#1 Stone Soup: The First Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon Strip (Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup) (Paperback)

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WhatÕs a real family like? These days itÕs bound to resemble the lovable clan in Stone Soup. Stone Soup is a funny, irreverent, sympathetic comic strip read by more than 8 million people every day. This first collection, with forward by Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse, will help you find the humor in modern family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Four Panel Press (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967410223
• ISBN-13: 978-0967410227
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #444,269 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who says feminism can't be funny?, August 17, 2000

By	David A. Bede (Singapore) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Stone Soup: The First Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon (Paperback)

There seems to be a lot of debate going on in the previous reviews over whether or not Stone Soup is feminist. My opinion: of course it is! And it's quite refreshing to see a comic strip that isn't afraid to be. Better yet, the strip is never preachy and, unlike Foxtrot (to which it gets compared frequently), it's almost always funny. I've also seen a lot of comparisons to For Better or for Worse (helped along perhaps by the fact that Lynn Johnston wrote the introduction to this collection) which I find closer to the truth. The big difference there is that unlike FBoFW, Stone Soup is almost never sentimental. Eliot always finds a way to squeeze a laugh out of good times and bad, without dwelling on her storylines or overdeveloping them. While her focus may be on single mothers, her humor is accessible to one and all. And of course, it helps that Val and the gang always manage to keep their sanity intact at the end of each story!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY!, January 6, 2000

By	Caro61 (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stone Soup: The First Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon (Paperback)

I read a lot of comic strips and most make me smile, some invoke a chuckle. Stone Soup is the only one that makes me laugh out loud over and over. My refrigerator is covered in Stone Soup and so is the wall of my cubicle at work. BUY THIS BOOK AND THE SECOND COLLECTION, YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy a copy for everyone you know!, April 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stone Soup: The First Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon (Paperback)

Someone below called this a feminist comic strip but I think that's misleading, especially given the current difficulties in just defining that word. Yes, it happens to have several female characters, and yes it's not a stereotypical mom-dad-dog-2.4-kids-wagon-picket-fence family, BUT: This strip is about all of us, everyone of every sex and age and family style, and it's enjoyable to (and enjoyed by) a wide range of people -- even ordinary traditional people and even (gasp) men! My husband loves it, my 60-something dad loves it, and so on. I think the publisher's blurb on the back of the second Stone Soup collection ("You Can't Say Boobs On Sunday") got it right: "Anyone who's ever had a family, been in a family, or known a family seems to love Stone Soup. ... Readers see themselves and their families in Stone Soup, and they love it." That goes for people who don't consider themselves family-oriented, and for people who do.

Everyone I've known who's read any Stone Soup has enjoyed it and wound up quoting or passing around some of the strips.

Recommended reading for everyone except total grumps, I say.