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Summary: I told Stephan he was headed for success
Review: Back before even the first Pearls Before Swine book came out, when I only saw the strip on the internet, I told Stephan Pastis by email that his strip was headed for success. Now that he's made it big, I can't find his freaking email address any more so I'm having to stoop to singing his praises in a public forum like this. His strip has great moments of almost insane humor, making me wonder just how weird his thought processes really are. His little cartoons follow in the footsteps of Peanuts, Bloom County, Segar's Popeye and Far Side in being one of the few strips that can actually provoke a laugh when read. All his collections will be worth reading and rereading. Support this great effort so he doesn't have to ever go back to being a lawyer in San Francisco again, for cryin' out loud! Pig and Rat will thank you for it.
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Summary: Even Better Than His First!
Review: It's hard to improve on excellent work, but Stephan Pastis did exactly that. His writing and drawing improved noticeably in "This Little Piggy." Truly funny and highly recommended!
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Summary: Hillarious!!!
Review: My local paper (N.Y. Daily News) has just started running this comic (Although not in the comic section, it is shuffled around in the classifieds...go figure when stuff like Cathy and Rose is Rose and other non-funny comics stay in the comic section). The first day I stummbled across it, I new it was different. Most comics have the LAMEST jokes around, most arent funny at all. But Pearls Before Swine is so different. It has this attitude that just jumps off the pages and makes you laugh out loud. I havent laughed outr loud to a comic since the Far Side was popular. Stephan Pastis writes the best jokes today. Example...Pig is dating a golfer, who shows him her golf tee she got while playing in a tournament in Virginia. As the date goes on, she looses her tee, and they spend the night looking for it. When the date is over, the dates father asks pig why they are late, and he responds..."We would have been on time, but your daughter lost her Virginia Tee". The next frame has pig all beat up as he says "Geez, You'd think I took it". Classic stuff!!! I look forward to getting his other book, and I look forward to searching my Daily News for this great strip.
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Summary: Outstanding book - great follow-up to his first book!
Review: Pastis is witty as ever, and his dry humor really hits home on many fronts. His jokes on married life and silly people really made me laugh. He has a great section where Rat tries to leave the strip, and joins other comic strips. His humor and tie-ins to other strips are really creative and funny. This is a must buy for Pearls fans.
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Summary: Funny stuff from a weird (in a good way) mind
Review: Pastis will go to ANY length to set up what would normally be a semi-lame word play; it ends up being great. He also is the master of writing conversations where each participant consistently misunderstands the other to humorous effect. Rat is funniest at his most threatening. He tells the neighbor to get rid of the kumquats on his lawn--or face Rat's secondhand Soviet missile. Pig is funny just being Pig--only dimly aware of the reality around him. And Zebra's interactions with various potential predators is hilarious. Great book; buy it!
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Summary: Good stuff.
Review: This is an enjoyable read. PBS is quickly becoming the second-best new strip in the newspaper -- behind the sublime "Pooch Cafe."
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Summary: SMART and SIMPLE
Review: This is the smartest, funnniest new comic strip in years. Pearls Before Swine is a fresh change from the usual world of fifth grade humor that you see in most strips these days. Pearls is the kind of cartoon that you want to show to friends but you're afraid you won't get the book back. The simple but sharp wit of Pastis is what's been missing on the comics pages for years. If more cartoonists had this kind of twisted edge we might read the papers more. It's not that the Hager the Horribles and the Family Circus's aren't good, they've just lost that edge that once made them groundbreaking. Pearls Before Swine will remind you what comic strips used to be known for-- making you laugh out loud.
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