Pearls

So it's especially a breath of fresh air to see that today's "Pearls" -- rather than taking playful jabs at "Family Circus" or the newly retired "Cathy" (though we gleefully enjoy those strips, too) -- tips its (baseball) cap to Thompson in a sincerely sporting move.

SHOUT-OUT OF THE DAY: Why 'Pearls' tips its (backward) cap to 'Cul de Sac' Michael Cavna 2010

Charles Annenberg Weingarten, the foundation's vice president and a trustee, said the polar bear webcam is an experiment he hopes to expand into a program called Pearls of the Planet that would place streaming cameras in various wild places.

The Seattle Times 2011

Charles Annenberg Weingarten, the foundation's vice president and a trustee, said the polar bear webcam is an experiment he hopes to expand into a program called Pearls of the Planet that would place streaming cameras in various wild places.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By MATT VOLZ 2011

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Pearls" - India.

Gone Hollywood 2010

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Pearls" - India.

Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip 2010

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: "Pearls" - India.

X17 Online 2010

Meantime a Myspace entitled Pearls Before Swine will be up in a week or two with a few recent solo efforts.

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The "Pearls" animations are created by RingTales, the studio of "Over the Hedge" co-creator Michael Fry and producer/screenwriter Jim Cox ( "Beauty and the Beast").

Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small Michael Cavna 2010

Pastis notes that of all his "Pearls" characters, the crocs are the most fertile for translating to animation.

Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small Michael Cavna 2010

Pastis has also been working on getting a "Pearls" feature-film script just right.

Casting 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE': Stephan Pastis & RingTales take aim at screens big and small Michael Cavna 2010