Stephan Pastis creates comic strips and children's novels built around dry jokes, failed plans and protagonists who are far more confident than competent. Pearls Before Swine uses animals including Rat, Pig and Goat to parody work, friendship, popular culture and the mechanics of newspaper cartooning itself. His Timmy Failure series follows a school-age detective who runs the agency Total Failure with a polar bear partner and interprets ordinary events as evidence of his own brilliance. The books combine prose, cartoons and visual gags, making them quick to read even when the jokes are layered. Pastis's work fits newspaper comics, humorous middle-grade fiction and illustrated detective parody. Read more Less
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