Death By Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection

FoxTrot (B&W) #15

by Bill Amend

It's indisputable at this point: FoxTrot is one of the most loved strips to ever hit the funny pages. Creator Bill Amend's FoxTrot collection, Death by Field Trip, adds to the strip's great legacy.

Death by Field Trip follows the humorous exploits of teenagers Peter and Paige and their imaginative little brother, Jason, as they balance the pressures of the modern world with the daily complexities and clashes of family life. Parents Roger and Andy round out the Fox family five and try to referee the sibling squabbling that never quite fully subsides.

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

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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!

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say? More hilarity, more fun, and more geekiness!

[Andrea Tuan · Rating 5 out of 5]

^_^ Love Foxtrot.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of newspaper cartoons features an extended sequence in which Jason uses the Dr. Seuss character, the Grinch, to complain that his mother's efforts to keep Christmas healthy and non-commercial (as Mrs. Grinch) are spoiling the holiday for him and others in the family. Andy's perfect mother comes to visit for Thanksgiving.

[Dante · Rating 2 out of 5]

Foxtrot is usually pretty decent but they do not particularly stand the test of time like say Calvin and Hobbes does. If I rated it when I read it, it would be a solid 4 stars.

[Alli · Rating 5 out of 5]

8 Dec 10

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even with the material dated, it's funny and I found myself laughing out loud more than once. So nice to get caught up on FoxTrot!

[Jamye · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first, they weren't that funny but as I went along, I was laughing out loud and some of them were hitting home :)

[Ross Vincent · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of comics deals with Jason's take on the Grinch, a visit from Andy'' mom that puts undo pressure for a perfect thanksgiving, two of the hot topics from 1999 - Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Y2K, and a gender switch for one of the Foxtrot children.

And of course, enough nerd jokes to make a Mathematician laugh until the sum of the ingested liquids almost equals the sum of the liquids purged through a nasal passage.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining as always.

[Annburnett · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good comic series. It covers many subjects like pokemon cards, Thanksgiving, and golf.

[Becci · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection contains The Paige-O-Morphosis, aka the greatest Foxtrot series of all time, so it’s 5 stars in my book

[Emmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

FoxTrot is classic fare and I've been reading these comics since I was a little kid! This was a great one!

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book from my childhood that I owned.

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always hear 'Look out the gaffer, Mr. Frodo, sir!' in Sean Astin's voice.