Mr. Pastis, author of Pearls Before Swine, is a former California attorney. Although he is a big Peanuts fan, Pastis' style is probably closer to Bill Watterson, who penned Calvin and Hobbes.Update on April 21, 2013 (book signing in Willow Glen/San Jose, CA):
According to Stephan Pastis, the alligators' accents are supposed to be Russian. I always thought they were Jamaican for some reason.
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