The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised: A Pearls Before Swine Collection [Paperback]

Stephan Pastis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pearls Before Swine | Publication Date: March 1, 2006

Lock up your valuables. Stockpile your ammunition. Sandbag your bunker. The familiar foursome of Rat, Pig, Goat, and Zebra-joined now by the fraternity of Zeeba Zeeba Eata crocodiles are here to storm the ramparts of humor in The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised.

In this fourth collection from the award-winning comic strip Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis deploys all the weapons of his comic arsenal in an all-out attack on the animal (and human) imperfections he sees around him. The result is a collection jam-packed with the sharp-edged humor that has made Pearls Before Swine one of the most successful comic strips running in newspapers today.

Just remember: As The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised makes clear, Pearls Before Swine takes no prisoners.

We warned you.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stephan Pastis grew up reading Peanuts and watching everything from Bugs Bunny to Mr. Bill episodes on Saturday Night Live. Despite such influences he became an attorney and withstood countless lawyer jokes for more than nine years, all the while doodling on the side. Pearls Before Swine was launched in 1999 on comics.com, and soon after Stephan regained his senses and returned to his roots. He lives in the San Francisco area with his wife and two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740756745
• ISBN-13: 978-0740756740
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephan Pastis was once a "love me tender" lawyer who created Pearls Before Swine to relieve boredom. He lives in his own Graceland in northern California with his wife, two children, and his blue suede shoes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pearls are Diamonds, March 1, 2006

By 

KayJay "KayJayBooksGalore" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised: A Pearls Before Swine Collection (Paperback)

Pastis is the best cartoonist in the media today; his characters are truly the funniest and their conflicts hilarious. His warped views and not so warped but still delightful views enthrall everyone who reads his comic, Whether you read them online, or in a newspaper or in these truly great collections that are a must have. YOU will discover a truly fascinating world.
Pig, Rat, Zebra and the others characters are truly off the beaten path THANK GOODNESS. This isn't a cookie cutter comic strip because of Pastis's off beat and slightly crazed sense of the ridiculous. This humor makes you appreciate his genius even more. However The Croc's are the amazing stand out characters, they are the greatest idiots but yet are so loveable and their antics can make you howl with laughter. Run fly jump to the nearest keyboard and order these books. YOU will not be disappointed. And if you don't there is a box that Pastis has just for you.

55 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ME WUV DUH CROCKYDIALS!!!, March 29, 2006

By 

CRAZY LARRY - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised: A Pearls Before Swine Collection (Paperback)

EEEAS SO GOOOD TO WEED DIS BOOK. IT IZ FULL OV LAFFTER AND CWAZINESS. IT MAKE ME WAUGH SO HARD I FALL OF MY CROCK POT. ME IS SO HAPPY TO WEVIEW DIS BOOK 4 U. MAY ME HELP YOU?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this, May 15, 2007

By 

Gordon Walter (Markham, On, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised: A Pearls Before Swine Collection (Paperback)

Ever since I discovered PBS in our local paper I have been a devoted fan of Pastis' different? sense of humour. I have turned my friends and relatives on to PBS as well. I have made it a goal to buy all his books so I will have a complete collection that I can put beside my 'The Complete Far Side' and 'The Complete Calvin & Hobbes Collection'. PBS has earned the right to be in this great company.
Buy this book, in fact buy all his books; a mind this warped deserves to be rewarded.