This is a list of collections and treasuries of the popular comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 Pearls Before Swine

Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)

Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, who was formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. It chronicles the daily lives of four anthropomorphic animals, Pig, Rat, Zebra, and Goat, as well as a number of supporting characters...

 by Stephan Pastis

Stephan Pastis

Stephan Thomas Pastis is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.-Background:...

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Collections

Title	Publication Date	ISBN	Contents	Cover/title parody Parody A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
Pearls Before Swine: BLTs Taste So Darn Good	March 2, 2003	ISBN 0-7407-3437-7	Strips from December 31, 2001 to October 6, 2002.	Title is taken from a line Pig said in the January 12, 2002 strip and cover features him eating a BLT BLT The acronym BLT may refer to one of the following:*The bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich*Baselland Transport, a Swiss railway company*BLT theorem, or bounded linear transformationAcronyms... .
This Little Piggy Stayed Home	March 1, 2004	ISBN 0-7407-3813-5	Strips from October 7, 2002 to July 13, 2003.	Title is taken from a line in the nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy This Little Piggy "This Little Piggy" or "This little pig" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:-Origins:... "; cover shows Pig watching TV while everyone else leaves.
Nighthogs	March 31, 2005	ISBN 0-7407-5009-7	Strips from July 14, 2003 to April 18, 2004.	The title and cover are parodies of Edward Hopper Edward Hopper Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching...  painting "Nighthawks Nighthawks Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is considered Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable in American art... ". Stephan Pastis stated that Hopper is one of his favorite artists, which may state why the parody is from "Nighthawks". Rat takes the place of the waiter behind the counter while Goat, Pig, and Zebra sit around it.
The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised	March 1, 2006	ISBN 0-7407-5674-5	Strips from April 19, 2004 to January 23, 2005.	Title is a parody of Gil Scott-Heron Gil Scott-Heron Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s... 's poem/song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The Revolution Will Not Be Televised "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is a poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron. Scott-Heron first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums... , cover features a Croc, Rat, Goat, Zebra, Pig, and Rat's cartoon character, Dickie the Cockroach, as a militant group
Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata	March 1, 2007	ISBN 0-7407-6801-8	Strips from January 24, 2005 through October 30, 2005.	The cover vaguely parodies the movie poster of Animal House (note the pirate costume on one of the crocodiles, similar to that worn by John Belushi John Belushi John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, The Star of the Films National Lampoon's Animal House and the The Blues Brothers and for fronting the American blues and soul...  in the film, and the toga Toga The toga, a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a cloth of perhaps 20 ft in length which was wrapped around the body and was generally worn over a tunic. The toga was made of wool, and the tunic under it often was made of linen. After the 2nd century BC, the toga was a garment worn...  worn by Rat)
The Sopratos	September 1, 2007	ISBN 0-7407-6847-6	Strips from October 31, 2005 to August 6, 2006.	Title and cover are a parody of The Sopranos The Sopranos The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...  TV series; various characters that were killed off in prior strips appear buried in the dirt
Macho Macho Animals	September 1, 2008	ISBN 0-7407-7369-0	Strips from August 7, 2006 to May 13, 2007.	Title and cover parody the Village People Village People Village People is a concept disco group that formed in the United States in 1977, well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes, as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics.... ; the title is a play on the song title "Macho Man Macho Man (song) "Macho Man" is the seond single recorded by the American disco group Village People. The song "bubbled under" the charts during summer 1978 before picking up substantial airplay that August... " and Larry, Zebra, Guard Duck, Rat, Pig, and Goat are all dressed as members of the Village People
Da Crockydile Book o' Frendsheep	September 1, 2008	ISBN 0-7407-7627-4	Contains strips supposedly selected by the crocodiles with a "frendsheep"-related theme, including several that had not yet run in a Pearls collection.	Cover features two members of the Zeeba Zeeba Eata fraternity smiling, with one having his arm around the other who has his thumb up; features an introduction written by Pastis in croc-style language
The Saturday Evening Pearls	March 17, 2009	ISBN 0-7407-7391-7	Contains strips from May 14, 2007 to February 16, 2008.	Title and cover are a parody of The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... . The cover setting parodies the painting "Freedom from Want Freedom from Want (painting) Freedom from Want or The Thanksgiving Picture is one of Four Freedoms paintings by Norman Rockwell that were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms, he delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941... " by Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening... , a regular illustrator for the Post. In this case, various crocodiles are sitting around a table while Patty (Larry the croc's wife) serves Zebra for dinner and Rat, Pig, and Guard Duck watch on in horror.
50,000,000 Pearls Fans Can't Be Wrong	April 6, 2010	ISBN 0-7407-9141-9	Contains strips from February 17, 2008 to November 16, 2008.	Title and cover are a parody of the Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....  album 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2 is the ninth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor Records in November 1959. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1958 and 1959 by Presley, from two recording sessions in June 1958 at RCA Studios in Nashville and... ; Pastis is featured on the front cover by himself in various poses while wearing an Elvis costume, and on the back he is confronted by Pig, Rat, Larry, and Goat- Rat calls it the "worst, most arrogant cover ever", Pig urges Pastis to get help, Larry says "me want keel you", and Goat demands to know when he gets a cover to himself. 50,000,000 Pearls Fans Can't Be Wrong is the first Pearls collection to feature full-color Sunday strips; publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC is a company which publishes books, calendars, and related toys...  has begun to print Sunday strips in color in many of its regular-sized comic collections after strictly limiting them to treasury-sized books for years.
When Pigs Fly	September 7, 2010	ISBN 0-7407-9737-9	Contains strips from November 17, 2008 to August 23, 2009.	Title is taken from the old saying "When pigs fly." Cover features Pig participating in a slam dunk contest while various Pearls characters and Stephan Pastis watch on. Features "The Unseen Pearls", eleven strips from the web-only days of Pearls that Stephan Pastis refused to publish in newspapers with annotations by the cartoonist (the first time Pastis provides annotations for a regular collection).
Larry in Wonderland	October 4, 2011	ISBN 1-4494-0817-6	Contains strips from August 24, 2009 to May 23, 2010.	Title refers to, and cover art illustrates, a storyline from the comic strip that appears in the book.
A Sociopath's Guide to Friendship	April 10, 2012	ISBN 1-4494-0117-1	Will contain strips that illustrate Rat's ideas about friendship.	Cover art features Rat holding a paintbrush and standing in front of three large yellow smiley faces, having changed the middle one to an angry face saying profanities.

