Books by Brian Crane

Pickles Tails Volume II is the second installment of Brian Crane's Pickles strips dedicated to the hijinks of the beloved Pickles family pets, Roscoe and Muffin! This collection begins in 2008 and moves ahead through 2020, and includes over 300 fully colorized pages and 115 Sunday Strips. Pickles Tails Volume II has all of the beloved Pickles characters as they share all the warmth and antics you have come to expect from the hilarious Pickles family and their favorite furry friends.

This follow-up to Still Pickled After All These Years brings even more laugh-out-loud looks at the daily life of Earl and Opal Pickles; their divorced daughter, Sylvia; and their dog, Roscoe.Growing old is great fun when you keep your sense of humor and never forget the wonder and energy of childhood. Let''s Get Pickled!, the latest collection of Pickles cartoons, feeds on unconditional love-of pets, old friends, and, of course, family-to provide zinger-filled humor. Earl and Opal, a wise-but-spunky loving couple, have been married for 50-plus years. The Pickles'' 30-something remarried daughter and her son round out this sweet intergenerational comic that appeals to both sexes and all age groups. Pickles appears in almost 500 newspapers and has steadily grown in popularity since its debut 16 years ago. Readers nationwide turn to the strip again and again for its good-natured wit and wry humor.

Deja Vu........................focuses on someone in the entertainment business who is confronted by the ghosts of his past.Digging The Dirt...........sees one woman facing those who choose to be the self appointed moral vigilantes in the community. A Moment Of Grace....a fiftieth wedding anniversary that has sad undertones.Just A Passing Fancy....is a man''s self analysis of his own conscience when temptation is laid before him.House Of Penitents.....through an extraordinary experience, this is one man''s question of what lies beyond?

Set in 1938 and very much in the spirit of John Buchan and Arthur Conan Doyle, Betrayal of the Trinity Knot is a story that not only gives a unique insight into the threats of conspiracy and subterfuge by foreign agents in the final year before the outbreak of the Second World War, it is also a story of the naivety and blindness of a nation not willing to accept that the unthinkable could happen again. And intertwined within this trail of intrigue is the inner scrutiny by the unlikely heroof his doubts and uncertainties about the determined path he had been drawn into following.So what began as a relaxing break from his business in Bristol, England, merely to visit his friend, the local vicar of a peaceful parish on Exmoor, ended up for our hero being warned. In no uncertain terms that his story must never be told, that it is not in the national interest.Irrevocably linked within these events is the betrayal of the sacred meaning behind a mysterious, ancient Celtic symbol.But now, after more than seventy years, the previously undisclosed truth about this small piece of hidden history has been unearthed in a manuscript concealed away in an old wooden chest. Even so, it is more than certain that the official records will still be gathering dust in some secret government vault.

""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.