Baby Blues (comic strip)

Baby Blues
The MacPherson family (from left to right; Wanda, Wren, Zoe, Hammie and Darryl)
Author(s)Jerry Scott, Rick Kirkman
Current status/scheduleRunning
Launch dateJanuary 7, 1990; 34 years ago (January 7, 1990)
Syndicate(s)Creators Syndicate (1990–1995)
King Features Syndicate (1995–2022)
Andrews McMeel Syndication (2022-present)
Publisher(s)Andrews McMeel Publishing
Genre(s)Humor

Baby Blues is an American comic strip created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990.[1] Distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 until January 2022, and distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication as of January 2022, the strip focuses on the MacPherson family and specifically on the raising of the three MacPherson children.

When the strip debuted, the MacPherson family consisted of Darryl and Wanda and newborn Zoe. The first strip took place in the hospital room shortly after Zoe was born. Later, two more children—Hammie, the middle child and the only son, and Wren, the youngest child—were added to the family. Both Kirkman and Scott have drawn from their own parenting experiences as a source for the strip's content.

  1. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780472117567.