

'Pearls Before Swine' Creator Visits Rival Syndicate Seeking Endorsement of New Book

NEW YORK Stephan Pastis, creator of the "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip, believes it's pretty easy to get your bosses -- in his case, United Feature Syndicate -- to endorse your new book.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Desert Sun

Why not do mydesert poll to get rid of strips?

"For Better or For Worse" or "Pearls Before Swine?" Does anyone remember when, in the past, The Desert Sun ran polls about what comics we wanted before making a change? Why not use the mydesert poll on the Opinion page to determine what readers really want? Try this question: "Which comic do you want The Desert Sun to publish: "For Better or ...

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