This was a very funny look at parenting from the fathers perspective. I laughed the whole time reading this book.

This enjoyable webcomic gets a book treatment. This book and comics speak to slice of life with a lot of meditation on the future of a child's life. The best fans of this book are parents and it might make a good gift book to new parents.

'Lunarbaboon: The Daily Life of Parenthood' by Christopher Grady is a series of comic strips about parenting that are pretty funny.

Lunarbaboon lives with his pregnant wife and his son Moishe. The strips are filled with imagination and the kind of things that parents think about. Lunarbaboon plays Star Wars with his kid. He imagines himself the hero and his son the sidekick, but his son wants to be the hero. There are school conferences and lots of making memories.

I loved these imaginative slice of life comics about a father and son. They are funny and heartfelt. The art works for these kind of strips and the gags work really well.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

This book tells different stories of a family.

The characters aren't too complex and the plot is just a bunch of family stories.

I found the stories funny and heartwarming.

I'm not a parent but, if you are, I think you'll see yourself in these stories.

Rating: 4 stars

Do you have a child? Then this book is for you. Seriously, it’s the most relatable comic I have ever read because it captures what I go through on a daily basis. Truly Christopher Grady is the voice of every father in the modern era.

The gist of Lunarbaboon is that it's semi-autobiographical, but mostly just gags about being a dad, raising a kid and maintaining married life. All the tired moments, all the incredible moments, Grady manages to capture them all. There’s a healthy dose of comic book material in the story as well, with a heightened focus on Batman. Because… Batman, duh.

While most of the gags are just simple and relatable stories like grandparents buying loud and obnoxious toys for their grandchildren, there were three jokes that were absolutely hilarious to me. The first one made me laugh so hard that I stopped reading and took a long laugh break before continuing the story. The joke was amazing because it was something I never thought of doing as a parent, but now… well, knowledge is power. The next joke was funny because it captured the difficulty in being a parent in that you can find something your child does extremely funny, but you can’t let them know and have to tell them to knock it off. I fail at this regularly in case you were wondering.

The artwork by Grady is probably not a style that everyone loves, but I enjoy it. The characters have a roundness to them that gives them a cartoon look. This works quite well when the stories blend with fictional works such as Batman and Star Wars. The art is in all black and white, but there’s often a touch of color to highlight a gag or just make a panel or object stand out in the sequence.

This is probably a vaguely written review because you don’t know much about the story. Doesn’t matter, it’s a comic strip style of story so it’s all about the gags and the gags are good. Sure, they’re mostly jokes that will make you smile, but those few that make you laugh out loud are so damn good that you’ll keep reading to see if it can happen again and again. Not only did I enjoyed this collection, but I can’t wait to read further collections of Grady’s webcomic.

Quite realistic and humorous. The things that parents go through is brilliant portrayed by Grady in this hilarious book.

This was adorable. I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did. I want more!

Comedic and Heartfelt (5 stars)

Lunarbaboon's comics are the perfect mix of sassy and sweet. Parenting can be the hardest job on the planet and the observations shared in comic form are ones most parents are sure to feel personal. If you've enjoyed the work of Hyperbole and a Half, Sarah's Scribbles, or Fowl Language chances are you'll enjoy this as much as I did.

I think this would make a thoughtful gift for new parents.

I loved this book, so funny in places and I will be getting my husband a copy to keep as it will be right up his street as we are currently expecting our first baby and he has all of this to come!! Definitely a read I'd recommend and certainly did make me laugh out loud!

Such a beautiful take on parenthood. All the comics were precious and I learned a thing or two from this.

The fantastic thing about web comics is that they allow artists to explore topics that are less acceptable in traditional mediums, or from unusual perspectives or in less traditional ways. And while much of what is in this book would fly in a newspaper, the feel of it si off center, a deviation from the norm. It celebrates nerd culture, embraces nontraditional lifestyles.

Lunarbaboon: The Daily Life of Parenthood is a collection of comics from Christopher Grady that explores the daily family life with Lunarbaboon. The comics show life's everyday parenting moments from the perspective of a 30-something dad together with the laid back Mom, wild child Moishe, baby Matilda, and their cat. Moods of the art range from the hilarious (defeating closet monsters with a “stun” blaster that offers surprising facts about bears, Mars, and cats) to the sweet (the gray scale-to color transition out of depression at the touch of a loved one).

