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Driving Under the Influence of Children
A Baby Blues Treasury
2005
First Published
4.18
Average Rating
248
Number of Pages

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"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.

Avg Rating
4.18
Number of Ratings
1,260
5 STARS
48%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
19%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
2%
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Authors

Rick Kirkman
Rick Kirkman
Author · 37 books
Rick Kirkman is a cartoonist and co-creator of the comic strip Baby Blues. He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1995, and the Reuben Award in 2012 for his work on the strip. He also served as co-executive producer of The WB animated television series of Baby Blues.
Jerry Scott
Jerry Scott
Author · 73 books
Jerry Scott is an American cartoonist. He is the creator of Baby Blues and co-creator of Zits.
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