[Title]: Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out
[Publication Date]: September 25, 2012
[ISBN]: ISBN 1-4494-2302-7
[Contents]: Strips from Larry in Wonderland and Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover With Your Left Hand (dating from August 24, 2009 to February 27, 2011); annotations by the cartoonist; Pastis features "The Drawings you Probably Never Saw", explaining that he is required to submit a title panel for his strip regardless of whether the paper allows space for it (most do not) and shows the user several different ones he used before adopting one universal title panel.
[Title/cover parody]: Cover art depicts Pastis as a carnival barker promoting a freak show that features Rat, Goat, Larry, Pig and a drunken, unconscious Danny Donkey. Pastis is joined by model Gwen Hefner, who poses as his assistant.
(Treasuries)[Title]: Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata
[Publication Date]: March 1, 2007
[ISBN]: ISBN 0-7407-6801-8
[Contents]: Strips from January 24, 2005 through October 30, 2005.
[Cover/title parody]: The cover vaguely parodies the movie poster of Animal House (note the pirate costume on one of the crocodiles, similar to that worn by John Belushi in the film, and the toga worn by Rat)
(Collections)[Title]: The Crass Menagerie
[Publication Date]: March 28, 2008
[ISBN]: ISBN 0-7407-7100-0
[Contents]: Strips from Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata and The Sopratos (January 24, 2005 to August 5, 2006); annotations by the cartoonist; Not Yet Ready for Prime Time Comic Strips, a collection of strips which never ran in newspapers including one strip that was never finished.
[Title/cover parody]: Title parodies Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie; cover does not feature a parody but instead features the Pearls characters (sans Pig) running amok and destroying Stephan Pastis' office while Pastis watches in disbelief.
(Treasuries)[Title]: Nighthogs
[Publication Date]: March 31, 2005
[ISBN]: ISBN 0-7407-5009-7
[Contents]: Strips from July 14, 2003 to April 18, 2004.
[Cover/title parody]: The title and cover are parodies of Edward Hopper painting "Nighthawks". Stephan Pastis stated that Hopper is one of his favorite artists, which may state why the parody is from "Nighthawks". Rat takes the place of the waiter behind the counter while Goat, Pig, and Zebra sit around it. The cover was originally one of Pastis' Sunday strip title panels.
(Collections)[Title]: The Saturday Evening Pearls
[Publication Date]: March 17, 2009
[ISBN]: ISBN 0-7407-7391-7
[Contents]: Contains strips from May 14, 2007 to February 16, 2008.
[Cover/title parody]: Title and cover are a parody of The Saturday Evening Post. The cover setting parodies the painting "Freedom from Want" by Norman Rockwell, a regular illustrator for the Post. In this case, various crocodiles are sitting around a table while Patty (Larry the croc's wife) serves Zebra for dinner and Rat, Pig, and Guard Duck watch on in horror.
(Collections)[Title]: Suit Your Selfie
[Publication Date]: July 18, 2017
[ISBN]: ISBN 9781449483753
[Contents]: Strips selected to be appropriate for younger readers as part of Andrews McMeel Publishing's AMP! Comics for Kids series
[Cover/title parody]: Title parodies the phrase "suit yourself". Cover features Rat and Pig taking a selfie on Rat's cell phone.
(AMP! books)
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