ANDREWS MCMEEL
LUNARBABOON TP #1
DAILY LIFE OF PARENTHOOD
(W) Christopher Grady (A) Christopher Grady (CA) Christopher Grady
Explore the daily struggles and humor of family life with Lunarbaboon. He's just like any other dad - but vaguely hairier because he's half man/half moon monkey. Lunarbaboon shares life's parenting moments from the perspective of a 30-something dad/husband/chaos survivor. Together with the savvy, laid back Mom, wild child Moishe, baby Matilda, and a former Julliard student (their cat), Lunarbaboon must navigate the family and social dynamics of everyday life. Ranging from the hilarious (defeating closet monsters with a "stun" blaster that offers surprising facts about bears, Mars, and cats) to the sweet (the gray scale-to color transition out of depression at the touch of a loved one), this collection explores the bonds within a family and all the characters who bring both order and chaos to life.
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE TP PEARLS HOGS THE ROAD
(W) Stephan Pastis (A) Stephan Pastis (CA) Stephan Pastis
Move over! Pearls Before Swine is back and badder than ever in the new treasury collection Pearls Hogs the Road. The Pearls gang returns with characteristically misanthropic humor (but with more leather): no self-aggrandizing is too flagrant for Rat, no subject is too erudite for Goat, and no sensory input is too basic for Pig. All topics are fair game for Stephan Pastis and his brass-knuckle punch lines. Pearls Hogs the Road also features three comic strips illustrated by the legendary Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes, who ended a 19-year hiatus from the comics page to collaborate with Pastis.