Stephan Thomas Pastis (pronounced "Steffan Passtiss") (born January 16, 1968) is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.
Pastis was raised in San Marino, California and attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Political Science in 1989, followed by UCLA School of Law.
From 1993, Pastis worked as a litigation attorney in the San Francisco Bay area. At this time he also tried to fulfill his childhood ambition...
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Stephan Thomas Pastis (pronounced "Steffan Passtiss") (born January 16, 1968) is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.
Pastis was raised in San Marino, California and attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Political Science in 1989, followed by UCLA School of Law.
From 1993, Pastis worked as a litigation attorney in the San Francisco Bay area. At this time he also tried to fulfill his childhood ambition of becoming a syndicated cartoonist by submitting different concepts to syndication agencies. The Infirm, Rat, and Bradbury Road were rejected, but Pearls Before Swine was accepted by United Features in 1999. It started publication on December 31, 2001 and is still one of the fastest growing comic strips, appearing in more than 450 newspapers worldwide and counting. Pastis left his law job in August 2002. He is married to his wife Staci.
The character of Rat came from Pastis's earlier strip, Rat. The character of Pig was based on pigs that...
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