The strip revolves around Rose and Jimbo Gumbo, their son Pasquale, and the family cat Peekaboo.

The strip also features highly daring "camera angles" and perspectives, often giving the illusion through frames of real motion.

Rose often sees herself as Vicki, a biker chick, when faced with a conflict between selfish desire and social obligations, or when confronted with challenges to her usually mild-mannered personality.

Pasquale's "dream ship" sequences get much play, as does his relationship with his beloved guardian angel or the bathtub's dreaded drain monster.

From the comic's debut in 1984 until the strip published on 9 August 1991, Pasquale spoke only in a 'phonetic baby talk.'