Bury My Heart at Fun-Fun Mountain: A FoxTrot Collection

FoxTrot (B&W) #5

by Bill Amend

FoxTrot is a comic strip with attitude, wit and a big dose of reality. Bill Amend's brilliant understanding of sibling rivalry and generational struggles comes to life in a refreshing blend of humor and truth. Readers of all ages will love this glimpse into family life with the FoxTrot gang. Come and laugh with Roger and Andy, and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason.

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

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 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

[David Allen Hines · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought all of the Foxtrot books in 1998 because I loved the strip and I decided to re-read them now 20+ years later and I am so glad I did! Fox Trot is witty, funny, relevant and just plain fun. Loved the strips then and I do now. A few of the strips here and there are now dated due to their reference to culture of the 80s and 90s but those are few. Love the strips that relate to the book's title, when father Roger takes the family on a hilarious trip to "fun-fun mountain" amusement park. If you love Fox Trot or just love a funny comic strip you will love this book!

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

More cute and funny strips.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read indeed.

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 stars

[Valerie]

The characters in this strip may be 'cartoonish' by definition, and they do tend to stereotypes. But they're also individuals. You could imagine finding them at home in some suburban cul-de-sac, if you only knew the address. Cartoons mostly from 1990 and 1991.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

The family visits their version of Disney is this group of comics. While it seems like the perfect family trip mom is not thrilled with the idea of spending time on rides that make her queasy and spending more money than it would take to send all 3 kids to college.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fox family visits an amusement park, which doesn't amuse mother Andi at all. Peter's girlfriend Denise persuades him to take her out for an expensive dinner. And Jason goes into business making snow dinosaurs, but finds customers very scarce.

[Mita · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the FoxTrot comics. I especially love Quincy.

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cool comic strip!

[Curtiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another collection of Fox Trot comics.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection by Bill Amend in the Foxtrot series.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

good foxtrot collection!

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foxtrot is one of my favorite comic strips.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book from my childhood that I owned.