Inside <I>Women Are from Venus, Men Are Idiots</i>, <I>Close to Home</i> cartoonist John McPherson illustrates what happens when planets--and planetary beings--just don't seem to align. From memorable Thanksgiving TV-carving dinners to disjointed marriage counseling sessions, McPherson culls more than 75 relationship-specific, full-color panels inside this interplanetary ode to coupledom.<P>McPherson's mastery in <I>Close to Home</i> is elevating the mundane to the magnificent. The caustic interactions between balding, bespeckled middle-aged men and auburn-haired, beehive-tressed women become achingly funny when sketched by his pen. Appearing in more than 700 newspapers internationally, McPherson's <I>Close to Home</i> is one of the most popular card lines from Recycled Paper Greetings.