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| The Crass Menagerie: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury | 
| Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 5674
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0740771000
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780740771002
ASIN: 0740771000
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 25 years of combined bookselling experience.
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Product Description
"Pearls is the hottest comic in the newspaper business these days." --Raleigh News amd Observer Named Best Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society in 2004 and 2007, Pearls Before Swine is regarded by fans and critics alike as a thoughtful commentary on humanity's pitiable plight. Stephan Pastis sketches this nuanced comic strip tale, which features the arrogant, self-centered, and totally hilarious Rat, who leads his four-legged friends through misadventure after misadventure. Joining him for the journey are Pig, the slow but good-hearted conscience of the strip; Goat, the voice of reason that often goes unheard; and Zebra and the eternally inept Crocodiles who pursue him. Together this mindful menagerie mocks the flaws and shortcomings of human nature through Pastis's cynically biting wit. - The third Pearls Before Swine treasury, this book combines all the cartoons from Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata and The Sopratos, along with annotations by Pastis.
- From courtroom antics to references of other cartoon strips, Pastis's strip is a fresh presence on the comic pages.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
Very highly recommended for any library strong in comic strip representations October 9, 2008
Stephan Pastis' THE CRASS MENAGERIE is a 'Pearls Before Swine' collection including all cartoons from Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata and The Sopratos. It liberally peppers color full-page strips with black and white features and it requires absolutely NO prior familiarity with the 'Pearls Before Swine' strip to prove appealing and fun. Very highly recommended for any library strong in comic strip representations.
swine before pearls September 2, 2008
Best one! Gave to me hubby..and he loves this book. He reads it over and over.
 Duplication Alert! July 29, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Being a big PbS fan, I snapped this one up without reading the fine print: it's actually a reprint of strips already reprinted in two other books (Brudderhood of Zeeba Eeta Eeta and Sopratos). Pastis has added some funny comments on some of the strips, which prevents the book from being a total rip-off, but if you've already got the other ones, you don't need this one.
Fun reading July 8, 2008
Another great compilation of Pearls humor. I especially enjoyed Stephan Pastis' comments that are included with many of the strips. It is very interesting to read what prompted a particular strip or the types of responses he has received. This book includes my favorite strips, featuring Pig's enemy, Annie Mae, the sea anemone, and Rat's attempt at being a counselor.
Pearls Before Swine July 5, 2008
Pastis' work just gets better and better. He is one of the wittiest cartoonists working today. His three comprehensive anthologies, "Lions, Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!" "Sgt. Piggys Lonely Hearts Club Comic," and "The Crass Menagerie," in that order, demonstrate the progressive growth of his command of the form and his inreasingly sure tragi/comic vision. He ranks up there with Walt Kelley and Charles Schultz. Now, if I could only get him to read my novel, "The Cold Dark Heart of the World."
---Wilson Roberts
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