Rose is Rose is cool is sweet is fine with Big Al

Rose is Rose is next. Rose is Rose is . . . a little different. Just a very little, but enough. It's a mom, dad, cute kid, and cute pet. Only the mom sometimes morphs into this alter ego who wears leather pants and chains and looks all biker chick. The kid has a guardian angel which would be twee and cheesy except sometimes the angel morphs into like a huge giant with a sword -- all very Old Testament fire and brimstone scary. When the kid sleeps, you see him flying around dreamworld in a spaceship. It's all very conceptual, and drawn in an angular non-fluffy sort of way.

Oh yeah, the mom and dad still seem to be really in love and attracted to each other! They kiss for no reason! Leave each other love notes! Hug! Make out! I mean, our KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO THIS!!! People MAKING OUT in the comic pages! My eyes! My eyes! I thought married people were supposed to hate each other in the comics. My mistake. Go Rose is Rose, people! Just because you're married to someone doesn't mean you have to despise them.

Also, the cat does cute things that reminds me of our cats: it hides out in cabinets, gets all goofy over socks, sits in people's seats as soon as they get up. I get all warm and fuzzy and "AWWWWW" from time to time over the cute cat. See, it's humorous, because it reminds me of things I deal with every day. Unlike Garfield. (My cats have NEVER come walking up on two legs holding out a hot dog bun. That would FREAK ME OUT.)

See, I don't have to be all hateful about a cutesy, happy family comic. It can't be stale golf/borrowing neighbors/crappy cooking/kids say the darndest thing humor, though. Most of the comics seem to be stuck in the 1950s, and the only way you know they aren't is that the artists have updated the family by giving them something "modern" like a cordless phone, video cassette recorder, or personal computer (so modern! You can keep one of these newfangled things right in your house!) The family comic needs an update, and Rose is Rose does the updating pretty well.

Creepy Clown rating: 2 Creepy Clowns
(1 C.C. = awesome comic; 5 C.C. = it sucks)

Rose is Rose is pretty cool. The mom and dad still really loving each other so much really cheers me (the bad marriages had me looking into the possibilty of personal Oxycontin addiction). It doesn't get a top grade though, because it's never downright funny. It's cute without being annoying. Traditional family without being '50s. Conceptually cool without being over the top. Just never HA HA funny.