Adam@home (originally simply Adam) is a Newspaper Comic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman 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.
This strip contains examples of:
- A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family: Adam and Laura's kids consist of Clayton, Katy, and baby Nick.
- Bumbling Dad: Protagonist Adam. He can afford to be that, with a wife who has more common sense.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: Laura escapes a Motor Mouth by saying her llama is double-parked.
- Must Have Coffee: A Running Gag deals with Adam's fondness for coffee.
- Precious Puppies: In 2012, the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo.
- Predatory Business: A Running Gag 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 Smash Cut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
- Shout-Out:
- To Phineas and Ferb: 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: 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 Leslie Nielsen lines.
- Twitchy Eye: Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's very attractive and pretty much his opposite.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: 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.
