Visiting Artist Lecture / Stephan Pastis

Stephan Pastis is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, a syndicated comic strip that runs in 650 newspapers around the world.

The strip pairs an angry, arrogant Rat with a sweet but dumb Pig, the latter of whom is protected by a violent, albeit delusional, Guard Duck. Pig and Rat’s friends also include a bookish, intelligent Goat and a poor, besieged Zebra whose only goal is to keep from being eaten by his inept and inarticulate next-door neighbors, the Fraternity of Zeeba Zeeba Eata crocodiles. The National Cartoonists Society awarded Pearls Before Swine the Best Newspaper Comic Strip in 2003 and in 2006. The strip was also nominated for syndicated cartooning’s highest honor, the Reuben Award, in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

The National Cartoonists Society welcomes Stephan Pastis to MCAD.