Stephan Pastis

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Stephan Thomas Pastis (born January 16, 1968) is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He was raised in San Marino, California. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Political Science in 1989. He then attended UCLA Law School. Before working as a cartoonist he was a lawyer, practicing insurance law. He lives in the San Francisco, California area with his wife and two children.

Pastis was nominated for the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 2002, and won the award for 2003.

One of his favorite painters is Edward Hopper. Influences can be seen in the October 13, 2002 Sunday Pearls Before Swine strip which is based on the painting Rooms by the Sea, and the cover of the comic strip collection Nighthogs which is based on the painting Nighthawks.

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