Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for September 07, 2023

Ah, the panicked kid rumors. I remember that. My sister freaked out and told me our dad was going to have heart surgery one time. What actually happened was our mother told him to, quote, “Lay off the bacon before you give yourself a heart attack.”

I got a bad feeling for this.

And what about Wren? Which sibling wants to live with her?

The courts would decide who gets you and how much visitation time the other one gets.

And Darryl seems to be more forgiven to them for being themselves.

Grab the baby and run. RUN. Nah, you’ll understand later. Still traumatized, but you’ll understand, and you can get back to not getting along.

I’ll be glad when this arc is over.

I’m sorry, I just can’t bring myself to find humor in thoughts about a tragedy that happens all too often these days.

Sounds like the managers doing employee evaluations.

Alas, when this blows up in Zoe’s face, she will still come out smelling like a rose and no wiser for getting the facts before spreading rumors.

Come on kids you’re not looking at the upside. Two Christmases, two birthday parties, presents galore. Dream a little.

I hope Wanda doesn’t hear that. She doesn’t seem like she’ll budge on buying better junk foods.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, Hammie the most aware character in this strip. He acknowledges that Wanda & Darryl are excellent parents.

Hammy lost his socks

I just want to know what’s going on with Hammie’s wardrobe! Off with the socks, on with the jeans?? LOL

My two sisters and I had to make this choice, although we were all older than these siblings. My sisters both chose mom. Because of that, I chose dad.

Hammie seems to be in the process of getting dressed. In the first panel he’s got one sock on and appears to be in the midst of pulling on the other. He’s not wearing pants. In the second panel, zoom in on Zoe. In the third panel, he’s holding up his pants as if preparing to put them on, but his socks are off.

Did he take off the socks during the second panel? If so, why was he putting them on in the first? Did he suddenly realize they’re the wrong socks or something?

Or maybe he was actually taking them off in the first panel, in which case he’s getting undressed. But if he’s getting undressed, why is he holding up pants he wasn’t wearing before as if he’s about to put them on?

“…. but then there’s the cavities and the dentist….”

Wait til the kids find out it was all a misunderstanding!

How sad that a today’s child is so versant with the idea of divorce.

Divorce is reality, I don’t do comics for reality, bad theme for fun loving baby blues, poo…

Always go with who buys the best junk food.

Not going to matter since all they need to decide is which parent goes with which kid to watch them play their game.

Get your own place, let them visit you.

That Hammie…aaalllways thinkin’!

Sounds like a good enough reason to me!