Macho Macho Animals: A Pearls Before Swine Collection

Laugh Zee Night Away!

Dust off those polyester suits and platform shoes because the crockydile rock is out and disco is in! The Pearls Before Swine crew is feelin' the funk in the seventh collection by Stephan Pastis, Macho Macho Animals (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99).

Pearls Before Swine's dry humor and hilarious characters have been entertaining readers since 2000. In the newest collection, arrogant and self-absorbed Rat is still unable to get his own feature comic strip despite cutting off his creator's arm. Pig is the only one who is naive enough to listen to Rat's pearls of wisdom, while Goat is the ignored conflict resolution specialist of the group. Zebra, when not busy outwitting the crazy Fraternity of Crocodiles who want him as their next snack, is desperately trying to keep the peace between his herd and its predators.

Macho Macho Animals takes us into the mind of Stephan Pastis, where cynicism and innocence meet. Amusing us with thoughts we might be thinking but would never say aloud, Pastis provides a refreshing take on the American comic strip with his latest sidesplitting, politically incorrect Pearls Before Swine collection.

About Stephan Pastis

Once an attorney, Stephan Pastis used his doodles to relieve boredom. Now syndicated in more than 500 newspapers, Pearls Before Swine is one of the fastest-growing comic strips today. Pearls won the award for Best Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society in 2004 and 2007. Stephan resides in Northern California with his family.

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Macho Macho Animals: A Pearls Before Swine Collection

By: Stephan Pastis
ISBN: 978-0-7407-7650-2
Format: Paperback: 8 ½ x 9, 128 pages
Price: $14.99 ($16.99 Canada)