Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
Stephan Thomas Pastisis an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He has since begun writing children's chapter books, commencing the release of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made and the second and third Timmy Failure, which debuted at #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade Books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth16 January 1968
CitySan Marino, CA
CountryUnited States of America
If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.
Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.
We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.
If you're from a certain generation, you basically learn to read with 'Peanuts.' It's sort of the template for the modern strip. Its influence ceased to be noticed because it's in everything.
I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.
Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.
Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.
You can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny space.
A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I dont know what they think.
Sticking to my schedule, Ive gotten over seven months ahead, which allowed me to write a Pearls Before Swine movie script for the big screen.
The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.
If you put me in South Park, that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick.
It's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars.