![]() "One of the best things about Baby Blues is that it follows reality so closely that you're never quite sure whether Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott are over the top or are merely excellent reporters." Oh, baby, it's Baby Blues! Just when readers thought the MacPherson world was baby-proofed, cocreators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott flip up the toilet-training lid, throw open the kitchen cabinets, and drag the garden hose into the house with Wall-to-Wall Baby Blues: A Baby Blues Treasury.īaby Blues, of course, is the delightful internationally syndicated comic strip that depicts the adventures of the MacPherson family: Dad Darryl, Mom Wanda, and the three youngsters: Zoe, Hammie, and newborn Wren. Zits has also won the National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip of the Year award for two years in a row. Zits can be seen in more than 1,100 newspapers, which is almost unheard of-only 18 other comic strips have achieved that extraordinary milestone. Teenage Tales is a cornucopia of Zits for die-hard fans everywhere. The enormously popular comic strip Zits depicts teenage and parental angst like no other. (Unless you're a parent, then they are two suburban professionals just trying to do the best they can with a teenager going through that "awkward" phase.) His best friends are Hector and Pierce, whom he's known for-almost-ever. Jeremy's girlfriend, Sara, loves that she can get him to do anything for her. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's perfect 4.0 grade-point-average, athletic talents, and flawless complexion. He loves hanging out and playing the guitar. A typical teen, Jeremy is shy, self-absorbed, and bored. This strip's a winner the world around!įifteen-year-old Jeremy Duncan is the heart and soul of puberty. He has also received such worldwide praise as being named the Swedish Academy of Comic Art's Best International Comic Strip Artist. Nationally, McDonnell has received awards ranging from Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year to Newspaper Comic Strip of the Year. The cartoonist's sparing style and gentle humor invites readers to fill out the frames with their own imaginations. But just beneath the characters' banter and endearing mannerisms are the universal concerns of animals and people alike. Mutts is the perfect way to escape into what appears to be an easygoing, carefree world. The quickest way to absorb McDonnell's mastery of his art is to pick up this third MUTTS treasury, in which frame after frame and strip after strip he consistently displays his wit, cleverness, and ability with a pen. ![]() Patrick McDonnell, creator of MUTT's Mooch the cat and Earl the dog, is such a cartoonist. But it's the artist who can take the simple, keep it simple, and still tell a story that really stands apart from the crowd. Giant events, earth-shaking themes, complex issues.all of these can make for captivating cartoons. MUTTS is, to put it simply, the best comic strip produced in North America today." - The Infodad Page's five-star review
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