Lunarbaboon: The Daily Life of Parenthood is a collection that hit all the right notes with me. I love the online version of this comic, and found the collection to be just as enjoyable, even though I had seen some of them before. I like that Grady includes the funny and enjoyable moments of parenthood along side the sad, frustrating, and sweet moments. The honest and slightly jaded look at life is one I can relate to, and lose myself in. I enjoy the perspective and the combination of humor and more serious emotions. I think that parents from a variety of backgrounds and situations will see something that reflects the daily moments in their lives. The only downfall is that I had seen some of the comics before, my only change would be for more new art, but I am sure that more will come our way in time.

Grady is #ParentGoals. We can't all have this fantastic mindset when it comes to parenting 100% of the time and who knows--maybe Grady is human sometimes too! But this is a great line of comics and I'm so glad he's finally publishing after so long on tumblr.

This turned out to be a collection of strips about a strange man—or is he really half baboon?—who does his best to raise his three-year-old son and baby with the occasional help of his almost-as-strange wife.
The strips I read usually make me chuckle; a few of these did actually—not metaphorically—make me laugh out loud. Some border on brilliant. My faves:
“Your belly is so silly.”
“Ask that guy!”
“#1 Trekkie!”
“How much do you love mommy and daddy?” Less than last time.
“The floor is made of lava!”
The realization that if you look like your dad did, you’re gonna look like him. . .
“Junk food night!”
But if I had to pick one fave, it would have to be how ice cubes can cure a booboo.
This is likely the funniest strip I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying a lot. And now that I’m checking it out every morning, I wish it came out more often.

I knew nothing about the webcomic from Lunarbaboon, nor about the character our cartoonist has used to put himself in his strips. But the good thing is, you don't need to – these pages are funny and poignant. I've never been a parent, only on the receiving end, but I can see clearly see the ease with which all the action and inaction of fatherhood is conveyed here. How to instil your love of sci-fi on the young generation, how to make them feel most cherished when you're fed up, how to balance their inquisitiveness and lack of manners in the real world with your own expectations, and so much more – all deftly presented with these hand-lettered yucks. This book is pretty heart-warming, practically wholly intelligent, and has a great hit-rate, compared to similar volumes. Recommended.

As a brand new parent, this was a delightful read! Especially with the nods to Stars Wars and TMNT, among other things, I feel like this almost perfectly encapsulates the relationship my husband will have with our son in the near future! It was at times hilarious, but at others very thought provoking and poignant. Just like being a parent truly is.

Schoolteacher and dad Christopher Grady writes poignant and hilarious cartoons about life as a parent. He has collected some of the best in Lunarbaboon: The Daily Life of Parenthood. If you're a dad, you will totally relate to his everyday dad stories.

Like many dads, Grady sometimes gets annoyed with his family. But those moments are quickly and regularly outweighed by the delight he enjoys by simply being together. I know I have been there.

For a young guy (Grady is in his 30s), he conveys a high degree of angst at seeing his family time fly by. Kids grow up fast, and those memories fade. He reminds us to cherish every day and experience life together with relish.


Families are weird. They laugh when we fart. (OK, I'm including myself and Grady in that 'we' but I strongly suspect you are right there with us!)

Check out Grady's cartoons, and you might see yourself, your dad, and your family here. His cartoons are funny and moving at the same time.

More cartoons at http://www.lunarbaboon.com/


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

It's a hilarious take on parenthood in the father's perspective but some comic strip fell flat. I can relate to some because I've seen my parents done it. Overall, it was an enjoyable read.

I didn't get some of these cartoons, but some of them are incredibly funny. But most of them are sweet and touching. I really enjoyed this book. I would definitely put this in a library, but it would make such a good present for anyone with kids or who works with kids. In spite of the cartoons I didn't understand, this is an amazing book and some of the cartoons could even be called magical

I absolutely loved this collection of comics OMG. I was expecting something that sounded borderline complaining of what was like to have kids but no, this was actually a collection of little moments that made having kids, fun!

It was so funny, it started with the kid asking his dad why a man looked a certain way, the dad quickly answered that the man had a deformity and it was unpolite to stare... the thing is, the man's deformity was having abs aahahaha
Another cool one was when they saw two men kissing and the kid thought it was weird... because one was a star wars fan the other one a star trek fan...

The artwork is very simplistic, with the pops of colour here and there, but this artstyle really fits with the concept of this collection for some reason. The comics are so good that they don't need to be super neat and perfect to make you enjoy it.

I will absolutely show this book to everyone I can because it was really so easy and fun to read. I'm sure I'll re-read it a bunch of times through my life.

Plus, I need to check this author's other books.