Larry in Wonderland : A Pearls Before Swine Collection

English

ISBN: 1449408176

EAN: 9781449408176

Category: Humor / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Release Date: 09/28/2011

Synopsis: Stephan Pastis offers Pearls Before Swinefans a visit to the other side of the looking glass with his latest collection, Larry in Wonderland. Collecting almost a years worth of strips, Larry in Wonderlandoffers cutting-edge commentary on recent news events, popular culture, and cartoon-page contemporaries, and imparts the knowledge that in Wonderland, crocodiles taste a lot like chicken. Through Pastiss mindful menagerie of characters, including the Mad Ducker, Cheshire Snuffles, Tweedledum Pig, and Tweedledee Idiot Pig, along with Raterpillar, Zebra, and Larry the Croc, Pearls Before Swineexpertly illustrates the flaws and shortcomings of human nature, while remaining indifferent to conventional cartoon molds such as plotline continuity. In the words of Raterpillar, Plotline schmotline. With multiple honors as Best Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society, and an international fan base that follows the strips appearance in more than 600 newspapers worldwide, Pearls Before Swinetransports readers to a world of shifting perspectives and alternate realities, like the one presented inside Larry in Wonderland.

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Larry in Wonderland : A Pearls Before Swine Collection

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Width: 8.5 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 10.34 oz

Pages: 128