Taking Your Pet to the Vet : Cartoons Collected by David Seidman

Garfield,Peanuts,The New Yorker,The Far Sidethese are just a few of the sources forTaking Your Pet to the Vet, a collection of cartoons from more than 200 strips, panels, and other drawings from the best cartoonists in the world. Included are the eerie art ofPlayboycartoonist Gahan Wilson, who puts a werewolf in a vet's waiting room; the homey newspaper comic strips ofFor Better or For Worse's Lynn Johnston, featuring the effects of a huge sheepdog on a small family; and comedy from B. Kliban, whose cat books and calendars have been an international favorite. From a Hindi vet who applies an unconventional method to pull an elephant's tooth to a dog free-associating on a psychiatrist's couch, from a shark's day at the dentist to a snake all tied up in knots, this book delivers a wide assortment of laughs for any pet owner.

David Seidman has been a comics editor at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and Disney Publishing. He has worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists as well as the creators of some of the most popular newspaper strips.