Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover With Your Left Hand: A Pearls Before Swine Collection by Stephan, Pastis, 2/5

The Introduction was funnier than all the cartoons combined.  Too much of the humour consisted of self-referential jokes about the jokes themselves.  Also, there were too many “tributes” to other cartoonists and their creations.  This is the kind of humor that is great in small doses from a very original, talented creator.  Otherwise, it just seems a little derivative and desperate.