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((This article may contain too much single daily comic details in the characters' sections))Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. It chronicles the daily lives of four anthropomorphic animals, Pig, Rat, Zebra, and Goat. Although created in 1997, it was not published until 2000, when United Feature Syndicate ran it on its website. Its popularity rose after Dilbert creator Scott Adams, a fan of the strip, spread the word to his own fans. United Feature launched the strip in newspaper beginning December 31, 2001, in The Washington Post. On January 7, 2002, it began running in approximately 150 papers. As of early 2007, the strip appears in more than 400 newspapers worldwide. Many have said that the beginning of "Pearls Before Swine" was not the first strip, but the creation of the non syndicated comic "Rat." He created "Rat" In his Law School Days. He tried to get them syndicated but... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mwcl_wikipedia_en Sep 26, 2007

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