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Issue: Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2012
 
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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: 9781449423025
UPC/EAN: 978144942302551699
Price: $18.99 CAD
$16.99 USD
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Content Items: 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Back cover states, "Includes all cartoons from Larry in Wonderland and Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover With Your Left Hand."
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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
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)
Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Pearls Before Swine
Rat; Goat; Croc; Pig; Danny Donkey; Stephan Pastis [as barker]; Gwen Hefner [as carnival performer]
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Miscellaneous
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Sepia tone. Photo of freak show with Pearls characters shopped in. Back cover states, "Cover design: Tim Lynch and Holly Ogden"
Pearls Freakshow

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Pearls Before Swine
Rat; Goat; Croc; Pig; Danny Donkey
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Inside front cover; mock freak show poster
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out
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5
Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter; dedication
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stephan Pastis
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Cartoonists are shut-ins.
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Miscellaneous
3
Introduction
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
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typeset; Stephan Pastis
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Pearls Before Swine
Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra; Crocs; Guard Duck; Mr. Snuffles; Stephan Pastis
What's with the discus?
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Miscellaneous
238
Collection of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips (Sundays in color), with interspersed commentary by Stephan Pastis. Notable story arcs include: pirate cleaner; cool fence; Larry the Croc in the zoo; Larry in Wonderland; Bippy the merchandisable character; kill the Google; Katie the drama cow; Crocs invade Zebra's house; pachyderm peace officer; Rat lobbying firm; drilling for gophers.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
The Drawings You Probably Never Saw
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Section title page
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Stephan Pastis
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
The Sunday comics page is an odd animal.
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Section introduction
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Credits
Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Pearls Before Swine
Rat; Pig; Goat; Zebra
Pearls Before Swine
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Miscellaneous
11
Eleven full-page Sunday introductory panels, often omitted by newspapers due to space considerations. Interspersed commentary by Pastis. Includes parodies of Pearl (Janis Joplin album cover), The Joshua Tree (U2 album cover), Ramones (the Ramones album cover), Help! (Beatles album cover), Nevermind (Nirvana album cover), Night Owls (Edward Hopper painting), and American Gothic (Grant Wood painting).
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The Greatest Feakshow on Earth!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Pearls Before Swine
Rat; Pig; Goat; Croc; Danny Donkey; Stephan Pastis [as barker]; Gwen Hefner [as carnival performer]
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Mock freak show poster, with sepia finish.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)
Stephan Pastis (artwork); Thomas Gibson (photograph)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Pig; Gwen Hefner [as carnival performer]
Cover design: Tim Lynch and Holly Ogden
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Back cover. Sepia photograph.

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