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April 30, 2014
May 1 — Petaluma, California
For those that live in the Northern California area, I will be signing books tomorrow at 4 pm at Copperfields Books in Petaluma (140 Kentucky Street).
Forgive the last minute announcement. Sometimes I prefer the element of surprise.
April 18, 2014
Pearls Before Swine Figurines — The Choice is Yours
So at one of my recent book signings, a Pearls fan (and professional toy maker) presented me with a great figurine of me, Stephan. It’s made out of resin and is about four inches high.
I got his contact information and asked if he’d want to make figurines of some of the other Pearls characters. He said yes.
So the plan right now is to start out with a set of four Pearls characters. We’re not yet sure if they would be sold individually or as a set.
But I’d like your feedback on which characters you’d like to own as figurines.
Take Our Poll
And if you’d like to see a specific pose (Rat hitting someone with a bat? Pig jumping in the air? The lemmings leaning over the cliff?), feel free to suggest it in the comment section below.
Thanks for your feedback.
Stephan
April 9, 2014
I Think I Got Screwed
If you ask me, the censorship code for comics is way too strict.
For example, here is today’s original strip:
But here is how it was changed for newspapers:
Is “Screw you” really that offensive of a phrase? It doesn’t feel that way to me.
What do you think?
March 11, 2014
The Stuff I Shouldn’t Say
An audio interview all about my current romp across the country, a couple appearances that went very wrong, some late night tour shenanigans, why I’m hated at an amusement park in Missouri, and how I pose a big challenge for my Timmy Failure kids book publicist.
Oh, and there’s swearing.
http://www.talltaleradio.com/episode-197-stephan-pastis-world-tour-2014/
February 13, 2014
The Timmy Failure/Pearls Tour Continues Next Week
The Timmy Failure/Pearls tour continues next week. And it is making a surprise stop in….
Atlanta!
See dates and locations below!
Thursday, March 13, 4:30 p.m. — Foxtale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main Street, #138, Woodstock, Georgia
For the Atlanta stop, I won’t be doing a presentation, but I will be signing books, drawing characters in the books, and kissing babies. So if you want your baby kissed, or just feel the need to touch my arm, stop on by.
Saturday, 3/15/14, 2:45 p.m. – Southwest Florida Reading Festival, Harborside Event Center & Centennial Park, Fort Myers River District, Fort Myers, FL
http://readfest.org/
Sunday, 3/16/14, 2 p.m. – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL
www.booksandbooks.com
So come on out and meet me, and see if I’m as annoying as you’d assume. And bring beer (although I’m not supposed to tell you that, because my kids book publisher gets mad when I do). So hush hush on the beer.
And wear clothes.
Sincerely,
Stephan “Soon to be Sleeping on Your Couch” Pastis
The Timmy Failure/Pearls Tour is Almost Upon Us
The Timmy Failure/Pearls tour is just around the corner! And it includes my first trips ever to the states of Indiana, Michigan, and Florida.
In all five of these tour stops, I will be talking about BOTH Timmy and Pearls. (As opposed to the Falling Down Tour, which will just focus only on Pearls. The dates for the latter tour are all in the blog post immediately below this one).
See dates and locations below!
Saturday, 3/1/14, 2 p.m. – Andersons Bookshop, 123 West Jefferson, Naperville, IL 60540
http://www.andersonsbookshop.com/
Sunday, 3/2/14, 2 p.m. – Indianapolis Central Library, 40 E St Clair St, Indianapolis, IN with Kids Ink Bookstore
http://www.imcpl.org/
Thursday, 3/6/14, 7 p.m. – Nicola’s Bookstore, 2513 Jackson Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.nicolasbooks.com/
Saturday, 3/15/14, 2:45 p.m. – Southwest Florida Reading Festival, Harborside Event Center & Centennial Park, Fort Myers River District, Fort Myers, FL
http://readfest.org/
Sunday, 3/16/14, 2 p.m. – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL
www.booksandbooks.com
So come on out and meet me, and see if I’m as annoying as you’d assume. And bring beer (although I’m not supposed to tell you that, because my kids book publisher gets mad when I do). So hush hush on the beer.
And wear clothes.
Sincerely,
Stephan “Soon to be Sleeping on Your Couch” Pastis
January 14, 2014
The Falling Down Tour is Set — Come Fall Down With Me (UPDATED AGAIN ON 2/18)
(Good problems to have! We once again hit the venue capacity for a location — this time in Richmond, Virginia. New venue information below.)
Get ready to bring beer to your favorite cartoonist! (Or to me.)
Because the book tour for the latest Pearls treasury, Pearls Falls Fast, is all set.
Ten brand-new cities! All Pearls tour virgins!
Come hear me yammer about my transition from evil lawyer to kindhearted cartoonist, hear the sordid history of Pearls, see readers’ favorite strips, marvel at the strips that made complainers complain, and watch me slander many of my fellow cartoonists. Afterwards, I shall sign your books (and usually draw a character in each), provided that at least someone brings me beer.
