Macho Macho Animals: A Pearls Before Swine Collection

Pearls Before Swine #7

by Stephan Pastis

The original bad boys of the comics page are back in this wildly entertaining seventh collection of Pearls Before Swine comic strips by Stephan Pastis.

You know the lineup: Mucho macho Rat, who's ready to get down with anyone he can; sensitive Pig, who can't give up his disco dreams; Zebra, who will survive; and Goat, the brains of the outfit. Violent, unstable Guard Duck and the Crocs next door round out this fabulous cast. The dark, twisted adventures continue as these characters dance the night away.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Cartoon, Graphic Novels Comics, Adult, Collections

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

Stephan Pastis was born in 1968 and raised in San Marino, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 with a degree in political science. Although he had always wanted to be a syndicated cartoonist, Pastis realized that the odds of syndication were slim, so he entered UCLA Law School in 1990 and became an attorney instead. He practiced law in the San Francisco Bay area from 1993 to 2002. While an attorney, he began submitting various comic strip concepts to all of the syndicates, and, like virtually all beginning cartoonists, got his fair share of rejection slips. Then, in 1997, he began drawing Pearls Before Swine, which he submitted to the syndicates in mid-1999. In December, 1999, he signed a contract with United.
Pearls Before Swine debuted in newspapers in January, 2002, and Pastis left his law practice in August of that year. Pearls Before Swine was nominated in 2003, 2004 and 2007 as "Best Newspaper Comic Strip" by the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) and won the award in 2004 and 2007. Pastis lives with his family in Northern California.

Reviews

[Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it! I laughed at least every third page.

[Laurla2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

read in pearls sells out

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kiltti mutta vähän vajaa porsas. Häijy rotta. Liian fiksu vuohi. Seepra, jonka naapurissa asuu nälkäisiä mutta typeriä krokotiileja. Tässäpä tämän hetken parhaan amerikkalaisen strippisarjakuvan päähenkilöt.

Stephan Pastisin ilkeänhauska "Helmiä sioille" jaksaa naurattaa stripistä strippiin ja kokoelmasta kokoelmaan - ja etenkin alkuperäiskielellä, sillä monesti erilaisiin sanaleikkeihin perustuvat sarjakuvat eivät tahdo aina toimia parhaalla mahdollisella tavalla suomeksi käännettynä.

Kokoelmassa "Macho Macho Animals" huumoria revitään muun muassa seepratyttöä deittailevasta vegetaari-krokotiilinpojasta, kahvilassa työskentelevän Rotan "asiakaspalvelusta" ja Britney Spearsin kanssa vieroitushoitolassa lomailevasta Possusta. Perinteiseen tapaan myös "Get Fuzzy" ja muut amerikkalaiset syndikaattisarjakuvat saavat osansa. Sarjakuvataiteilija vilahtaa itsekin useammassa stripissä, eikä yleensä kovin edullisessa valossa.

Stephan Pastisin lyönyttä ei taida olla tällä hetkellä strippisarjakuvan kentällä.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pearls is probably (as far as I know) the only comic strip where the characters KNOW they are in a comic strip and comment on it without being upset about that fact. Their creator occasionally makes an appearance, and some characters (okay, mostly Rat) threaten and deride him. The humor is sometimes dark, but the puns are marvelous--and who doesn't love the character of Pig? I'm enjoying my time in PBS (the comic, not the TV network) land.

[Rochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who doesn't LOVE Pearls Before Swine?

[Hiram · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny funny funny!

[Micaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

His wit is just... awesome. =)

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book from the Pearls Before Swine Series! It was funny but I think it could have been a little better, a little more funny.

[Duane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great collection from Stephan Pastis! Pearls is a great comic strip that pokes fun at politcs, religion, everyday life and more!

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best comic strips that is still in publication. A definite favorite of mine!

[Iira · Rating 4 out of 5]

<3 Pig <3

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

super funny

[Dan Weiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Pearls, but Really spoiled by other collections of Pearls where Pastis includes commentary on some of the panels.

[Brian]

still finding that this strip will make me giggle and laugh out loud!