May 12th, 2011

Laugh Finder

by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

My Magic Marionette is in the shop, so I took my Laugh Finder to my current hot coffeeshop for a sketchbook session this morning.

I came upon this idea of Jeremy asking Dad if he could taste his beer. We’ve avoided the topic of teenage drinking so far in Zits, except for a pretty good series a few years ago about a wild party at Piece’s house when his parents left town. If you can find the right way to sneak up on a ticklish subject (like texting while driving earlier this spring), an otherwise heavy topic like this can be a lot of fun.

Let’s see if we’re able to pull something off this time…