Pastis is the best-selling creator of "Pearls Before Swine," the oft-snarky comic that features a kind-hearted pig, a rat with the mind of Mencken, and suburban lions and crocs forever trying to ...

As a very young lad, I would wait with anticipation and joy for my dad to read me the comics in your paper. In fact, the very aspect of learning to read was hastened so I could read the comics on my ...