A Baby Blues Collection #36

The cover of this 36th Baby Blues collection by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott says it all: a weary mom grips a walker and shopping bag with a thousand-yard stare while three kids tear through the house in a whirlwind of scattered papers, spilled drinks, and flying crayons behind her. It's a perfectly observed snapshot of domestic chaos that fans of the long-running strip will find instantly, warmly familiar. Surviving the Great Indoors collects another round of the MacPherson family's everyday mayhem — and judging by that cover, "surviving" is exactly the right word.