The Pearls Before Swine comic strip has always been fairly unique. After all, few other strips have their creator as a ...

Rat is one of the most beloved characters in Stephan Pastis' iconic comic strip Pearls Before Swine, even if he doesn't always have the best attitude.

Cage told Mashable that he came up with his character's dramatic "eat the rat" moment in The Surfer — when his character literally demands that of another — after watching Humphrey Bogart's ...