Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for March 21, 2025

Like you’ve been chewing on a 220 live wire.

Like pupils don’t really suit you anymore…

I wouldn’t be there when she comes back from school.

Curly.

“Like a raggedy ann doll that touched a Van de Graff generator.”

Cute!

That question never gets any easier, as the girls grow up, either.

Run to the bathroom and lock the door. Hammie may be in the bathroom for the same reason.

You auditioning for Annie?

Like Raggedy Ann cosplay.

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“You Look Like I Need A Drink”

Is she trying out for Orphan Annie in a play?

Raggedy Ann meets Lil Orphan Annie.

Adorable.

“Anything you say will be used against you later”!

“Are you auditioning for Annie?”

Another tired comic that upholds the same narrow beauty standards. After all these years, you’ve shown us one thing: ignorance isn’t your excuse—it’s your legacy. Like those before you, you’ll brush this off, hide behind hollow laughter, and keep serving mediocrity. But don’t worry, irrelevance doesn’t sting—until it swallows you whole.

Don’t worry, the sun will come out tomorrow

Wanda… dear Wanda… why did you do it…

You look absolutely vortical!

And when he finished laughing dad said, fine.

“Very sweet”

Those pants make your butt look big, Zoe.

please say its not picture day!

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Adords. You look adorbs. Don’t send her into the pit that is public school with nothing less than your full support.

It’s a hard knock life

When we got our 1st grade photos taken, the letter sent home to parents asked that the children look “natural”. My mother decided that I had “naturally” curly hair & gave me a perm. I looked like Zoe, only brown instead of red.

Mrs Six had a perm when l first met her nearly 40 years ago. That and the white musk hit me for SIX!

What’s hard about that question? She looks cute.

Looks like spring has sprung!

Looks like a FOOL

Cute, darling, you look cute.

Like she stuck her finger into a light socket. Do we have some culture stealing going on here with the Afro look? Why not draping curls since she has long hair?

“Wow! Look at you! Wow!”

“That reminds me, I need to do the dishes. I could use your help on the caked on stuff, Zoe.”

Frightening

“Unique!”

At least she isn’t asking “Does this hair make me look fat?”

Like a human mop

How about “You always look beautiful to me, Darlin”

Just wait until Hammie sees her!

At her age, it’s adorable.

To hard on the curls, Wanda?

the sun will come out tomorrow…..

Having only sons I can’t say for sure, but I suspect that question from a daughter is at least as bad as that question from a wife……..

She looks like Alice Otterloop.

Like a cross between Little Orphan Annie and Macy Gray…

Haircut….immediately…

I remember the first time she put curlers in her hair.

Both daughters once did their hair with curling irons. I still cringe thinking about it. Have that picture somewhere.

Well, the circus would like it I guess. But I do remember the time of the beehive hairdos of the early 1960s.

Easy answer, Dad. You tell her she looks beautiful

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! …..

SHRIEK!

Next time Wanda, tell Zoe to lick her finger and then stick it in a light socket. Maybe the jolt will knock some sense into her.

Just like River Song.

As the husband to one and father to two redheads who get the frizzes on occasion and have looked like that more than once my basic reply has always been, “I like it.” Unless she is not liking it, and then we go into “Frizzy Elimination Mode.” But I would never say anything cruel like “You look like a mess.” YMMV

Different, but it’s not bad.

Earlier this week she could have paired that hairstyle with a bright green dress & dancing shoes!

It may be a hard question today, but just remember: The sun will come out, tomorrow . . .

Really curly. Zoe should go for Little Annie.

Uh, well different?

Get rid of the pupils and she is Annie

kind of like little orphan Annie

Little Orphan Zannie!

Little Orphan Annie comes to mind…….

Electric outlet shock?

The sun will come out tomorrow…

When Hammie stops laughing, he’ll tell you

“Well…I, uh…I love you, honey.”

Like your head exploded.

Like Li’l Orphan Annie, but younger.

Seems a little weird now, but my mother gave me (a guy) permanents in the long-ago and wholly-unlamented disco era. Wore that for 2-3 years.

Rusty Brillo pad.