Customer Reviews

Thrashed: Zits Sketchbook No. 9

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I have been a fan of this comic since it debuted in my local newspaper. Every time a new collection comes out, I rush to the bookstore to pick it up, or order it online so I don't have to wait. This newest installment of the Zits comic is enjoyable for readers of all ages, but particularly those with teenagers of their own in the house. Once again we are treated to the world according to Jeremy Duncan (and his supporting cast). It is always amazing to see how different the world is when you are 15, and so much is ahead of you, and so much behind. Jeremy handles these obstacles with the usual ennui of a teenager. It is these vingnettes that will transport the reader back to the days of their own youth, and allow them the empathy all too often needed when raising a teenager (or more) in their own homes.

Actually, if you look at the back of "Crack of Noon" by the UPC bar code it says "Includes cartoons from 'Thrashed' and 'Pimp My Lunch'" "Crack of Noon" is the collection those two books are included in. All of the larger books of Zits are collections.

I like Zit's, but it's scandalous that this and other Andrews McMeel books don't specify overlapping content. Thrashed and Pimp My Lunch contain nothing other than the contents of Crack of Noon.

I wasn't happy to learn that I spent (not counting S&H) over $17 for what I could have had for $11. Also, in Crack of Noon, the Sunday strips are colored.

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman must still be teenagers themselves to be able to nail down today's kids. Funky, bright, studious, silly and often a bit stupid but you just have to love these kids, and you have to love Jim and Jerry for helping us know them! It's a great cartoon strip for all ages to enjoy.

Need I say more?

Just get it... mine is so dog-eared from being read countless times. I had to even hide it away from my teenage kid.

Reading a Zits Sketchbook is like going through an album of family pictures.
Cartoons are there instead of color pictures, but Zits characters are absolutely alive, exquisitely drawn and tremendously funny. Zits Sketchbooks are a window through which parents can recognize their own teenager as well as themselves and laugh at both.
Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman are masters of Teenager-Watching.

Thrashed, and all of the Zits collection, is therapeutic for parents of teenagers. Our house is Jeremy's house. Connie Duncan and I have a parallel universe. Borgman and Scott express a parent's perspective perfectly (and they do a fine job for the teenager's perspective too!)

I have to confess to being a member of ZA (Zits Anonymous).

Like the prior 8 Zits Sketchbooks, "Trashed" is fantastic. However, Jeremy might express it a little differently;

Interviewer: "What do you think of TRASHED Jeremy?"

Jeremy: "I Dunno..."