Lift and Separate—Baby Blues 12 Scrapbook

Darryl and Wanda have the parenting thing down all right, but they still continue to be surprised by the delightfully devilish antics of their two live-wire children. From first steps to bedtime snacks, from shopping adventures to sibling rivalry, Zoe and Hamish keep their parents on the move and the rest of us in stitches. For more than a decade, Baby Blues has chronicled the chaotic entertaining lives of the MacPherson clan as they chart a course through the everyday demands of family life. In a style that speaks to parents and nonparents alike, Baby Blues charms its followers with scenes of child-rearing mayhem and devotion.In Lift and Separate, Wanda and Darryl continue to confront the ever-changing challenges of raising two active youngsters. Syndicated in more than 500 newspapers, Baby Blues has attracted nearly 40 million faithful readers who turn in daily to witness the MacPhersons' latest challenges.

Jerry Scott began cartooning professionally in the mid-1970s by submitting gag cartoons to magazines, then taking over Gumdrop and Nancy. He and longtime friend Rick Kirkman hatched the Baby Blues idea in 1988 when Kirkman found himself preoccupied with the birth of his second daughter. Scott, a resident of Malibu, California, also writes for the comic strip Zits. Kirkman lives in Phoenix.