Still Pickled After All These Years

by Brian Crane

Book Overview

""This is the second fan letter I have written in my whole life. The other one was to Hopalong Cassidy, when I had a great crush on him at about six years old. But I did want to let you know how very much both my husband and I have enjoyed Pickles from the very first strip. Would you please consider putting a collection together in book form?""-Lois F. in Nevada

As its loyal fans will gladly tell you, Pickles has been a zinger-filled, laugh-out-loud gem since its debut in 1990. Since then, it has steadily climbed in popularity, and today appears in over 400 newspapers worldwide.

Still Pickled After All These Years collects strips from this sweet intergenerational comic that alternates point of view between an older married couple, a 30-something married couple, and their son. The strip centers on Earl and Opal Pickles, who have been married over 50 years but inject plenty of spunk and insight into everything they do. Whether they're taking a wry but sympathetic glance at their divorced daughter, Sylvia, laughing at their faithful but feckless canine, Roscoe, marveling at their dictatorial feline, Muffin, or just commenting on the little things in life, Earl and Opal's good-natured wit and dry humor is brilliantly on target.

Pickles is about growing old and keeping your sense of humor but never forgetting what it's like to be a child. The strip's inaugural AMP collection, Still Pickled After All These Years, encapsulates the importance of staying close to those who bring you the most joy and reminds everyone about the incalculable value of the unconditional love of pets, family, and friends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740743406
• ISBN13: 9780740743405
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

We Still Have Humor

This is great for anyone that's a "little more mature". Most couples will relate to the dialogue between this delightful couple. Grandparents will recognize the conversations with their own grandchildren. My husband and I thoroughly enjoy the book and are looking forward to the arrival of the other volumes. We would love to have a daily calendar to send to others that do not have the fun of reading about the Pickles in their local newspapers.

Pickles

Pickles are the funniest books. Is Brian Crane hiding in our home? Is that how he knows us so well.

1000 and 5 stars for this book and Brian Crane

This Brian Crane has invaded our home, no other explanation for his hitting the nail on our heads

Laughing my head off

Brian Crane is without a doubt one of the funniest cartoonists out there today. His book "Still Pickled After All These Years: A Pickles Book" is just hilarious. You will find yourself laughing out loud while reading this book. It is amazing how easy it is to see real people...i.e., parents/grandparents in his cartoon strips. I highly recommend this book.

Days of laughter

Mr crane, with minimal penstrokes, creates a world of retired folks that captures the humerous and very real situations that we, or our friends, experience.