Synopses & Reviews
Twenty years encompasses a lot of innovation and evolution. Think back to the 1990s . . . The Spice Girls, the Macarena, giant shoulder pads, and the premiere of
Baby Blues. Now think about which of those phenomena is still a big part of popular culture today (hint: It ain't the shoulder pads).
BBXX celebrates the fact that
Baby Blues is still going strong and gaining new readers every day.
Inside this special hardcover anniversary edition, readers will receive a guided tour of all things Baby Blues as Kirkman and Scott share personal reflections and never-before-published essays, drawings, and photographs, along with 600 of the most popular Baby Blues strips from the last two decades. BBXX includes the highest production and design standards from the publisher who brought you The Complete Calvin and Hobbes and 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective.
This colossal collection is exactly what Baby Blues 55 million fans have been clamoring for. Balancing the humorous with the poignant through timeless and all-too-familiar parenting scenes, BBXX takes readers on a relevant and timeless journey through twenty years of Baby Blues.
Synopsis
Darryl and Wanda MacPherson's hilarious experiences raising Zoe, Hammie, and Baby Wren are sure to bring smiles to fans who are familiar with the amusing highs and lows of life with small children. Baby Blues expertly illustrates why there are never enough band-aids, napkins, sippy cups, or items crossed off the to-do list.
Synopsis
This hefty, hardcover treasury will highlight 20 years of creating
Baby Blues, one of the most popular comic strips in history. Authors Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott offer personal essays, photos and never-before-published drawings, along with the best strips of the past 20 years.
From temper tantrums to toilet training, everyday experiences that all parents agonize over and laugh about serve as fertile comedic ground for award-winning creators Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman.
Synopsis
A special 20th anniversary hardcover
Baby Blues retrospective, this is the colossal collection that
Baby Blues’s 55 million-plus fans have been clamoring for.
BBXX is a hefty, hardcover treasury highlighting 20 years of Baby Blues, one of the most popular comic strips in history. A comprehensive and commemorative edition of all things Baby Blues, creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott share personal reflections and never-before-published essays, drawings, and photographs, along with almost 800 of the best Baby Blues strips from the last two decades.
Named Best Comic Strip of the Year in 1995, Baby Blues follows young parents Darryl and Wanda MacPherson as they raise children Zoe, Hammie, and Baby Wren. From temper tantrums to toilet training, everyday experiences that all parents agonize over and laugh about serve as fertile comedic ground as BBXX takes readers on a relevant and timeless journey through twenty years of Baby Blues. What results is a truthfully fulfilling romp through the daily aspects of family life as well as a carefully nuanced tug at the heartstrings.
Synopsis
A special 20th anniversary hardcover
Baby Blues retrospective, this is the colossal collection that
Baby Blues’s 55 million-plus fans have been clamoring for.
BBXX is a hefty, hardcover treasury highlighting 20 years of Baby Blues, one of the most popular comic strips in history. A comprehensive and commemorative edition of all things Baby Blues, creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott share personal reflections and never-before-published essays, drawings, and photographs, along with almost 800 of the best Baby Blues strips from the last two decades.
Named Best Comic Strip of the Year in 1995, Baby Blues follows young parents Darryl and Wanda MacPherson as they raise children Zoe, Hammie, and Baby Wren. From temper tantrums to toilet training, everyday experiences that all parents agonize over and laugh about serve as fertile comedic ground as BBXX takes readers on a relevant and timeless journey through twenty years of Baby Blues. What results is a truthfully fulfilling romp through the daily aspects of family life as well as a carefully nuanced tug at the heartstrings.
About the Author
Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott’s work on
Baby Blues has delighted fans and wowed the cartooning world since the pair launched the strip in 1990. Rick lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Jerry, also the cocreator of the award-winning comic strip
Zits, lives in central coastal California.
Online: babyblues.comZits writer Jerry Scott also is co-creator of the award-winning strip Baby Blues. He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 2001 for his work on both strips. He lives in Malibu, Calif. Zits artist Jim Borgman won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and the Reuben Award in 1993. Jim lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is the editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer.