Suit Your Selfie

A collection of Pearls Before Swine comics that feature comedy that’s punny, that pokes fun at the things the current generation is clueless about, the silly things that a certain pig gets up to (oh and that some crocs get up to too), lemmings, and more.

This had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion to the extent that certain pages required immediate sharing with my husband so he wouldn’t feel left out. A funny and clean collection that I definitely need to add to the library at our school (as well as the rest of AMP!’s Pearls Before Swine collections). It was just the laugh I needed this week.

Suit Your Selfie by Stephen Pastis is a collection of Pearls Before Swine comics, so if you like the strip you will like the book.

This is one of my favorite strips but I have fallen behind with the dailies so this book served as a wonderful reminder of how well written they are. The humor ranges from groanable (for which Pastis holds himself accountable within the strip) to the subtle.

I think anyone who likes the strip will like the book. I would also recommend this to someone unfamiliar with Pearls Before Swine because it offers a selection of the various characters and situations.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.

If you're aware of Pearls Before Swine, it's hard to go wrong with a collection. I don't really follow the dailies, so this is a great way of catching up with what Stephan Pastis is up to lately (I feel like I can say that since he is one of the characters in the strips). There were many that made me grin or groan, and a few that made me laugh out loud. Also pleased to see the crocs and their long-suffering zeeba neighba make several appearances!

Pig, Rat, and the rest of the "Pearls Before Swine" gang returns once again to delight all their fans with a packed collection showing off their offbeat, bluntly absurd, and often pund-derful style humor that continues to make their ongoing presence on the comics page an absolute joy.

Suit Your Selfie by Stephan Pastis was a humorous collection of panels

Suit Your Selfie was a fun short collection of Pearls Before Swine comics aimed towards a younger audience.

Having been a fan of Pearls Before Swine for years, I have previously seen most of the comics included in this collection. My favorites in the collection are the ones where Rat is explaining old technology and items that kids these days wouldn't use (such as a phone booth, corded phone, etc.) while the kids are horrified at how slow and more difficult life used to be in the pre-cell phone era.

The collection has some strips that contain good tidbits about life and how we deal with everything that comes our way which is a good thing for younger audiences to read. However, overall the collection does skip around a lot and there isn't one flowing story as seen in the larger collections. This is likely due to weeding out the strips with adult content and probably couldn't be helped.

Sadly my favorite of the Pearls characters (Guard Duck) only makes one appearance in the collection. I'm guessing he's a bit too violent for the younger readers, but he is my favorite of the characters.

Overall, this was a fun short read that gave me a taste of one of my favorite comic strips on the market. I'd definitely recommend it for Pearls fans, and those with younger kids looking to get into comic strips.

I don't know about this book being targeted to 5th graders but I loved it. Super fun, with lots of puns and pokes at modern life as compared to life just 20 years ago. All of the usual beloved characters (pig, rat, goat, crocs, and zebra) are present, along with many new one off characters. Charming and zany, I recommend this for those in need of a laugh!

“Gather ‘round the smartphone, kids!”
Been barely a month since I read the latest collection of groan-worthy puns featuring Pig, Goat, Rat, and friends, but it turns out this is basically the same edition with some of the more risqué strips taken out, geared toward a younger audience. Beats me which ones were removed, but I enjoyed reading through them again; “elf storage” hit me more the second time.

If you've ever giggled at the Pearls Before Swine comic strip in the paper, then you will definitely enjoy "Suit Your Selfie," featuring a whole collection depicting the adventures of Pig, Rat, Goat, Zebra and the Crocodiles. If you're in need of a good laugh, then any page of "Suit Your Selfie" will help.

Fun compilation of comic strips by Stephan Pastis. It made me laugh, snort, giggle and roll my eyes. I definitely enjoyed it and will recommend it to my young patrons.

I wasn't aware that their was such a thing as the junior collections of Pearls, but being in the UK getting any collections can be a bit tricky.
Although this is supposed to be a junior book, it's a lovely way to introduce the strip to anyone who may not be familiar with it. Most the regular characters and running jokes are present, although there is a slight shortage of the labour intensive puns that Pastis is the undoubted master of.
Given the audience, some of the more risque/violent strips are missing, but even so, this is guaranteed to raise a smile.

Thank you for Netgalley for letting me read Suit Your Selfie: Pearls Before Swine collection by Stephen Pastis for a honest review
I found this book cute, funny to read a pleasure to read.

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An excellent story that was hilarious and excellently drawn. Great job.

I swear I want one of those "Antisocial Globes" LOL! This book was very funny. I think I had a smile on my face the whole time reading it. I just love Pig! I would recommend it to everyone who loves a quirky joke!

Stephen Pastis's comic strip Pearls Before Swine is good, clean fun. His latest collection of comic strips, Suit Your Selfie, gets laughs out of weight gain, friendship, and, of course, cell phones. Pig and Rat have mixed feelings about new technologies like smart phones.

