Big Honkin' Zits: A Zits Treasury by Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Jim Borgman

Synopsis

Widely lauded by critics, colleagues, and readers, Zits is has been twice honored with the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award as the Best Newspaper Comic Strip, and received the Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip.

This treasury, Big Honkin' Zits, represents a compilation of Don't Roll Your Eyes at Me, Young Man! and Are We an "Us"?. With friends and family, Jeremy ponders life's great philosophical questions, such as, "If the universe is constantly expanding, how come the sky never gets any bigger?" He tackles serious issues, too, deciding with his buddy, Hector, to shave his head to support a friend's mom who's battling cancer.

Big Honkin' Zits masterfully guides its readers through the real-life joys and heartaches of being a teenager.

KLIATT

The hilarious trials and tribulations of 15-year-old Jeremy are featured in the syndicated comic strip "Zits"; this volume, a sequel to the Humongous Zits treasury, brings together two collections, Don't Roll Your Eyes at ME, Young Man, and Are We an "Us"? Jeremy's ambition is to be a "rock god," but meanwhile he must contend with high school, well-meaning but clueless parents, and the ups and down of his relationship with his girlfriend, Sara. His best friend Hector offers support, luckily, and he's always got his rock band, the rusty van he and Hector are renovating, and his fantasies to help him pull through. Cartoonists Scott and Borgman really understand the yearnings and relationships of the teen years, and convey them wittily. Visually, the strips capture Jeremy's slovenliness and the characters' endlessly varied and amusing facial expressions; most are b/w, with some in color. All teens will find something to relate to and roar with laughter at here. Category: Miscellaneous. KLIATT Codes: JSA*—Exceptional book, recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Andrews McMeel, 256p. illus., Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Paula Rohrlick; KLIATT

Biography

Zits writer Jerry Scott also is co-creator of the award-winning strip Baby Blues. He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 2001 for his work on both strips. He lives in Malibu, Calif. Zits artist Jim Borgman won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning and the Reuben Award in 1993. Jim lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is the editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Jim Borgman is the only cartoonist to win the NCS's Best Editorial Cartoonist Award five times, as well as a Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1993. He lives in Cincinnati and draws for the Cincinnati Enquirer.