Zits Sketchbook No. 8: Teenage Tales
by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Overview
From the Publisher:
Fifteen-year-old Jeremy Duncan is the heart and soul of puberty. A typical teen, Jeremy is shy, self-absorbed, and bored. He loves hanging out and playing the guitar, and is constantly befuddled at his parents' uncoolness. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's perfect 4.0 grade-point-average, star athlete, flawless complexion image. Jeremy's girlfriend, Sara, loves that she can get him to do anything for her. His best friends are Hector and Pierce, whom he's known for-almost-ever. His parents? Uncool baby boomers. (Unless you're a parent. Then they are two suburban professionals trying to do the best they can with a teenager going through that "awkward" phase.) The enormously popular comic strip Zits depicts teenage and parental angst like no other. Teenage Tales is a cornucopia of recent Zits for die-hard fans everywhere. Zits can be seen in more than 1,100 newspapers, which is almost unheard of. Only 18 other comic strips have achieved that extraordinary milestone. Zits has won the National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip of the Year for two years in a row.
My thoughts
If you have kids, particularly if you have teenagers, you'll love Zits! The comics are funny because they're so true!!! I dare you not to find a dozen comic strips that you can personally relate to!
Favorite Passage
JEREMY! WILL YOU PLEASE GET YOUR SHOES OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING ROOM?
ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! I HEARD YOU!
You know, just because somebody doesn't respond the first few dozen times you tell them to do something doesn't mean they're not listening!
