Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My! #[nn]

This sixth treasury collection of Stephan Pastis's daily comic strip Pearls Before Swine gathers strips from 2005-2006, featuring the usual cast of self-absorbed characters—including the clueless Rat, the naive Pig, and the crocodiles who keep trying to eat them—in a series of absurd, wordplay-heavy gags. The title plays on The Wizard of Oz, but the humor here is pure Pastis: cynical, pun-driven, and often meta, with the artist frequently breaking the fourth wall to comment on his own work.