Editing Stephan Pastis (section)

==Personal life==

Pastis lives in [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]], California,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Press Democrat  |date=2022-11-23 |title=How 'Peanuts' creator inspired the man behind 'Pearls Before Swine' |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/memories-of-sparky-how-legendary-peanuts-creator-inspired-santa-rosa-c/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Dan  |date=2023-09-29 |title=Santa Rosa cartoonist behind 'Pearls Before Swine' debuting new children's book in Petaluma |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/santa-rosa-cartoonist-stephan-pastis-tours-for-new-kids-book-looking-up/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref> with his wife Staci and two children, where he is on the board of the [[Charles Schulz Museum]], helping with merchandising rights issues and answering questions about ''Peanuts''.
<blockquote>Schulz is to comic strips what [[Marlon Brando]] was to acting. It was so revolutionary. Before "Peanuts", the writing was physical, over the top, but Sparky goes inside the soul. His influence on me is enormous. I've taken his backgrounds, the front porch, the beach and the TV beanbag. Rat is Lucy, Goat is Linus and Pig is Charlie Brown. Sparky is a template. Whether or not you know it, he's the template.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dreesen |first=Kathleen |title=A pig, a rat and a goat |work=[[Napa Valley Register]] |url=http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/a-pig-a-rat-and-a-goat/article_e9f30798-0162-500b-bcb4-d4b2479d6d56.html |date=September 2, 2006 |access-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

In 2011, Pastis cowrote the [[Peanuts filmography|Peanuts special]] ''[[Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown]]''.