After a 15 year run, Paul Trap retires leaving Thatababy to someone else
I remember back in 2010, when a seemingly fun strip called Thatababy started showing up on GoComics.com I used to visit the site for Calvin and Hobbes. I found the theme of the strip fresh and started following it. What started as an act of serendipity soon started into a full blown daily pursuit, curious about whats new on the strip everyday. The artist Paul Trap is pure genius. Like a sitcom, this strip had different situations - a day care, a living room, a bedroom and the baby's very own crib became the main backdrops for the comic and was filled with pure laughter. I learnt quite a bit of trivia from this strip when mom reads a book to the baby. Inspired by his own first child, Paul had a lot of first hand experiences that later became the subject material for the comic. The timeouts that dad gets for stepping on mom's last nerve, the wall art, the pop culture monsters that visit the baby's crib during Halloween and the occasional tribute to fallen celebrities are real...