Pearls Jubilee: Celebrating 25 Years of Pearls Before Swine
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
6:30 pm
Cost: : $20.00 per person for live presentation + signing; Members receive 20% off; FREE for book signing only
Join award-winning cartoonist and New York Times bestselling author Stephan Pastis to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his comic strip Pearls Before Swine and the release of his new book, Pearls Jubilee: The Best, Worst, and Most Angrifying “Pearls Before Swine” Comic Strips. Pastis will appear live in conversation with Chris Smith, retired reporter and columnist for Sonoma County’s The Press Democrat, to talk and laugh about 25 years of creating comics, followed by a book signing. The new book includes Pastis’s selections of his favorite, most controversial, and most heartwarming comics, along with commentary, fan mail, hate mail, and strips that were censored in newspapers.
Tickets are required for the live conversation starting at 6:30 pm and include first 100-in-line access for the book signing. Starting at 8:00 pm, the book signing is free. Books will be available for sale at the event.
ABOUT STEPHAN PASTIS
Stephan Pastis took an unusual route to becoming a number-one best-selling comics creator: he went to law school. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in political science, creative inspiration followed him to his first law firm job in San Francisco, until he finally started submitting his comics to syndicates. Stephan Pastis created his signature strip Pearls Before Swine, which can now be read in over 800 newspapers, dozens of book collections, and on GoComics.com. Several of the collections have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list.
In 2013, Pastis took on the new challenge of becoming a children’s author, creating the middle-grade series called Timmy Failure, which received stellar reviews, became an instant New York Times and National Indie bestseller, and is now published in nearly 40 languages worldwide.
