Stephan pastis biography of christopher
A pearl of a strip, brad stone, newsweek, jul 01, 2005...
Pastiss blog
Stephan Pastis chucked a nine-year career practicing law in California to draw a pun-filled comic strip starring a pig, a rat and a goat and, more recently, to launch a series of successful “illustrated middle-grade” children’s books.
Here’s a look at the master of daily comic strip puns:
The life of Pastis
Jan. 16,
Born in Los Angeles
Graduates UC Berkley with a degree in political science.
Begins law school at UCLA.
Begins working as an insurance defense litigation attorney in the Bay Area.
Mid s
Submits several comic strip ideas to syndicates.
Meets “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz and solicits advice on comic strip creation.
Pastis submits strips to more syndicates.
Universal syndicate gives Pastis a six-month online tryout.
Interest picks up after “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams endorses Pastis’ work.
Jan.
Stephan pastis biography of christopher
7,
“Pearls Before Swine” debuts in papers. Pastis quits his law job.
Sept. 1,
First “Pearls” treasury, collecting 18 months of strips, is publ