This is billed as a collection for kids, and I know kids will be amused by the funny animals and much of the humor. But a lot of it is really humor for adults, not in the sense that it uses foul language or sex jokes, but that it addresses adult issues like dieting and growing old. So, really, in the best sense, the comics are multi-generationally funny.

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection full of laugh-out-loud moments. Pastis makes several cameo appearances, allowing himself to be the butt of many a joke. Pick up the book, check them out in the paper (if you still read a newspaper), or read them online at: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

A great very cute book for children. It could be a new hit, my children loved it!!

Suit your Selfie is a Pearls Before Swine collection of 1-2 page comic strips following a grouping of wacky animal characters and their lives. There is Rat, Pig, and Goat as the mail characters but also Zebra and Crocodiles as well, even the cartoonist makes appearances.

These comic strips are laugh out loud funny but aimed at a younger audience than me - still funny though. Some of the panels hit really close-to-home and they are either very realistic events or quite crazy ones. For example, explaining a corded phone to the younger generation (hint: it really freaks them out), or a zebra running around as a unicorn and scaring crocodiles.

There were some life lessons, and notes about happiness, but many involved pizza - but that is the answer anyway right?! It was a great collection, I think younger readers will enjoy the humor in it, I did too, so this is a good one for many. If you like comic strips, definitely pick it up.

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I’m not a follower of this comic but I have seen several over the years that friends have shared over social media. There are running gags about breaking the fourth wall that are amusing and certainly self-depreciating to the creator. This comic is read for the jokes and not for any amazing graphics but it is well worth the read.

An entertaining & funny read perfect for breaks from work and life. This book had me laughing and even reading out loud to my family! Page 154 was my favorite and had me laughing like crazy. I definitely recommend this book for anybody looking for a laugh!

Laugh Out Loud Fun
Tons of fun with Pig, Rat, Goat, Zebra and the Crocs, as well as a few appearances of the Lemmings. Anyone who enjoys reading the comic strip Pearls Before Swine will love this collection. Gotta say, my favorites will always be the ones that include Zebra and the Crocs adventures.

I loved Pearls Before Swine as a kid, so I was pretty interested in getting this and seeing how it held up for me, but I can't say that it lived up to my memories. Either it just isn't suited for my sense of humor anymore, or Stephan has lost his touch, but it was mostly just one overdone pun or one-liner after another. I do still love the crocodile strips, though.

Shut mouf, woomun. Shut mouf.

I am a big fan of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. Stephan Pastis has created a world with wonder, innocence, friendship, and a lot of laughs. There is also selfishness, malice, evil, and really bad elaborate puns, but like in life, the good outweighs the bad. And so it is with Suit Your Selfie, the fifth compilation of Pearls Before Swine created with middle schoolers in mind. What does that mean? It means that these comics are hilarious, honest, and fun for the whole family. 

Follow along as Pig finds the key to happiness, as Goat starts a blog, and as Zebra dresses as a unicorn to throw the crocodiles off their game. And through it all, Rat keeps track of everything that happens and the writer appears with his puns and pajamas in the midst of his mid-life crisis. 

The sweetness of Pig against the self-interest of Rat, the vulnerability and intelligence of Zebra shown against the fierceness and simple-mindedness of the crocodiles--it makes for an interesting and realistic depiction of life's relationships and gives readers a chance to step back from daily life and see our problems through a different lens. If you are getting this for a middle schooler, it could offer a way into difficult discussions of bullying, friendships, and hard choices. 

It's also really, really funny. 

If you're a fan of Pearls Before Swine, if you're looking for a good book you can share with your kids, or if you just love to laugh, then check out Suit Your Selfie, or any of Stephan Pastis' Perals Before Swine books. They will be worth your time. Pig said so. 



Galleys for Suit Your Selfie were provided by Andrews McMeel Publishing through NetGalley.com, with many thanks.

Pearls Before Swine never disappoints. Hilarious, punny, and utterly original. I can never get enough.

Pearls Before Swine is one of my favorite modern comic strips. This collection is no exception. Stephan Pastis' collection of characters is funny, quirky and silly. I don't laugh out loud reading many strips, but this one has me "lol-ing" often.

Long a Pearls Before Swine fan (love Rat, Goat, Pig, Zebra, and the befuddled Crocodiles, especially when any of them interact with author Pastis's hand-drawn version of himself!), it was with eager anticipation that I started this super-sized (176 pages) collection of the sarcastic, punny, even quite witty comic (even politically aware) strip. That said, as opposed to trying to breeze through the book in one marathon run - like ice cream, sometimes too much a good thing for me - Suit Your Selfie is the kind of collection you want to keep by your bedside, every night forgetting the more negative events of the day before going to bed by laughing (often out loud) at Rat's snarkasm, Pig's naivete, or the never-ending battle of Mr. Crocodile to catch and eat Mr. "Zeeba". Like visiting old friends again, even the less-funny entries here will keep you entertained between the punches of laugh-out loud liberally interspersed throughout, and any fan of the original strip will be happily reminded, over and over, of the artwork, characterizations and humorous cynicism that made you a fan in the first place. 4/5 stars

Note: I received a free ARC of this title via NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.