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Issue: Pearls Sells Out #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagAndrews McMeel
Brand: UView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 268
ISBN: 97807407739690740773968
UPC/EAN: 978074077396951699
Price: $20.99 CAD
$16.99 USD
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Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Back cover states, "Includes all cartoons from Macho Macho Animals and The Saturday Evening Pearls."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color covers and interior; black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.5" w x 11" h
Paper Stock: Bond
Binding: Squarebound
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Inker(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Colorist(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pearls Before Swine
Character(s): Pig; Rat; Crocs; Guard Duck; Mr. Snuffles; Andy; Danny Donkey; Stephan Pastis
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Disclose Notes: Photograph with cartoon figures shopped in. Stephan Pastis with shopping cart among shelves filled with plush dolls of Pearls characters. Back cover states, "Cover design by Tim Lynch."
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Disclose Notes: Photo of plush figures from Pearls Before Swine
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pearls Sells Out
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter; dedication
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Stephan Pastis
Penciller(s): Stephan Pastis; Christina Reed; Jamil Hoi; Kathy Horst; Gil Herrero; Kevin O'Dell; Ray Warner; Matt N. Kroll
Inker(s): Stephan Pastis; Christina Reed; Jamil Hoi; Kathy Horst; Gil Herrero; Kevin O'Dell; Ray Warner; Matt N. Kroll
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Some cartoonists tell wonderful stories about getting their first cartoon published when they were just a kid.
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Disclose Notes: Introduction. Reproduced page from Pasadena Star-News (August 17, 1980) with first published artwork by Stephan Pastis (age 12)
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephan Pastis
Penciller(s): Stephan Pastis
Inker(s): Stephan Pastis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stephan Pastis
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pearls Before Swine
Character(s): Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra; Crocs; Guard Duck
First Line: Rat... it's me, Gary, your manager at the coffee shop... why aren't you here?
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Disclose Notes: Collection of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips (Sundays in color), with interspersed commentary from Pastis. Notable story arcs include: working in the coffee shop; cartoon characters aging realistically; introduction of Danny Donkey; Rat sings blues for the rich; Rat runs for President; the printers mix things up; the Crocs investigate why people don't like "Pearls"; Rat tries to buy a gun; Junior Croc falls in love with a zebra; Guard Duck's coup; Crocs sue Zebra; Rat publishes a tabloid; Family Circus fans attack rat; introduction of Mr. Snuffles; Crocs and Zebras celebrate Christmas. Crossovers from The Family Circus, Get Fuzzy, and Beetle Bailey.
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First Line: Stuff You Ain't Never Seen Before
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Stephan Pastis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The following eighteen strips are all strips that were pulled prior to publication, either because they posed too much of a risk, were too strange, or were just plain bad.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Stephan Pastis
Penciller(s): Stephan Pastis
Inker(s): Stephan Pastis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stephan Pastis
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pearls Before Swine
Character(s): Rat; Pig; Goat
First Line: The city council is trying to eliminate the red light district.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Crossovers from B.C. and Funky Winkerbean. Includes commentary from Pastis.
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Disclose Notes: Photo of plush figures from Pearls Before Swine
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"This is one of the funniest, if not the funniest comic strip being published in newspapers today."

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Inker(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Colorist(s): Stephan Pastis (artwork); rw/2 Studio (photograph)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pearls Before Swine
Character(s): Pig
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pig sweeping up in darkened store with empty shelves. Plush figure of Dilbert among the debris.

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