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Jeremy & Dad: A ZITS Tribute-ish to Fathers and Sons (Zits Treasury)

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This was very similar to Jeremy and Mom, so if you purchased that one, then you will like this one, too. This is just a collection of strips including how Jeremy and Dad -relationship and characters have developed and how the writers have got the ideas for the characters, their clothing, the typical topics and problems with teenager and his father.
It is still a hilarious collection to read even if I had read the same ones before. The notes made by the authors also reveal the ideas behind the cartoons and characters and it is interesting to see how much the characters relate to the real world and issues.

Part of me was confused when the authors describe that the parents background is based on 1960s (like it is in the cartoon) with all the old fashioned clothes and memories of roadtrips in 1960s... but then Jeremy is teenager now with ipods... So the age difference of a parent who had lived their young adult life in 1960s and todays's teenagers, is huge! The technology has changed so much of how we communicate and relate to other people.
But if the parents had been teens or young adults in 1960s then they should be around 70 year old today when Jeremy is 16 year old? They must have got their children really late because the other son is at college.. The parents still look like they are middle aged, and not senior citizens.

There have been and continue to be several comic strips that focus on the relationship between teenagers and their families. There have also been several comic strips that featured a teenager as one of several characters in the strip. However, Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman's "Zits" is the only current comic strip I know of that focuses on a teenage boy and the relationship between he and his parents. Though it has been marketed as a treasury, JEREMY & DAD isn't really a treasury. It's more of a themed collection featuring strips from the past few years revolving around Jeremy and his dad, Walt. Fans of the strip probably already own most of these strips in collection books. This is a book for people that aren't already familiar with "Zits". It also makes a nice gift to give to a father for a Christmas gift, birthday present, or Father's Day treasure.

Well, this is not really for them. Because they've been buying the former REAL treasuries, and this is more or less a compilation of them focusing on Jeremy and his relationship with his dad. You have these already!
Actually, I don't know who this is for...
Put out a real thing, please!

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman provide two fine Zits comic strip collections about the wayward teen, and is a pick for any fan of Zits or any parent. JEREMY & DAD: A ZITS TRIBUTE-ISH TO FATHERS AND SONS packs in black and white and color cartoon strips, all focusing on the relationship between Jeremy and his father. It's an outstanding Father's Day tribute - and a perfect gift for any father.