Gross!: A Baby Blues Collection

Baby Blues Scrapbooks #33

by Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott

For more than 25 years, the MacPherson family has brought the joy, humor, and poignancy of raising three children to funny pages worldwide in the popular comic strip, Baby Blues. Gross! reveals the sticky underbelly of parenting, shining a comedic light on everything from dealing with picky eaters to too much screen time. From gargantuan messes to legendary sibling disputes, readers will love following along as the MacPhersons--Darryl, Wanda, and children Zoe, Hammie, and Wren--overcome many of life's hurdles.
Gross! offers a perceptive glimpse into the lives of modern parents, complemented by witty and informative commentary from the co-creators themselves. This collection will appeal to anyone who has kids or who remembers what it was like to be one.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Parenting, Comic Strips, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2016

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

[Susana]

(review in English below)

É notável como os autores conseguem manter a qualidade destas tiras, mesmo quando algumas dificuldades poderiam complicar as coisas (quando o pai de Kirkman adoece e este precisa de tirar um tempo, Scott recicla algumas tiras antigas e cria piadas novas com os mesmos desenhos!...)

Temas atuais, como a Uber, são brilhantemente incluídos nas peripécias da família McPherson.

Muito bom!

It's remarkable how the authors manage to keep the high quality of these comic strips, even when some circumstances could make things complicated (when Kirkman's father becomes ill and he needs to take some time off, Scott recycles some of the old strips, creating new jokes while using the same drawings!...)

Current themes, like Uber, are brilliantly included in the mishaps of the McPhersons.

Very good!

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library)]

More family craziness from the MacPhersons...but you already knew that, right? Though I'm not usually a fan of commentary alongside comic strips, I did think it was interesting how one of the creators reused old drawings for new strips, and especially how he did it using modern technology. I wonder if any of the daily readers of the funny pages knew that while the strips were running in newspapers.

[BookCupid]

Some of these are hilarious, others too realistic to be that funny. Life with kids is quite a whole lot of fun and hard work. Kind of like this comic.

[Helga]

Belas gargalhadas. Qualquer semelhança com a vida real... é provável que tenha advindo realmente de uma situação real :-)

[Shelby Bethke]

Read and enjoyed this as a kid, but it's on a whole other level reading as a parent 😂

[Kris]

Hysterical and real as usual!

[David Allen Hines]

I've always enjoyed Baby Blues and I have recently acquired some of the more recent titles in the series and am enjoying reading them very much. The artwork is excellent, there are many strips in full color, and the compilation is interspaced with little notes from the artists who draw and conceive the strip, which really adds to the context and history. Any fan of the series will enjoy Gross! My only actual complaint is the book is too big! In paperback, it tends to flop a bit and is best read laying on a table.

[Rex Libris]

Like Dilbert and those who work in offices versus those who do not, only those who are parents will truly understand the full humor of Baby Blues. The strip may be funny to non-parents, but one cannot appreciate the fullness of the strip unless one has lived it.

One of the nice editorial things the authors do is have notes about the background of the strip at hand. It is a nice touch getting those little insights.

[Diana]

Borrowed this from our library. I haven't caught up with Baby Blues in awhile, we have most of the older books, pre-Wren. Even though the authors don't age the kids too quickly it was a bit of a shock to see Zoe listed as a 4th grader. Still hilarious and I know I've seen and heard some of the strips from my own niece and nephew as well as my friends kids.

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus]

On of my reading goals in life is to own every one of these books as a collection. I adore Baby Blues comics and always have. I laugh out loud, feel reminiscent and teary and truly love the drawings. Not only is it spot on about what it means to be a parent today but also what it means to be a sibling.

[Dannan Tavona]

Another fun collection

Comics, modern parenting toils and frustrations

Kirkman and Scott have another winner of totally relatable snapshots from the parenthood files. Sometimes they do test your love and devotion, but that is life and love put to the test. Amusing and all-too-often uncannily accurate drawings as well. The creators-authors have another great collection. Enjoyed.

[Mary]

Fun collection of the Baby Blues Comic Strip. I really enjoyed how the creators commented on how they came up with the ideas and did the drawings. Super cool! I'm excited to read another one in the collection soon.

[Ron]

I miss this strip being in the local paper, but thanks to Hoopla and my local public library, I can still catch up on the adventures of Zoe, Hammie, Wren trying to outwit their parents. A nice collection with the creators commenting underneath various strips.

[Rita]

Bela leitura de praia.

[Patti]

A good laugh

Only in Baby Blues can the daily grind get a laugh. I love these books. They always manage to look at the light side of reality.

[Llyr Heller-Humphreys]

Loved the notes from the creators. Really added an extra layer.

[Cindy]

Just stumbled across this and it reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes, which of course, was awesome.

[Walter Flynn]

Cute, realistic family cartoon

Always get lots of laughs from the MacPhersons, especially Hammie! Zoe seems like an annoying sistet, but I didn't grow up with any.

[laura (bookies & cookies)]

Made me nostalgic for reading newspaper comics

[Atlanta]

Always my favorite comics. Worth reading every time.

[Nicole]

Baby Blues never fails to make me laugh! Highly recommend!

[Megan Byrd]

A humorous collection of Baby Blues strips. Very relatable as a parent and sibling. Love this comic.

[Grace Mintun]

2.5 stars

[Maggie]

I love this family. And it's one of the few comics that I can think of where the kids actually age.

[Amanda]

Always good for a laugh

[AJ Payne]

I liked to read the Baby Blues strip in the comics growing up, so it was fun to read this collection of strips that ran long after I stopped reading it (2015).

[Delie Dell Chua]

I’m glad I discovered this in kindle unli. Super funny- I Love zoe and hammie! Their antics and banter are so nostalgic, I See myself and my younger siblings in them!

[Sadie-Jane Huff]

Book 114 of 365 ~ 2026

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I loved this one especially as the commentary showed what an amazing tag team Rick and Jerry are.

#book114of365 #amreading #thisbookfairyisreading #theSGtrekkiereads

[Kerrikoala]

I'm going to give this a 3.5, because the size/shape of this made it difficult to read in bed.

[Lisa]

These are always laugh out loud funny!