The dark, twisted adventures of Rat, Pig, Goat, Zebra and their new neighbors, the Crocodiles, have taken the world by storm. Created by Stephan Pastis as a therapeutic outlet during boring lectures in law school, Pearls Before Swine with its smart, cutting-edge humor is read by millions every day. The strip appears in more than 300 newspapers around the world.

Pearls Before Swine was nominated two years in a row as Best Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society and won the award in 2004. The Pearls Before Swine book collection includes: Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic, Nighthogs, This Little Piggy Stayed Home, and the original Pearls Before Swine: BLTs Taste So Darn Good.