The Trouble with Girls

In The Trouble with Girls, a two-issue series from Checker Book Publishing Group that began in 2006, writer and artist Peter Bagge brings his signature satirical, rubbery style to a tale of suburban chaos and generational friction. The story follows a middle-aged man grappling with the antics of his rebellious teenage daughter and the weirdos orbiting their lives, blending Bagge’s trademark cringe-comedy with sharp social observation. Though brief, this series is a compact dose of Bagge’s enduring talent for skewering American domestic life, a niche he helped define in the alternative-comics boom of the 1990s. It matters as a late-career gem from a creator whose work remains a touchstone for indie-comedy fans.