Fans of comic strip Pearls Before Swine love those bumbling, zebracidal crocodiles, says creator Stephan Pastis. But what's that accent they speak with? Cajun? Brooklyn? Southern? Pastis says it's combination of a Russian general and Tarzan. Listen as he reads a November strip.

Cartoon by Stephan Pastis © United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Times audio: Chase Squires • Times animation: Desiree Perry

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