The first collection of hilarity from the long-running, syndicated comic strip captures the zany trials and tribulations of teenager Luann DeGroot, as she copes with parents, Oreo-chomping brothers, homework, romance, her nemesis Tiffany, and her best friend Bernice. Original.

You couldn't find a more likable person than Sherman . . except that he's a shark. Make that a great white shark and the star of Jim Toomey's Sherman's Lagoon, one of the funniest takes on life to be found above or below the water. So sit back and watch this shark hit his mark in The Shark Diaries: The Seventh Sherman's Lagoon Collection.Once again, the big-hearted but thick-skulled Sherman is joined in the deep by his Louis Vuitton'packing girlfriend, Megan, Fillmore the sea turtle, and a hermit crab named Hawthorne, among others. This salty crew swims through a world of witty observations, sharp rejoinders, and crystal clear views of everything from 'hairless beach apes' to bulk shopping at the local Price Club store. The result is a humor soaked in fun yet just a shade drier than the Sahara.The Shark Diaries includes the most recently published Sherman's Lagoon cartoons, picking up where last year's Another Day in Paradise left off. The daily and Sunday strips are here. The silly yet sophisticated setups are front and center. Sherman and his buddies' numerous neuroses can't be missed. The fun returns with a splash, and this one promises to be a whale'um, shark'of a winner.

The National Cartoonists Society nominated Pearls Before Swine as one of the best comic strips of 2002. Pearls Before Swine is an impressive comic strip success story. After only a few years of syndication, it appears in more than 150 newspapers worldwide, was nominated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society in its debut year-an unprecedented achievement-and its first book collection, Pearls Before Swine, has sold through four printings. This Little Piggy Stayed Home continues the adventures of Rat and Pig, two characters who couldn't be more different-or more surprising. Rat is your typical Every Rodent: scheming, self-centered, and more than occasionally manipulative. By contrast, Pig is sensitive, kind, and-even on his best days-just plain stupid. Together with Zebra and Goat, they confront the strange and wonderful world around them, a place that looks suspiciously like our own. By turns thoughtful and subversive, silly and sophisticated, This Little Piggy Stayed Home is one of the funniest comic collections out there.

The latest collection of cartoons from the popular syndicated comic strip continues its hilarious look at the absurdities of everyday living, addressing such familiar topics as marriage, birthdays, health clubs, dating, health care, parenting, shopping, and more. Original.

A collection of cartoons from the "Baby Blues" strip features Wanda and Darryl as they slog their way through parenthood.

Presents selections from the comic strip that is set in an Internet cafe.

Dilbert returns to the mind-numbing world of corporate America in a new collection of comic strips that follow Dilbert as he copes with a lab accident that turns him into a sheep, his boss as he deals with a cash-sucking "consultick" that has burrowed under his skin, and a not-so-grim reaper who pops antidepressants. Original.

A small-sized gift book of selections from the popular comic strip celebrates the foibles of inter-species family life as the single business executive Rob, self-absorbed cat Bucky, and easygoing dog Satchel share mischief and misadventures.

In many ways, Sherman is a guy's guy. He eats everything in sight. His so-called smooth moves with his girlfriend sink like a stone. And his happy-go-lucky manner endears him to all of his friends. What makes Sherman atypical is the fact that he's a great white shark whose pals include a smart-aleck hermit crab named Hawthorne, an intellectual fish called Earnest, and a sensible sea turtle known as Fillmore. For more than a decade, the daily adventures of Sherman and his coral companions have delighted readers of Sherman's Lagoon across the globe. Now Sherman and his sea urchin buddies take us for another swim down memory lane with Surf's Up, bringing together Sherman's Lagoon strips from 1994 and 1995, many of which have never before been published in book form.This roll-back-the-clock collection picks up where the successful Greetings from Sherman's Lagoon collection left off, offering the strip's loyal longtime readers the opportunity to catch up on classic Sherman tales of yesteryear. Whether you are a faithful follower of the silly yet sophisticated strip or new to Sherman's underwater world, Surf's Up will be a book you can't put down. Once you've seen the world through the eyes of Sherman, you'll never look at marine life the same way again.