How many characters are in the Pearls Before Swine comic strip?

Actually, there are numerous characters, which are a lot to name, since characters are introduced, then either disappear or killed, and then it repeats the cycle with a new character. Here is a list of a few characters: * Rat's Guardian devil * Shamus, Patron Saint of Monkeys * Anxieteer * Owner of Greek restaurant * Mary Anne, the "Virginia Tee" girl * Bildert * Moose * Voodoo lady * Father time * Drunk stock-picking monkey * Floyd, Rat's nuclear-missile-bearing neighbor * Hyena * Abraham Lincoln in heavan * Swan who wants to be a dog * Niko, Pig's guardian angel * Joh, the Bathroom Sign Guy * Fidel Castro * Crocodile * Stevie Salmon * Chucki, the non-anthropomorphic sheep * Guy at the modern art museum who loves Pig's mop * Stephan Pastis, as drawn by his neighbor John * Stephan's neighbor John * Farina, the bubble girl * Hobart the miniature train engineer * Goat * Pig * Rat * Zebra * Pigita * Bob the dryer * Fred (box o stupid people) * Dirk (box o stupid people) * Myrna (box o stupid people) * Secretary banana (fruit buddy group) * Georgie Grape (fruit buddy group) * Annie Apple (fruit buddy group) * Brother Pear (fruit buddy group) * Lepidus Souzaranti bug * Mikey the rubber chicken * Sammy the slug * Tooty the Gingerbread Man * Lawyer that rat bought at a garage sale * Bob (crocodile) * Larry (crocodile) * Floyd (crocodile) * Junior (son of father crocodile, Larry)

There are more characters being created almost every day with each new Pearls Before Swine comic strip.

Also, most of the characters listed above are temporary characters that, like stated before, just happen to disappear of get killed. So, there are just too many characters to count, since there are just a few characters listed above.

All characters listed above are characters that are definitely recognized by Stephan Pastis as of September 2004.