Say Hello to Cactus Flats: A FoxTrot Collection

FoxTrot (B&W) #6

by Bill Amend

In this FoxTrot collection, the Fox family's offbeat vacation into the desert descends into chaos as the members of the family cope with an order (through the drive-in window) for two million cheeseburgers, a broken Nintendo, bikini shopping, and other perils of modern life.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Cartoon, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

About the author

Bill 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.

Reviews

[Mita · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's no other way of saying it except that FoxTrot is made of awesome. Amen!

[David Allen Hines · Rating 4 out of 5]

Years ago I loved the FoxTrot comic strip and in the late 90s bought all the books and now am re-reading them 20 years later! Still loving on the strip; it is well-written; well-drawn; witty, relevant and fun. A few strips are now a bit dated making reference to events and society of the 80s and 90s but those are few and far between and still well done. The funniest part of this book is the progenitor tale of its title when father Roger takes the family on a vacation to hopeless Cactus Flats... if you love Fox Trot or want to read a funny enjoyable strip you will love this book!

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of FoxTrot comics that follows the always entertaining family of five around for one year.

Picked this up occasionally during the past week for some light reading and ended up binge reading the last two thirds. Amend knows how to make me laugh. Always a delight to spend time with FoxTrot comics.

No content issues.

[Bookworm Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Foxtrot is eternally wonderful. Loved these since I was 9 and found my original collection to share with my kids

[Dalaina Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! I will have to add more Fox Trot books into my book collection! I enjoy reading them!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always a fun read.

[Koalababy5267 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boy was this funny!!! Jason tries more get-rich-quick ideas while page dreams of her first kiss. Peter and Roger are as funny as ever and Andy strives to keep everyone under control.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The usual sibling rivalry and parents vs kids humor. Good clean fun.

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Umpteenth re-read, but apparently the first since 2018.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book from my childhood that I owned.

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

If Charles M. Schulz was the great cartoonist about the cruelty of childhood, Bill Amend is the great cartoonist about the cruelty of family life--except that Amend is not a great cartoonist. Actually, he's awful. His writing is far superior to his drawing, but sticking to one family does not give him Schulz's opportunities. I also do not enjoy the cruelty of his work, which seems rather less universal than Schulz. Two stars, but a third for some Shakespeare references.

[Valerie]

Found this while I was looking for another book. I'd set it aside because it contains one of my favorite cartoons, about a vocabulary test.

Other cartoons are par for the course (get the golf joke?). Amend tended to swing between long series of plotted strips and the odd one-off. Works ok, but it often makes it difficult to decide to stop at a particular page #.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this collection of daily and Sunday cartoon strips, Jason decides to become a comic strip artist (for the merchandising!) but no one is interested in publishing a strip about Squishy and Squashy, the talking roadkill brothers. Meanwhile, everyone endures an endless political campaign, 1992 edition.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It was great when they all wanted to leave cactus flats except Roger the father. I recommend this book to people who like good, funny, and a book you would like to read over again. I love this book and Dad and Joel likes it also.

[Marley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pleasant enough but not the funniest collection from him that I've read