Let's Get Pickled! A Pickles Collection

by Brian Crane

This follow-up to Still Pickled After All These Years brings even more laugh-out-loud looks at the daily life of Earl and Opal Pickles; their divorced daughter, Sylvia; and their dog, Roscoe. Growing old is great fun when you keep your sense of humor and never forget the wonder and energy of childhood. Let's Get Pickled! , the latest collection of Pickles cartoons, feeds on unconditional love-of pets, old friends, and, of course, family-to provide zinger-filled humor. Earl and Opal, a wise-but-spunky loving couple, have been married for 50-plus years. The Pickles' 30-something remarried daughter and her son round out this sweet intergenerational comic that appeals to both sexes and all age groups. Pickles appears in almost 500 newspapers and has steadily grown in popularity since its debut 16 years ago. Readers nationwide turn to the strip again and again for its good-natured wit and wry humor.

Genres: Comics, Humor

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

Reviews

[Jora · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars, rounded up to 4

Let's Get Pickled! A Pickles Collection is an enjoyable book to read. I only found a handful of the comic strips to be really funny, but most of them have a punchline that I get, at least. I would say this is pretty child-friendly, but the child may not get all of the humor. Overall, a quick, light, easy, and humorous read.

[David Allen Hines · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been reading the Pickles comic for many years and was delighted to come across this collection, even if it dates from 2006. I always wondered why such a great strip has produced so few printed collections?! But I was glad to read this collection. None of the strips are aged even though they are nearly 20 years old now because the story and adventures of Earl and his wife are timeless experiences of old age. Almost every page brings a smile or laugh. One of the funnier series is when his normally responsible wife loses the car keys only to be countered by Earl losing their checkbook. This strip has always been about the little, real-life incidents that just can become comical between an aging couple. There's also a whole series of funny strips about Earl's collection of aged out of date bow ties and bolo ties. Anyone who loves the Pickles strip will love this collection and it remains a mystery to me why a strip produced since the 1990s has published so few collections!

[Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brian Craneś Pickles, featured in the Chicago Tribune, are fun to read and I like that they are made into a book.

[J.T.K. Gibbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always a lift for my spirits when the world gets too crazy!

[Bunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still better in newspaper than in collection. But funny.