Treasuries

Treasuries contain two books in one binding with Sunday strips in color, plus insight from Stephan Pastis.

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Parody

A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

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|Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic
|September 1, 2004
|ISBN 0-7407-4807-6
|Strips from BLTs Taste So Darn Good and This Little Piggy Stayed Home (December 31, 2001 to July 13, 2003); Annotations by the cartoonist; Character(s)/object(s)-on-cover quiz, a true test of knowledge for Pearls Before Swine fanatics
|Title and cover parody The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin...

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|Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!
|September 1, 2006
|ISBN 0-7407-6155-2
|Strips from Nighthogs and The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised (July 14, 2003 to January 23, 2005); annotations by the cartoonist; The Good, The Banned and The Ugly, a collection of strips which never ran in newspapers.
|Cover parodies The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...

, title parodies a line from the film ("Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my!"). Pig portrays the Scarecrow, Rat the Tin Man, Goat Dorothy, and Zebra the Cowardly Lion.
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|The Crass Menagerie
|March 28, 2008
|ISBN 0-7407-7100-0
|Strips from Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata and The Sopratos (January 24, 2005 to August 5, 2006); annotations by the cartoonist; Not Yet Ready for Prime Time Comic Strips, a collection of strips which never ran in newspapers including one strip that was never finished.
|Title parodies Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...

's play The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...

; cover does not feature a parody but instead features the Pearls characters (sans Pig, Goat and Zebra) running amok and destroying Stephan Pastis' office while Pastis watches in disbelief.
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|Pearls Sells Out
||August 18, 2009
|ISBN 0-7407-7396-8
|Strips from Macho Macho Animals and The Saturday Evening Pearls (dating from August 6, 2006 to February 16, 2008); annotations by the cartoonist; Stuff You Ain't Never Seen Before, a collection of strips which never ran in newspapers.
|Title references the release of several Pearls characters as plush dolls prior to the release of this treasury. Cover does not feature a parody but places Stephan Pastis, Pig, Guard Duck, Snuffles the cat, Andy the Dog, several crocodiles, and Rat in a store aisle selling plushies; the crocodiles tear apart the Zebra plushies while Pastis looks on in disbelief and Rat tries to steal his wallet. A Danny Donkey doll ("includes beer!") and a Snoopy

Snoopy

Snoopy is an fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly conventional dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character—and among the most recognizable...

 doll wearing a Fez are inexplicably placed on one of the shelves. The back cover features Pig cleaning up the mess, including a destroyed Dilbert

Dilbert

Dilbert is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. First published on April 16, 1989, Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character...

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|Pearls Blows Up
|March 22, 2011
|ISBN 1-4494-0106-6
|Strips From 50,000,000 Pearls Fans Can't Be Wrong and When Pigs Fly; annotations by the cartoonist; "The Artist as a Young Man", several pages of photographs from various points in Stephan Pastis' life from childhood to adulthood.
|Cover illustrates a literal explosion triggered by Snuffles the cat as Guard Duck tries to stop him. Stephan Pastis, Rat, Goat, Pig, Danny Donkey, Larry, Zebra, Pig's sister Farina, Hobart the Miniature Train Engineer, and the Killer Whale are seen flying through the air due to the explosion.