BEDLAM: A Baby Blues Collection

Baby Blues Scrapbooks #30

by Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott

For more than 20 years,  Baby Blues has tickled and reassured overwhelmed parents. With Darryl and Wanda MacPherson's constant state of upheaval in parenting Zoe, Hammie, and Baby Wren, fans can recognize their own real-life Baby Blues moments.Now in an annual, treasury-sized book, Baby Blues brings you another year of life with the MacPhersons. Often-befuddled Darryl and always-overworked Wanda manage to parent precocious Zoe, ornery Hammie, and Baby Wren while still keeping their senses of humor and sometimes even sweetness. In this collection, Zoe decides it's time for her to take karate lessons, Wanda declares she needs some time for herself and joins a book (wine?) club, and Hammie discovers the joys of a zip line. Mostly calm Wanda finally reaches her breaking point of asking the kids to clean up, unleashing a new force of nature to the comic strip: the Tsumommy!

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Cartoon, Graphic Novels Comics

216 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 5, 2013

About the author

Rick Kirkman is a cartoonist and co-creator of the comic strip Baby Blues. He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1995, and the Reuben Award in 2012 for his work on the strip. He also served as co-executive producer of The WB animated television series of Baby Blues.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many of the comics here made me laugh or smile because of how true they are; despite the fact that I'm a lifelong single and don't even want kids, what I've seen other parents having to deal with made this hit home all the more. However, the e-book edition I had made the comics so small, it was difficult to read the dialogue at times. If you have trouble reading tiny lettering, I suggest getting a print version instead.

[Susana · Rating 4 out of 5]

É bom saber que não só connosco... e se for com humor melhor!

Algumas tiras são particularmente divertidas e quase dizemos em voz alta "É que é mesmo assim!"

Recomendado especialmente a quem tenha pelo menos dois filhos, mas pode ser apreciado por qualquer pessoa que conheça este "mundo" (conheço um adolescente de 14 anos que delira com isto...).

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite serialized comic series. I started reading them when it was only Zoe giving them the baby blues. I still love to give the first book out as a gag gift at baby showers.

[Arthur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always enjoyable.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny, I enjoyed it even though I don't even have kids or significant other!

[Rosey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great comics to read on a calm Saturday.

[Narariel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good collection, this book includes such adventures as a well-baby checkup for Wren that surprises Wanda, an anniversary dinner for Darryl & Wanda that goes poorly, & Hammie's attempts to learn to exercise his attention span. A nice read for boosting the spirit.

[Janika Puolitaival · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every time my ovaries whine, I slam them with these books :) Wonderful series of family life and parenthood.

[Helga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Esta é a minha colecção de BD preferida :-) Todos os pais a deveriam ler, não estranhem se se identificarem com algumas situações :-)
Recomendo a sua leitura e dis restantes volumes :-)

[Lea Tan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love baby blues! Despite not having my own family and single, it is funny and enjoyable to read.

[Chintya Rahmawati · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never fails to make me happy.