Binge Parenting

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Modern parenthood goes under the microscope in this sidesplitting collection of Baby Blues comics, sure to make every mom and dad feel seen.

In this chronological collection, readers get a close-up view inside the home of the MacPhersons, a perfectly normal family with perfectly chaotic lives. Daryl and Wanda are deep in the trenches of childrearing and earning their stripes as parents to Zoe, Hammie, and Wren.

Baby Blues expertly illustrates why Band-Aids remain in short supply, tattling and teasing lead to time-outs, and an unplanned visit to the dentist or auto mechanic occurs just when the bills seem to be caught up.

Baby Blues transcends the comic page by fusing the award–winning imaginations of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott with familiar family life. Inside this annotated collection, Kirkman and Scott intuitively balance the humorous with the poignant though relatable and sometimes all-too-familiar parenting scenes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781449488109

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Other Baby Blues® Books from Andrews McMeel Publishing

Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap?

I Thought Labor Ended When the Baby Was Born

We Are Experiencing Parental Difficulties . . . Please Stand By

Night of the Living Dad

I Saw Elvis in My Ultrasound

One More and We’re Outnumbered!

Check, Please . . .

threats, bribes & videotape

If I’m a Stay-at-Home Mom, Why Am I Always in the Car?

Lift and Separate

I Shouldn’t Have to Scream More Than Once!

Motherhood Is Not for Wimps

Baby Blues®: Unplugged

Dad to the Bone

Never a Dry Moment

Two Plus One Is Enough

Playdate: Category 5

Our Server Is Down

Something Chocolate This Way Comes

Briefcase Full of Baby Blues®

Night Shift

The Day Phonics Kicked In

My Space

The Natural Disorder of Things

We Were Here First

Ambushed! In the Family Room

Cut!

Eat, Cry, Poop

Scribbles at an Exhibition

Bedlam

Wetter, Louder, Stickier

No Yelling!

Gross!

Treasuries

The Super-Absorbent Biodegradable Family-Size Baby Blues®

Baby Blues®: Ten Years and Still in Diapers

Butt-Naked Baby Blues®

Wall-to-Wall Baby Blues®

Driving Under the Influence of Children

Framed!

X-Treme Parenting

BBXX: Baby Blues: Decades 1 and 2

Gift Books

It’s a Boy

It’s a Girl

To my team, Kim, Abbey, and Cady Lane.

—J.S.

To the service men and women of the U.S.—and their families— many of whom spend long stretches apart. Thank you.

—R.K.

Rick: This title panel is inspired by an event that happened in eighth grade: A friend and I created a parody of MAD magazine, called MUD (we were comic geniuses). Since we had no way to print multiple copies, we charged our friends and neighbors twenty-five cents each to read it and then return it, so we could charge someone else to read it. When the other kids’ parents found out their kids paid for something they couldn’t keep, we were forced to refund everyone’s money. When you think about it, we were actually decades ahead of our time. We were not only geniuses but visionaries!