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Foxtrot Collection #40
Jasotron: 2012: A FoxTrot Collection
FoxTrot distills popular culture through the lens of everyday family life—offering a deft and humorous critique on society’s latest comings and goings.
Bill Amend’s FoxTrot skillfully depicts suburban living through the cavortings of the Fox family. Peter, Paige, and Jason, along with parents Roger and Andy, comment on the latest Hollywood fads, gaming fixations, and familial fascinations. As the 27th FoxTrot comic collection, Jasontron: 2012 features all full-color Sunday strips published from September 2009 to Spring 2012.
Jason continues to craft exploits at Paige’s expense, while Peter suits up for the next big game. Parents Roger and Andy keep up with their children’s antics, as Roger vigilantly monitors his hairline and his burrito intake, along with Andy’s attempts to create Peeps from tofu and saffron. With appearances in the New York Times crossword puzzle and on television’s Jeopardy! and The Sopranos , FoxTrot frequently finds itself an integral part of the popular culture that it so often critiques.
Bill Amend’s FoxTrot skillfully depicts suburban living through the cavortings of the Fox family. Peter, Paige, and Jason, along with parents Roger and Andy, comment on the latest Hollywood fads, gaming fixations, and familial fascinations. As the 27th FoxTrot comic collection, Jasontron: 2012 features all full-color Sunday strips published from September 2009 to Spring 2012.
Jason continues to craft exploits at Paige’s expense, while Peter suits up for the next big game. Parents Roger and Andy keep up with their children’s antics, as Roger vigilantly monitors his hairline and his burrito intake, along with Andy’s attempts to create Peeps from tofu and saffron. With appearances in the New York Times crossword puzzle and on television’s Jeopardy! and The Sopranos , FoxTrot frequently finds itself an integral part of the popular culture that it so often critiques.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Bill Amend
66 books305 followersBill Amend is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.
Born as William J. C. Amend III, Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Amherst College, where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984.
After a short time in the animation business, Amend decided to pursue a cartooning career and signed on with Universal Press Syndicate. FoxTrot first appeared on April 10, 1988.
Amend currently lives in the midwestern United States with his wife and two children, a boy and girl.
Born as William J. C. Amend III, Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Amherst College, where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984.
After a short time in the animation business, Amend decided to pursue a cartooning career and signed on with Universal Press Syndicate. FoxTrot first appeared on April 10, 1988.
Amend currently lives in the midwestern United States with his wife and two children, a boy and girl.
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November 8, 2012
I love Foxtrot. At BEA '07, I waited about forty-five minutes at the Andrews McMeel booth (much to the quiet but visible dismay of the booth staff) so I could be the first person on line for Amend's signing. He drew Jason in my book. I was giddy.
Since Amend made the shocking decision to cut back on Foxtrot so he could have, gasp, a personal life, the strip is only published on Sunday. My newspaper doesn't carry it so I have to wait for these collections to be released. It's not the same reading them online. Amend packs his strips full of geekery and I was chortling every coupla pages. Some of the strips are especially funny for long-time readers, like the one on page 82 where Jason lambastes Eileen for not giving him a personal valentine. If you remember the extended 1998 story-arc between the two, you know what Jason's really saying here.
I must admit, Foxtrot did lose some of its heart when it switched to Sundays-only. Continuity is a thing of the past and many of the supporting characters have fallen by the wayside. Denise, the O'Dells, Andy's Mom and Roger's workplace don't make a single appearance in Jasotron. As a result, this volume is really more for the pop culture junkies than the straight-up Foxtrot fans.
Since Amend made the shocking decision to cut back on Foxtrot so he could have, gasp, a personal life, the strip is only published on Sunday. My newspaper doesn't carry it so I have to wait for these collections to be released. It's not the same reading them online. Amend packs his strips full of geekery and I was chortling every coupla pages. Some of the strips are especially funny for long-time readers, like the one on page 82 where Jason lambastes Eileen for not giving him a personal valentine. If you remember the extended 1998 story-arc between the two, you know what Jason's really saying here.
I must admit, Foxtrot did lose some of its heart when it switched to Sundays-only. Continuity is a thing of the past and many of the supporting characters have fallen by the wayside. Denise, the O'Dells, Andy's Mom and Roger's workplace don't make a single appearance in Jasotron. As a result, this volume is really more for the pop culture junkies than the straight-up Foxtrot fans.
April 20, 2023
It does seem that over these years, the Sunday-only comics got a bit more expressive. You see more details in the art, more chances taken, and slightly more variation in the comics' formats. I realize that FoxTrot is still constrained by the medium of newspapers where these strips are still printed, but it's nice to see Amend putting in a little more care now that he's only doing a single creation a week.
