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Driving Under the Influence of Children: A Baby Blues Treasury [Paperback]

Rick Kirkman (Author), Jerry Scott (Author)
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Baby Blues Treasury May 1, 2005
"Any parent can understand why Darryl and Wanda MacPherson can't decide whether to hug Zoe and Hammie to pieces or turn them into pieces in some less loving way. . . . Kirkman and Scott are virtuosi of the world of child-rearing." --Infodad.com

Under the sticky seats, next to the molten milkshakes, unreturned library books, and petrified french fries is where you'll probably find the hidden microphone. Those Baby Blues cartoonists undoubtedly planted it in your minivan, because how else could they come up with the ideas for their comic strip that mirror exactly what's going on in your life?

Fans and critics have been alternately checking under their seats and raving about the realism of the parenting experience depicted in Baby Blues for years. That realism is no accident (nor the result of illegal wiretaps). Parents themselves, cocreators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott have an infinite wellspring of material at their disposal. As writer Jerry Scott explains, "As long as kids keep having runny noses and wiping them on the drapes, we're in business."

This colorful treasury, Driving Under the Influence of Children, not only contains over 240 pages of award-winning Baby Blues comic strips, but also contains Baby Blues stickers, including a bumper sticker that should be affixed to nearly every minivan on the road.


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Rick Kirkman of Phoenix, Ariz., and Jerry Scott of San Luis Obispo, Calif., launched Baby Blues in 1990 and have spent the years since getting the strip "just right." Jerry also writes the award-winning comic strip Zits and has received a Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonist Society.

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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (May 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740750054
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740750052
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 11 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, not to mention just plain funny, July 3, 2005
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Driving Under The Influence Of Children is the latest compiled treasury of "Baby Blues" comic strips, collecting the daily struggles of two parents and the three precocious young children who exist to exhaust their resources, wallets, and supply of clean clothes. Parents everywhere are sure to see their own experiences reflected in the good-natured humor of the stay-at-home "I prefer to think of it as twenty-five years of maternity leave" mother and well-meaning father with noticeably less stamina around babies at maximum volume ("How come when you look after the kids it's 'parenting' but when I look after the kids it's 'not working'?" asks the beleagured mother). Baby Blues remains a gem among comic strips, both in that its characters are permitted to age with the passage of time, and in that it remains as fresh, funny, and all-too-insightful of the human condition as it was in its inception. Highly recommended, not to mention just plain funny.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Relatively new to the strip, March 27, 2008
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I have read Baby Blues on and off in the local paper for the past several years. Having not received the paper on a regular basis has prevented me from sticking with it consistently. However, I have historically enjoyed it when I read and decided to start picking up the treasuries to play a bit of a game of catch-up. They weren't all readily available and I'm a bit of a stickler for reading in some degree of order. As a result, I started with the first of the series that I could readily find.

As expected, it was very entertaining and made brought an audible chuckle on more than one occasion. Thoroughly enjoyable. I would happily recommend. Next up for me: Framed - Baby Blues Treasury
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5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous look at real family life, August 30, 2005
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As a parent of four grown sons, I found this a very entertaining and accurate view of the 26 child rearing years I spent at home with my sons. So I bought this book for my son and his wife who are raising twins, a boy and a girl.
The bumper sticker in the back of the book is a nice bonus: "Driving under the influence of children" How true!!!!
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