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Summary: a zebra in summer
Review: I have been reading this strip ever since I came across it accidently on line. the book is wonderful. - so great in fact that I bought 3 copies already and am making a list of how many more I need to give to all my friends. The lion pacification program is my favorite, although I love all the ideas.a wonderfully inventive and thoughful cartoonist - I recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humor. The title alone cracked my sister up!!!
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Summary: Great
Review: I just read this strip one day and the paper and it made me laugh so hard. This is one of the best comics ever it is different then many comics out right now and the strange takes that are made in this strip just makes you laugh and wonder how Pastis comes up with these ideas. This book is for any comic fan.
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Summary: Seriously Funny. Seriously.
Review: I own all of the FoxTrot & Get Fuzzy books, a fair amount of Dilbert and all but one of the Calvin and Hobbes collections. I also own Stephen Pastis's first book featuring expressionless animals (a rat & a pig) one of which finished third in an IQ test with his door. (the pig) But, I seriously think that this comic started by a law student and helped along by Scott Adams and Darby Conely will soon be in competition with the big boys. Instead of reading about Calvin's latest backyard adventure presented with brilliant colors, we will be reading about a rat that shows his mouth one in fifty times explaining his latest "ology" (cheesepuffology...) to a stupid pig cannibal who once went to the lake every day to talk to his quiet "friend" that was under the water. As a sidekick, we have a zebra who is always explaining his latest failures among his pack, trying to prevent getting eaten by lions. Prize material. Great series include:
-the Cap O Immortality
-Rat the Marrige Counselor
-Rat the Stock Broker
-Rat the novelist (the Adventures of Angry Bob)
-Fruit Buddies Meeting
-Rat's first girlfriend, Farina the Bubble Pig I seriously think that you will laugh at loud at this book more times than you can count on one hand, if not two. Definitely worth the buy. I'm sure all of the other books made by Pastis in the future will be worth the dough, too.
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Summary: Pearls Before Swine is awesome!!!
Review: Is genius too strong a word? Pastis has it all: Wit, cynicism, thought provoking commentary, and the most hilarious characters in many, many years. Rat, the nasty 'hate him so much ya gotta love him' leader of the pack, Zebra, who's blind optimism is so sad it's funny, Goat, who just seems to sit back and take it all in knowing he's the only one who really knows what's going on, and Pig, the scene stealer and real star of this strip - whos child like innocence and 'good in all beings' attitude makes you stop and think that you'd like to be him sometimes... If bad puns, thought provoking commentary and pushing the edge of the comic envelope intrigue you - or it you just want to have a good old fashioned laugh strip after strip after strip, you have GOT to follow the adventures of this troop, not just in these books, but every single day on the web or in your daily paper.
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Summary: Pearls Before Swine makes me laugh out loud!
Review: One day while surfing the net I came across comics.com, and found the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. I immediately became hooked, because reading it made me laugh out loud. I now have the strip delivered daily to my email. Reading this little strip has been the BEST way for me to start my day! Stephan Pastis is a witty genius at finding the humor in the quirks of the mundane, using his curious cast of characters, each with his own unique personality. I think all of us can identify with PIG, who is innocent, naive and unsophisticated, but I also think most of us have a RAT side as well, that is slightly sarcastic, ego-centered and mischevious. Just when I think I've seen it all, up pops another batch of whacky strange character...I LOVE it! I believe Stephan Pastis will soon be every bit as popular as Charles Shultz has been with Peanuts. I have ordered copies of this new book for all my friends and family. I am also trying to get him published in my local newspapers, and hope others who love this comic strip will do the same. ENJOY!
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Summary: worth buying
Review: PD, PENNSYLVANIA After the end of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes I thought my comic book buying days were over (an occasional Fox Trot, but...) I don't read the paper as much either, so it takes a good cartoon to hit you and stay with you when you only see it maybe twice a week. Pearls Before Swine was that cartoon. The writing just caught me so off guard, in a way only certain characters can pull off. I still don't read the paper much, but now I'm up to at least 4 days, if only for this cartoon. Buy a copy and pass it around the office.
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Summary: Just Great
Review: Pearls before swine is a funny comic about a bunch of cute characters. It is quick-witted and, at times, Laugh out loud funny. The main characters are pig and rat,those are thier names.
Bottom Line: this is a compleatly funny book and it is just the beggining.
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Summary: worth buying
Review: Pearls Before Swine is not an artistic masterpiece - Breathed, Watterson, and Frank Cho are better artists. But Pearls Before Swine is easily the funniest strip to hit the papers . . . well, ever. Yes, in my humble opinion it is more consistently funny than The Far Side. I've read BLTs over a half dozen times and have nearly hurt myself from laughing each time. I've shared it with friends who have threatened to sue, they were in so much pain from laughing. This is intellectual humor, too, by the way - it appeals to those with minds (which does not include the character "Pig"). No "Cathy" fat jokes or "Garfield" lasagna riffs here, folks. Of course, the warmth of Calvin and Hobbes is missing, and although there are some similarities between Pig and the equally hapless (although smarter) Opus, you won't want to give Pig a huge hug the way you would Opus (and the heck with herring breath!)
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Summary: More Biting Humor Than Far Side
Review: Pearls Before Swine is not an artistic masterpiece - Breathed, Watterson, and Frank Cho are better artists. But Pearls Before Swine is easily the funniest strip to hit the papers . . . well, ever. Yes, in my humble opinion it is more consistently funny than The Far Side. I've read BLTs over a half dozen times and have nearly hurt myself from laughing each time. I've shared it with friends who have threatened to sue, they were in so much pain from laughing. This is intellectual humor, too, by the way - it appeals to those with minds (which does not include the character "Pig"). No "Cathy" fat jokes or "Garfield" lasagna riffs here, folks. Of course, the warmth of Calvin and Hobbes is missing, and although there are some similarities between Pig and the equally hapless (although smarter) Opus, you won't want to give Pig a huge hug the way you would Opus (and the heck with herring breath!)
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Summary: Redemption of the Modern Strip
Review: Teamed up with "Get Fuzzy" "Pearls Before Swine" begins to fill a void that "Calvin and Hobbs" and "The Far Side" left. Managing to be both witty and off-the-wall it will not fail to make you laugh... and laugh... and laugh. For those of you who have been wondering where the fun has gone in comic strips, this is your answer. "Pearls Before Swine: BLTs Taste So Darn Good" will be the first time many of us have said, "Where the hell does he come up with this stuff every day?" since the Far Side's demise.
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