A Baby Blues Treasury: Framed!

Baby Blues Specials

by Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott

Kirkman and Scott don't just have their fingers on the pulse of the modern middle-class family; they have a grip on its wrist like a mother pulling a three-year-old past a grocery store cookie aisle.

Tadpoles in the toilet, backseat border wars, emergency homemade diapers . . . welcome to another year in the life of the never-a-dull-moment McPherson family. While sister Zoe and brother Hammie's budding sibling rivalry reaches new heights (and volumes), baby Wren is making great strides of her own. With the advent of "the climbing phase" no coffee table, countertop, or bookshelf is too high.

For years, the team of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott have given readers a too-funny-to-be-true, too-real-not-to-be insider's view of the American dream. They get the details and dilemmas so right, in fact, that it's a wonder they haven't been indicted for domestic surveillance.

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

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

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

[David Allen Hines · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been reading Baby Blues for many years and this year I decided to buy and read all of the books in the series, and have been having a great time with it. This large oversize volume was published in 2006 and collects strips from he period when Wren is still a baby, Zoe is in preschool or thereabouts and Hammie is in grade school. Any parent of children these ages will relate to the many funny strips. One I could sure relate to having also had three children was when Darryl remarks a full day at work is nothing compared to a day of parenting! I also loved the "Ask a Dad" series where Darryl provides answers to such things as how long it takes paint to dry on carpet while Wanda runs in terror to find the mess the kids made! Anyone who enjoys Baby Blues will love this collection!

[Shawna Renteria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course 5 stars so nostalgic and fun to read.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an above treasury for an already above comic strip. The book begins with a strong series and has highlights throughout without much repetition of previous material. Darryl's attempt to teach Zoe and Hammie chess was particularly hilarious, especially if you know chess people. Wanda's desire for a new washer and dryer (the dryer "because it has that huge dent in it"!) is another stand-out, even if I had already read the series in We Were Here First: Baby Blues Looks at Couplehood with Kids.

It also contains one of the most poignant insights into parenthood versus adulthood when Wanda tells Darryl "You have to decide whether you're raising grass or raising kids." Thankfully Darryl realizes the correct answer.

[Chintya Rahmawati · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE IT SO MUCH, I CAN'T EVEN.....
Pertama kali baca di Kompas Klasika, cuma ada setiap hari minggu dan langsung jatuh hati. Setiap hari minggu yg dibuka pertama selain sudoku level 5 ya si baby blues ini. Biasanya jarang langsung bisa suka sama komik strip, tapi baby blues ini bikin langsung ngefans, mungkin karena gambarnya menarik dan ceritanya yg absurd tapi sangat relateable.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 2nd Baby Blues collection. Equally as good as the first I read and I'm likely to pick up more in the future. Definitely more entertaining when you have a small child, as I read the strip long before Killian came along.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Framed: A Baby Blues Treasury (Baby Blues #31) by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott (Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC 2006) (741.5973). These are the further adventures of Daryl and Wanda as they attempt to raise Zoe, Hammish, and Wren. My rating: 7/10, finished 11/2010.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just read it a second time and just as good as the first. So many things women with kids have in common with the mom like trying to cook withnthe baby hanging on to your leg. Mine did that too!

[Shari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contains 20 & 21--"Something Chocolate This Way Comes" and "Our server is Down."

[MizzyRed · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun way to pass some time.