Synopses & Reviews
Though voices may raise or doors may slam from time to time, the world of
Zits is always an environment of an overarching love and care for each other within the Duncan family."
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. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's perfect 4.0 grade-point-average, athletic talents, and flawless complexion. 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 just 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 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 also won the National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip of the Year award for two years in a row.
Synopsis
- Zits has twice been awarded the Reuben for Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society, in 1998 and 1999. Scott was awarded the 2001 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for his work on Zits and Baby Blues. The creators received the Max & Moritz award for Best International Comic Strip in 2000.
- Zits has been a consistent success on the comics page since its debut in July of 1997. It currently boasts a client base of over 1,100 newspapers, a landmark only 18 comic strips have achieved.
Synopsis
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. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's perfect 4.0 grade-point-average, athletic talents, and flawless complexion. 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 just 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 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 also won the National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip of the Year award for two years in a row.
About the Author
Jerry Scott, the writing side of the Zits duo, is also cocreator of the renowned Baby Blues strip. He and partner Rick Kirkman were honored with the 1995 National Cartoonists Society's Best Comic Strip Award. In 2001, Jerry received that organization's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, and in 2002 was awarded the Adamson Statuette from the Swedish Academy of Comic Art for Best International Comic Strip Artist. He lives in Malibu, Calif., with his wife and two daughters.Jim Borgman earned the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and is the only cartoonist to win the National Cartoonists Society's Best Editorial Cartoonist Award four times. He also won the 1993 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. Jim recently remarried and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with this wife and five teenagers. He still finds time to draw for the Cincinnati Enquirer.