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

From 2006 onward, Stephan Pastis has helmed this single-volume collection of his long-running newspaper strip Pearls Before Swine, gathering the year's best gags into one sharp, satirical package. Published by Andrews McMeel, it showcases Pastis's signature blend of cynical anthropomorphic animals—led by the pompous Rat and the naive Pig—skewering modern life, media, and the comic strip itself. This collection matters as a definitive snapshot of Pastis's wry, meta-humor at its peak, cementing Pearls as a modern classic of the funny pages.