I Shouldn't Have To Scream More Than Once! [Paperback]

Rick Kirkman (Author), Jerry Scott (Author)

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Created by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman, Baby Blues is read daily by nearly 40 million readers in 500 newspapers and 20 other periodicals. The duo has published 12 other Baby Blues collections and two treasuries. Scott lives in Malibu, California; Kirkman lives in Phoenix, Arizona

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740705571
• ISBN-13: 978-0740705571
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #809,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful gift for parents, July 11, 2001

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E. Madigan (Melrose, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Shouldn't Have To Scream More Than Once! (Paperback)

This book had my husband and I laughing uncontrollably on a number of occasions... We have three children under seven and thoroughly enjoyed this inciteful and humorous vision of life with little kids... Reality in most households is that bright, healthy, active children DO a lot of the things portrayed in this book. Moms that stay home DO have days like that. Dad's do become speed-bumps when they lay on the living room floor. Just TRY to have a tender moment in any room there is a child! Believe it or not, making fun of these incidents is PART OF THE JOY of parenting. The ability to laugh at yourself and your kids while you are shaping them into respectfull, compassionate, responsible adults is a key ingredient to staying sane. And it is a blessing and a gift that these authors remind us that we are not alone in our challenges with our kids. If you haven't had children..... the rewards are great! Remember: this comic was created to make you LAUGH not to scare you or present what life with kids should or shouldn't be... it's just reflection on the dishevled moments of parent hood....

So relax... And have a great laugh.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't take it too seriously, October 31, 2004

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Shouldn't Have To Scream More Than Once! (Paperback)

Some of the best humor is based on exaggeration and this book is an example. It is a collection of cartoons from the Baby Blues syndicated column and they are funny, although you have to approach them with a lack of literalness. All parents will recognize the circumstances depicted in the cartoons, although for their sake, I hope their experiences are not so extreme. My favorite is one where dad is coaching a soccer team and at the end, he falls down exhausted and says, "Coaching is just parenting with a whistle." As a former soccer coach, I could relate to that one.
Read it for fun and don't take it too seriously.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you have an ax to grind, I don't want to hear it., May 30, 2001

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Robert Berry (Raymore, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Shouldn't Have To Scream More Than Once! (Paperback)

Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott put out a very funny cartoon strip. You don't have to be a parent to enjoy this cartoon, but if you are, it hits close to home more than once. It's also nice watching the kids get older (albeit slowly) in a medium that seldom allows it's characters to age at all.

That being said, if you have some ax to grind about something you hate, don't use this customer review area as your soap box. It makes you sound stupid and it's a waste of peoples time when they are looking for honest reviews. I'm glad people love Calvin and Hobbes and it's too bad Bill Watterson quit, but to compare that strip to Baby Blues, demonstrates a lack of knowledge about this strip. If everyone remembers, Calvin had some "despicable yuppie" parents too. I don't know how anyone can call this strip insidious. This strip is not sneaking up on any unsuspecting reader, spreading it's evil. Come on. And as far as unique jokes go, I guess you could say they're all (including Watterson, when he was doing Calvin) ripping off the late Charles Shultz, but that's not being fair to the cartoonists who do this for a living and try to be funny every day.

So if you bought this book and you loved or hated it, tell me why. If you're just angry, I really don't want to hear from you.