Below please find the “lucky” 10 cities, all destined to have me scrawl Rat on the bathroom wall of one of their fine, local dive bars:
Monday, 3/24 Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 7:00pm
Tuesday, 3/25 Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 7:00pm
Thursday, 3/27 Swift Creek Middle School, 3700 Old Hundred Road, Midlothian, VA 7:00 pm
Friday, 3/28 Park Road Books, 4139 Park Rd, Charlotte NC 6:00pm
Saturday, 3/29 WORD Bookstore, 123 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 4:00pm
Monday, 3/31 A Room of One’s Own, 315 W Gorham St, Madison, WI 6:00 pm
Tuesday, 4/1 Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY 7:00pm
Wednesday, 4/2 West Shore UU Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 7:00pm
Thursday, 4/3 BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 7:00pm
Saturday, 4/5 Watermark Books, 4701 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 5:00pm
Once again, all apologies to the cities not on the list. But there’s only one me. And as charming as I am, someone has to stay home and draw the strip occasionally.
And for the cities that ARE on the list, come on out and party like it’s 1999, because that’s roughly where I’m still at fashion-wise.
And speaking of fashion, please…wear clothes.
Your almost-favorite cartoonist,
Stephan
The Falling Down Tour is Set — Come Fall Down With Me (UPDATED)
(It looks like we had too many people for the Cleveland venue, so we had to switch to a larger location. Updated information for Cleveland venue below. We also now have a time for the Madison event.)
Get ready to bring beer to your favorite cartoonist! (Or to me.)
Because the book tour for the latest Pearls treasury, Pearls Falls Fast, is all set.
Ten brand-new cities! All Pearls tour virgins!
Come hear me yammer about my transition from evil lawyer to kindhearted cartoonist, hear the sordid history of Pearls, see readers’ favorite strips, marvel at the strips that made complainers complain, and watch me slander many of my fellow cartoonists. Afterwards, I shall sign your books (and usually draw a character in each), provided that at least someone brings me beer.
Below please find the “lucky” 10 cities, all destined to have me scrawl Rat on the bathroom wall of one of their fine, local dive bars:
Monday, 3/24 Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 7:00pm
Tuesday, 3/25 Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 7:00pm
Thursday, 3/27 Fountain Bookstore, 1312 E Cary St, Richmond, VA 6:30pm
Friday, 3/28 Park Road Books, 4139 Park Rd, Charlotte NC 6:00pm
Saturday, 3/29 WORD Bookstore, 123 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 4:00pm
Monday, 3/31 A Room of One’s Own, 315 W Gorham St, Madison, WI 6:00 pm
Tuesday, 4/1 Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY 7:00pm
Wednesday, 4/2 West Shore UU Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 7:00pm
Thursday, 4/3 BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 7:00pm
Saturday, 4/5 Watermark Books, 4701 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 5:00pm
Once again, all apologies to the cities not on the list. But there’s only one me. And as charming as I am, someone has to stay home and draw the strip occasionally.
And for the cities that ARE on the list, come on out and party like it’s 1999, because that’s roughly where I’m still at fashion-wise.
And speaking of fashion, please…wear clothes.
Your almost-favorite cartoonist,
Stephan
The Falling Down Tour is Set — Come Fall Down With Me
Get ready to bring beer to your favorite cartoonist! (Or to me.)
Because the book tour for the latest Pearls treasury, Pearls Falls Fast, is all set.
Ten brand-new cities! All Pearls tour virgins!
Come hear me yammer about my transition from evil lawyer to kindhearted cartoonist, hear the sordid history of Pearls, see readers’ favorite strips, marvel at the strips that made complainers complain, and watch me slander many of my fellow cartoonists. Afterwards, I shall sign your books (and usually draw a character in each), provided that at least someone brings me beer.
Below please find the “lucky” 10 cities, all destined to have me scrawl Rat on the bathroom wall of one of their fine, local dive bars:
Monday, 3/24 Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 7:00pm
Tuesday, 3/25 Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 7:00pm
Thursday, 3/27 Fountain Bookstore, 1312 E Cary St, Richmond, VA 6:30pm
Friday, 3/28 Park Road Books, 4139 Park Rd, Charlotte NC 6:00pm
Saturday, 3/29 WORD Bookstore, 123 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 4:00pm
Monday, 3/31 A Room of One’s Own, 315 W Gorham St, Madison, WI Time TBD
Tuesday, 4/1 Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY 7:00pm
Wednesday, 4/2 Rocky River Public Library, 1600 Hampton Rd, Rocky River, OH 7:00pm
Thursday, 4/3 BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 7:00pm
Saturday, 4/5 Watermark Books, 4701 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 5:00pm
Once again, all apologies to the cities not on the list. But there’s only one me. And as charming as I am, someone has to stay home and draw the strip occasionally.
And for the cities that ARE on the list, come on out and party like it’s 1999, because that’s roughly where I’m still at fashion-wise.
And speaking of fashion, please…wear clothes.
Your almost-favorite cartoonist,
Stephan
January 1, 2014
Building Your Own Complaint
Monday’s strip mentioned Queen Elizabeth going to the potty.
Tuesday’s strip mentioned a gay man.
What do you get when you read the Tuesday strip without the Monday strip? Your very own complaint!
From: (NAME DELETED)
To: pearlscomic@gmail.com
As Rat says in this strip: “My, I hate this comic strip.” In this case I agree. Calling gays “Queens” is very offensive to me, as a gay man. Would you target black people by calling them “big lips”, etc.? I didn’t think so.
Thanks,
(NAME DELETED)
I wonder what other complaints people could come up with if they took each of my strips out of context?
This could get fun.
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