Zits Apocalypse: Are You Ready? by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 208 pages

 Welcome to Zits, the brilliantly funny comic strip that is the perfect portrayal of life with a teenager—complete with an eye-rolling teen and well-intentioned, but baffled, parents.

Teenagers are a lot like zombies--slow-moving, difficult to communicate with, and always, always hungry. Luckily, Zits Apocalypse is here to shed some light on the ups, downs, and in-betweens of parenting teens. Join the Duncan family--Connie, Walt, and Jeremy--as they grapple with modern technology, confront an endless sea of dirty laundry, and learn to bridge the cultural divide between parents and teenagers.

Zits Apocalypse offers a light-hearted yet insightful look at the multifaceted lives of modern teens and their families, complemented with annotations from the creators. From financial trouble to the perils of young love, this collection broaches relevant and familiar topics with with, wit, humor, and affection.

My Bad by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, 262 pages

 My Bad is filled with funny, genuine stories about life as -- and with -- a teenage boy. Taken from firsthand experience of successfully living through the teen years and now raising teenagers, Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman cross the minefield of all that teenagerhood holds. From questions, curiosities, and concerns, to hormones and insecurities, key character Jeremy, girlfriend Sara, and best buds Hector and Pierce make muddling through the day memorable.

Everybody gets Zits because everyone has either been a teenager, is one, will be one, is raising one, or knows one.

Crack of Noon by Jim Borgman & Jerry Scott, 248 pages

 This Zits treasury combines strips from Thrashed and Pimp My Lunch, meaning fans can once again enjoy such Zits classic moments as the joys of instant messaging and the proper way to apply deodorant.

Teenage Tales by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 Fifteen-year-old Jeremy Duncan is the heart and soul of puberty. A typical teen, Jeremy is shy, self-absorbed, and bored. He loves hanging out and playing the guitar, and is constantly befuddled at his parents' uncoolness. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's perfect 4.0 grade-point-average, star athlete, flawless complexion image. Jeremy's girlfriend, Sara, loves that she can get him to do anything for her. His best friends are Hector and Pierce, whom he's known for-almost-ever. His parents? Uncool baby boomers. (Unless you're a parent. Then they are two suburban professionals trying to do the best they can with a teenager going through that "awkward" phase.) The enormously popular comic strip Zits>/i> depicts teenage and parental angst like no other.

Road Trip! by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 The world is full of issues but none so pressing as those faced by a teenager. For proof, look no further than Zits. This comic strip follows the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan, a kid bursting with questions, concerns, hormones, and insecurities. Cast adrift between the worlds of peer and parent, Jeremy survives by clinging to his sense of humor . . . the universal flotation device of the teenage years.

Creators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman pull all of this eating, dating, driving, and parental angst and energy together in Road Trip! (Zits Sketchbook, #7). This hilarious collection contains the very popular series of strips that follows Jeremy and his best amigo, Hector, as they actually (okay, and accidentally) get to test-drive their van. Yes, that van on the cover. 

Zits Unzipped by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 The comic strip Zits has become one of the most popular strips on the comics pages today. The humorous daily life of parents Connie and Walt Duncan and the teenager they own and operate, Jeremy, are presented as an open book for all to read in Zits Unzipped. In this collection, creators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman chronicle the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan as if there were a camera following his every confused adolescent move. He has to be dragged out of bed at noon during summer vacation. He agonizes over and dissects every syllable of a cryptic exchange he's just had with his girlfriend, Sara. He almost bursts with the questions, concerns, and insecurities of teenagerhood, yet fends off every attempt by his mom to get him to talk with a standard "I dunno."

