The Pajama Diaries ... centers on Jill Kaplan, an independent and introspective suburban mother, as she balances her career as a freelance graphic designer and family life ... The strip provides readers with an intimate and candid view of modern marriage, work, and motherhood. Readers relate to Jill’s inner dialog and contemporary struggle...
There's one important thing the blurb forgets to mention though, and I think it's the clearest message the strip sends. Mums need booze. Take today's strip:
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| The Pajama Diaries, 2014-03-07. |
Doesn't matter what it tastes like, if it's got alcohol in it then it's good enough! Last week it was this:
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| The Pajama Diaries, 2014-02-28. |
What you need to cope with being a mother is a drink. Or five. It's not every week, but here's one from earlier this year:
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| The Pajama Diaries, 2014-01-28. |
Seems like at least once a month Terri Libenson makes sure to remind us that she's not an alcoholic, she just drinks that much because she's a mother. Sure.
I'd also like to add that every time I write the name of this comic it is driving me crazy to misspell the word "pyjama" like that.
Daddy’s Home is a contemporary, family comic with an emphasis on the role of the modern father. No other cartoon feature examines domesticity from this uniquely male perspective...
Oh yeah, that's what the comics page is missing; the perspective of a middle-aged, upper-middle-class men. I can't think of more than a dozen or so comics with this exact premise, it's a really under-served niche. I wonder if they'll mention golf at all? I don't think there are enough comics about golf.
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| Daddy's Home, 2014-03-04. |
And can you believe it only takes two people to produce this masterpiece? Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein, I salute you.
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