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[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 11 points 3 months ago

Not gonna lie, Pearls Before Swine has become one of my favorite mainstream comic strips. That guy is witty and can occasionally push the envelope.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Stephan Pastis is coming to Indianapolis in a couple of weeks. I'm going to meet him and get him to sign one of my Pearls collections!

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 3 points 3 months ago

I’m sure you probably already know this, but he is so respected that Bill Watterson did a handful of the strips.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I actually did not know that! It must not be in any of the collections I have unless it isn't obvious. Do you know when he did them?

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 3 points 3 months ago

Here’s an article about it. Apparently it was June 4th, 5th, & 6th of 2014. I thought Watterson did the whole strip, but according to the article, he only did the middle panel. Still, pretty impressive that he would volunteer to do it!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Berkeley Breathed did a Bloom County series during COVID where Opus and co. work to reunite Hobbes with Calvin. I think it was only done with Watterson's permission, but it looks really close to his art.

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've never seen that, thanks for sharing!

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 3 points 3 months ago

Have you ever seen the one-off cartoon that Watterson drew for the cartoon documentary Stripped?

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 2 points 3 months ago

And lastly, this is one of my favorite Pearls Before Swine! 🤣

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And it looks like June 7th was Pastis doing a tribute to the last Calvin & Hobbes strip.

(I found all 4 strips on GoComics with a Google search for the dates.)

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 2 points 3 months ago

That’s awesome!

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