Busted? by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 Mention the comic strip Zits to teenagers or their parents and they'll eagerly launch into a long list of their favorite stories and strips that made it to the refrigerator door, making Zits the most effective form of communication between parents and their teens since the Post-it note. It's a phenomenon that takes place daily all over the world as teens and their parents thrust the latest exploits of Jeremy and his parents in front of each other and say, "This is so you!" This latest collection contains the story of Jeremy and Hector's surefire moneymaking summer koi pond digging business, the e-mail breakup between Sara and Jeremy, and over 200 more of this "essence of adolescence" comic strip.

Are We An "Us"? by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 If you thought being 15 was rough, trying being Jeremy Duncan. His teenage trials and tribulations are on display in this collection of the phenomenally successful strip, Are We an "Us"? The honesty and humor of Zits appeals to anyone who has ever been 15 or is currently experiencing the challenges of raising a teenager. Together with his friends and family, Jeremy humorously captures the baffling essence of adolescence perfectly. Whether he's trying to navigate the tumultuous waters of teenage relationships, enduring lame jokes by his dad, or hatching a road-trip scheme with his long-time best friend, Hector, Jeremy's plight leaves Zits readers young and old knowingly nodding their heads in recognition that they've been there themselves.

Growth Spurt by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 Is it any wonder that 15-year-olds feel caught in the middle? They're revved up with childhood energy yet trying to downshift to what they think is "adult cool." If their age group didn't already possess every morsel of knowledge in the universe, it could be downright confusing!

Zits is front and center on the comics scene, following the life of Jeremy Duncan, age 15, as he works his hardest to figure it all out. It's unfortunate that Jeremy has to live with those time warp weirdos some call his parents, but he tolerates them as long as they don't get in the way of his chief interests: music and hanging with his friends.

In Growth Spurt, Scott and Borgman hilariously illustrate the ups and downs of adolescence, particularly when, like Jeremy, you're cursed with an older brother who's perfect, burdened by your "do-I-have-to-admit-I-really-know-them" parents, and majorly handicapped by having to go to high school.

With his laid back outlook, Jeremy is making the best of it, even when it means lifeguarding the Aqua Aerobics for Seniors class with his friend Hector, or having a mom who doesn't even understand that she doesn't understand him, or inadvertently telling his girlfriend, Sara, that her freckles are nice because they hide her acne. Zits looks at the teenage years with charm and a healthy dose of warmth and humor.

Don't Roll Your Eyes at Me, Young Man! by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

 In Zits, countless readers relish Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott's right-on look at teenage life, as told through the eyes of perpetually ambivalent, yet lovable, teenager Jeremy Duncan. Here's a 15-year-old kid who seems to speak for teenagers everywhere, even if it's with a withering look or a nonchalant shrug. As Jeremy himself might say: "Adolescence bites!"

Zits has attracted an enormous following of fans, teenagers and adults alike. This Zits sketchbook, Don't Roll Your Eyes At Me, Young Man!, warmly chronicles the growing pains of the Duncan household and follows Jeremy as he navigates his way through his perpetual freshman year of high school. Caring, funny, impatient, self-absorbed, and bored silly, Jeremy is the charming essence of adolescence today.

Don't Roll Your Eyes at Me, Young Man! by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 128 pages

A Zits collection. What can I say, another afternoon at Books-A-Million with my youngest this time.

Humongous Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 255 pages

Another comic collection featuring Jeremy, and his parents, who seem to exist only to embarrass him. That is the only reason Jason and I find for getting out of bed many days, how can we totally embarrass Renee that day?

My Bad (Zits Treasury) by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 262 pages

Anytime a Zits book gets brought into the house, a fight usually ensues over who gets to read it, with the book disappearing into various people's bedrooms. Having a teenager in the house, the comics hit home way too often.

Zombie Parents by Scott & Borgman, 128 pages

This is the the one comic that almost every day my husband, myself, or my 16-year-old will exclaim that we're sure the creators have a camera in our house taping us. It really hits home for the relationship between the parents and Jeremy and between the husband and wife. So, when I go to Books-A-Million with my kids for a hour or two, this series is one I'll pick up usually to read.