Yaaay! Yay! Yay! Yay!

Babies are good news!

Congratulations, Keef! Best of luck to you and yours! Merry Christmas!

That was scary for a hot second.

it IS yours, right, Keith? ;-)

Seriously, congratulations on the good luck of both medical outcomes.

Congratulations!!

Nice job Dude. That's what we call a "good" prognosis.

CZ

Best wishes for you and the wife for a healthy, happy baby.

But I wish you some extra poopy diapers, and at least one messy spit-up for scaring me so much until the last panel!

Mazel-tov, Keith!!!

--it even looks like him! Congrats to both of you!

Who says romance is dead?

After reading the first few panels I was going "NOOO!" Thank goodness it turned out to be happy news. I'm sure the little one will provide you with plenty new fodder for your comics! Congratulations to you & Kerstin!

Happy-happy news!

Maybe "Teratumor2" can be considered for the baby's name. That name will surely cross your lips once the terrible-twos roll around.

When I first read the K Chronicles, you were single, were a member of a rap group, lived in San Francisco, and had dreadlocks.

Now, you're in L.A., married, soon with children, and becoming respectable. What's next? Joining the PTA? Griping about taxes? Worrying about your gums? If I wanted to see some old fogy has been, I can look in the mirror. Whom am I going to live vicariously through now?

Please, listen to me. Don't grow up. I've been there, and it isn't worth it.

--

David who's paying $50,000 per year putting three kids through school.

P.S. Congratulations on the baby. Get some sleep while you still can.

...what most of your strips are going to be about for the next 20 years! You will make a great dad, I'm sure. Congratulations.

PS Better you than me.

Thats great. I remember when my daughter was born, it was like I suddenly grew up and became an adult. I had a purpose in life. Mark my words, it will be the best thing that ever happened you and your wife. Keith, best to both of you guys.

Wonderful news!!!

YAY

Welcome to a new world! I'm looking forward to reading about it.

(just "congrats" - we're fresh out of "ulations")

I always look forward to your strips, and now I'm looking forward to them even more. :-)

Best of luck to your and your growing (literally!) family!

Or post Thanksgiving laziness?

Get some sleep.

Buy tar-paper for seasonal presents. Name the babe (?) Apple Pie Pumpkin. Drink a fifth of a Wick Turkey Whiskey a day for all your pains and sprain the ankle. Drive a pink corvette Chevrolet or a red and white and blue Ford Mustang and ride

shotgun with a gal

named Sweet Sally.

Do light a candle.

Have a second un-bumped-up vehicle with a sparkling cheery glazed paint job. Steal the neighbors blue Pinto Ford Mustang and strip it down for extra tail lights, bumper parts, fenders, and broken headlights. Eat pinto beans on Merry Christmas Day and Happy Easter Days.

Play the violin better than the Devil.

Be as enigmatic as you can as you play.

Bang the piano discordant. You enigmatic!

You a puzzle and an anomaly. A Tom Bombadil!

The comic strip on Salon's Blog is a bad baby!

Shoo! Bombard the field with manure for anonymous!

I look forward to single panel meditations on the minutiae of child rearing!

But dammit, don't do that to us again, OK?!

but I get it!!! You're going to be a daddy! Way to go Keef, take care of your lady (cause she'll be doing all the heavy lifting).

Congratulations to you both!! You will soon be initiated into the world's most ancient secrets, and will become wise beyond all previous imagining. Unfortunately, for many years you'll be too sleep-deprived to appreciate it.

But don't you DARE ever scare us all like that again, y'hear?

Move over Bill Keene- the strip about what REAL child-rearing is all about is about to hit the page. You know, how to hide your weed, how to explain the homeless to your 2 year old and how to try and have a sex life with a child in the house.

Congratulations!!! Nice (scary) fake-out...

Babies are the best kinds of tumors :)

Bravo Zulu shipmate. Keep it real!

Way to scare the pants off me, Keef!

Congratulations, you bastard!

Hey Keef fans - let's all go out and buy his new book and contribute to his kid's college fund!

Thanks for all the great comics, Keef!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow what a christmas huh?

... but now I'm thrilled. Many blessings upon you and your family!

You scared the heck out of me, but congratulations!

(So she became pregnant after your "tearing an achilles tendon." So that's what we're calling it now? Nice euphemism.)

Congrats! My wife has had 2 of these "tumors." Best thing ever. Welcome to the parent "hood" Prayers for a healthy child and a great pregnancy.

You must have been so elated about the news - more so than usual given what happened eariler. What a great holiday gift. We can't wait to read/see the progress. Best of luck and enjoy your greatest gift this year!

I'm thinking 6-7 months from now, judging from the picture.

Congratulations! You and your wife's lives as you know them are indeed over. But better, harder, more fulfilling lives await.

Time for all the "well meaning" advisors to start pitching in. Let's see; the little bugger will be born in late July/August/early September, that means Cancer/Leo/Virgo. Hmmmmmm.

I've had the pleasure of meeting you and Kerstin a couple of times and you're both lovely people, but Kerstin? It's not like you're not a prize, Keith, but you still got way, way, way lucky to have that woman in your life. Your baby is going to be just as lucky to have both of you for parents.

I've been a fan of your comic for years, and now I'm looking forward to Life's Little Victories w/r/t child-rearing. Best wishes to you both.