I continue to miss storylines and arcs. As books go, these Sunday-only ones do seem a little forced. Each page could easily fit 2, if not 3, of these Sunday strips, but they're spaced out one per page, presumably to avoid having to wait a decade before publishing a book. I get that business decision, but it does make me crave an anthology of the Sunday-only catalog.
I continue to miss storylines and arcs. As books go, these Sunday-only ones do seem a little forced. Each page could easily fit 2, if not 3, of these Sunday strips, but they're spaced out one per page, presumably to avoid having to wait a decade before publishing a book. I get that business decision, but it does make me crave an anthology of the Sunday-only catalog.
January 4, 2023
I've always been partial to the pop culture related humor featured in FoxTrot strips.
Did I like it? Yes.
Would I reread it? Probably not. While it was an amusing collection, the majority of the strips weren't laugh-out-loud funny enough for me to want to hold onto the book for later.
Would I recommend it? It was worth a read.
Did I like it? Yes.
Would I reread it? Probably not. While it was an amusing collection, the majority of the strips weren't laugh-out-loud funny enough for me to want to hold onto the book for later.
Would I recommend it? It was worth a read.
July 28, 2019
Another (albeit Sunday-only) winner from Bill Amend! I especially appreciated the reference to Calvin and Hobbes and the noodle incident...love how Amend just sneaks in obscure references a subset of fans will fully appreciate.
October 15, 2017
Foxtrot is always entertaining. Some laugh-out-loud panels were in this collection.
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Summary:
With a blend of sibling rivalry and general pop culture, this comic strip remains relevant several years later. Young adults are the more likely audience of this kid-centered comic, although parents will probably be able to easily relate to the relationships they see between their own kids.
Visual Keywords:
- multi-panel
- sequential
Text Style:
Potential Readers:
- kids
- teens
- adults
- fans of computer/video games
- fans of zombies
- those who've experienced sibling rivalry
- fans of "The Goldbergs"
Awards:
- none noted
Other:
- Although the nuclear family of this strip is white, Jason, the main character, seems to have a diverse group of male friends.
Summary:
With a blend of sibling rivalry and general pop culture, this comic strip remains relevant several years later. Young adults are the more likely audience of this kid-centered comic, although parents will probably be able to easily relate to the relationships they see between their own kids.
Visual Keywords:
- multi-panel
- sequential
Text Style:
Potential Readers:
- kids
- teens
- adults
- fans of computer/video games
- fans of zombies
- those who've experienced sibling rivalry
- fans of "The Goldbergs"
Awards:
- none noted
Other:
- Although the nuclear family of this strip is white, Jason, the main character, seems to have a diverse group of male friends.
May 27, 2015
I love Foxtrot & will buy all the new books that come out (except the anthologies...I don't feel the need to own all the comics *twice*). I'm sad that Amend only does the Sunday comics now, rather than daily. I think his stories suffer a bit from not having that continuity of a new piece of the plot every day. We don't get to see any of the supporting cast except for Marcus, which limits the adventures the Fox family can get into.
December 31, 2012
I'm still not over the fact that Amend is only doing Foxtrot Sunday strips now instead of the usual dailies.
There are a few priceless ones in this collection, which I did enjoy a lot, as well as the pop culture references ones. I feel like the older strips are much better and it's sad to find myself not laughing out loud at Foxtrot strips anymore.
There are a few priceless ones in this collection, which I did enjoy a lot, as well as the pop culture references ones. I feel like the older strips are much better and it's sad to find myself not laughing out loud at Foxtrot strips anymore.
January 6, 2013
Hilarity. I'm sad that he's not doing daily strips anymore but some of these strips are priceless so I guess I'll forgive him. :)
January 5, 2013
Very funny! I want to go out and borrow more from the library.
February 17, 2013
Added book manually in order for it to count for 2013 book challenge.
June 13, 2013
These always make me laugh.
September 10, 2013
I love foxtrot and have read all these books several times.
September 9, 2016
Another really funny foxtrot collection!
December 27, 2014
Oh FotTrot, how do I love thee? :D So much laughter. This book needs to be twice as long. Sigh. :)
February 9, 2015
Huge fox trot fan, however I really miss the daily strips. Don't get me wrong, I love the weekly strips, but I miss the story development of the daily comics. Oh well, still amazing stuff.
August 13, 2014
Game of Thrones references, woo!
June 21, 2013
This is not my favourite FoxTrot collection, but still great! Love Bill Amend's work.
August 27, 2014
Always so funny, especially now that I have kids the ages of the characters!
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