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(Aboutthestory:Time:Fall,1989Place:WestBerlin,GermanyPerson:Mr.Lehmann,abarkeeper;Aboutthebook,soldmorethanamillioncopies;...

No word on how Santa feels about the Jolly Green Giant’s appropriation of his trademark phrase.

Roberts ( Rat Time) returns with a thoroughly entertaining collection of autobiographical comics featuring her distinctive blend of deadpan humor and quirkily sincere flights of fancy. She observes life with husband Scott, pre-teen daughter Xia, and dog Crooky with equal parts appreciation and bemusement. “Xia and I played Barbies more intensely than ever before,” Roberts tells her mother, recalling Xia-as-Barbie improvising her way through a job interview, a scene followed by another in wh...