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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman, who is a work-at-home writer, and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton, Katy and baby Nick. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.

Basset no longer works on the strip full-time, turning his attention to ''Red and Rover''. Since 2009, most duties were handed over to long-time assistant Rob Harrell, the strip's current artist.
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!!This strip contains examples of:
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Katie loves ponies and hopes to own one someday.
* ArtEvolution: The comic was originally drawn in black and white before switching to color, and the characters' overal design slightly changed over the years.
* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Adam and Laura's kids consist of Clayton, Katy, and baby Nick.
%% * BrattyHalfPint: Katy
* BumblingDad: Protagonist [[TheDitz Adam.]] He can afford to be that, with a wife [[WomenAreWiser who has more common sense]].
* CharacterTitle: Adam's name is in the title and he is the main character.
* CheerfulChild: Clayton is pretty much always optimistic and full of energy.
* ColbertBump: InUniverse example; in [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2023/05/09?ct=v&cti=2537610 this comic]] Laura realizes the sales of her book "The Wretched Turnip" skyrocketed because Creator/OprahWinfrey has a copy.
* DeadpanSnarker: Laura, especially when commenting on her husband's ideas or behaviour.
* ComicBookTime: The characters haven't aged since the comic started, but over time modern inventions like smartphones were introduced and the characters frequently make references to current pop culture.
* DreamSequence: A [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2024/01/15?ct=v&cti=2537610 January 2024]] story arc is set entirely in a dream by Adam in which his baby son and dog can talk. The two immediately lampshade the trope.
* DreamWithinADream: As part of the DreamSequence mentioned above, Adam eventually seems to wake up only to realize his son and dog are still talking. When he asks them how this is possible, Nick explains the trope to him and even namedrops the trope:
-->'''Nick''': Dream within a dream, a pretty tired movie trope, I'd say.
* TheDitz: Adam is not the brightest bulb on the tree.
%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble
%% ** Sanguine: Laura
%% ** Choleric: Katy
%% ** Melancholic: Adam
%% ** Phlegmatic: Clayton
%% ** Leukine: Gumbo
* HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura. Despite her
* HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. His wife is clearly the boss in the house. Not that he ''really'' minds.
* HumanCannonball: In a [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2022/04/11?ct=v&cti=2537610 april 2022 arc]], Clayton wants to start a human cannonball team with his dad to get rich. They never actually get this far though as Laura catches them in the act while they are training.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Laura escapes a MotorMouth by [[http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2012/01/22 saying her llama is double-parked.]]
%% * LargeHam: Adam, of course.
* MediumAwareness: The characters regularly make it clear they are aware that they live in a comic strip, like mentioning how they hope a certain storyline is over before friday.
* MustHaveCoffee: A RunningGag deals with Adam's fondness for coffee.
* PreciousPuppies: In 2012, the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo.
* PredatoryBusiness: A RunningGag is Clayton forgoing the traditional lemonade stand in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister-looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
* ShoutOut:
** To ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror". In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb".
** Adam collapses in the grocery store from a kidney stone and calls Laura to tell her he is in the hospital:
--->'''Laura''': Hospital? What is it?\\
'''Adam''': [[Film/{{Airplane}} It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.]]\\
'''Laura''': It can't be too bad if you are quoting Creator/LeslieNielsen lines.
* TwitchyEye: Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's very attractive and pretty much his opposite.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In a few early strips, the Newmans had a dog named Kip. He was never seen again in any strips and an offhand comment by Adam in one strip mentions he died. The family would not have a dog again until Gumbo.
* WomenAreWiser: Laura to Adam, as she is more level headed than he is.
* WritersBlock: Another RunningGag is Adam struggling to come up with something to write about, and his subsequent attempts to find inspiration.
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