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FoxTrot (B&W) #2
Pass the Loot: A FoxTrot Collection
The returns are pouring in: More than 200 newspapers now carry the provocative, funny Fox Trot. This is an astounding achievement for a comic strip that has been in existence less than eighteen months. A sure-fire winner, at once real, recognizable and undeniably entertaining.
132 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Bill Amend
65 books302 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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August 14, 2017
Continuing our recent fascination with all things Foxtrot, we all zipped through this early anthology of the popular comic strip by Bill Amend.
I really enjoy this comic strip, but after reading several different anthologies, the jokes are starting to feel a bit too recycled. Still, I really enjoyed seeing older versions of the characters. Like my beloved Garfield strip from my childhood, it's interesting to see how the artist's drawing style changes over time.
Since the book features strips from about more than two decades ago, quite a bit of the pop culture references are very dated, and our girls didn't get all of them. And I had to really laugh at the technology (computers, actual phones...with cords, VHS videos (and movie rental stores!), typewriters, etc.), since it's so ancient. It's a bit of nostalgia, since I remember very clearly what life was like back then.
I had to stop a moment when I read some dialogue from Jason calling the store-bought Valentine's Day cards, "queer" (p. 14). That was a commonly used pejoritive adjective in the 80s, but it's not common nor acceptable now, so it really stood out.
interesting quote:
"The exploitation of women is wrong. Magazines like this portray women as sex objects and nothing more. By allowing you to look at it, I'm telling you it's ok to think of women as meat, and I'm not about to do that." (p. 9)
On the whole, it's an entertaining book with many witty and sincere observations about family life in America. We all enjoyed reading it and it's perfect for reading when you are tired and don't want anything too substantial.
I really enjoy this comic strip, but after reading several different anthologies, the jokes are starting to feel a bit too recycled. Still, I really enjoyed seeing older versions of the characters. Like my beloved Garfield strip from my childhood, it's interesting to see how the artist's drawing style changes over time.
Since the book features strips from about more than two decades ago, quite a bit of the pop culture references are very dated, and our girls didn't get all of them. And I had to really laugh at the technology (computers, actual phones...with cords, VHS videos (and movie rental stores!), typewriters, etc.), since it's so ancient. It's a bit of nostalgia, since I remember very clearly what life was like back then.
I had to stop a moment when I read some dialogue from Jason calling the store-bought Valentine's Day cards, "queer" (p. 14). That was a commonly used pejoritive adjective in the 80s, but it's not common nor acceptable now, so it really stood out.
interesting quote:
"The exploitation of women is wrong. Magazines like this portray women as sex objects and nothing more. By allowing you to look at it, I'm telling you it's ok to think of women as meat, and I'm not about to do that." (p. 9)
On the whole, it's an entertaining book with many witty and sincere observations about family life in America. We all enjoyed reading it and it's perfect for reading when you are tired and don't want anything too substantial.
April 26, 2016
This is fine. I mean, if you like Foxtrot, you're gonna like this, but it's a collection of older strips; the copy I picked up was a reissue, so that was somewhat deceptive. Still, I enjoy Foxtrot and I enjoyed this, particularly the strips I hadn't seen before.
June 1, 2016
In this early collection of comic strips, the Fox family vacations in Hawaii, Peter must give up studying for a trigonometry test to help his blind girlfriend with her biology assignment, and Paige gets invited to the junior prom.
August 17, 2007
There's no other way of saying it except that FoxTrot is made of awesome. Amen!
May 24, 2009
The older the FoxTrot comic, the better. This collection was definitely a amazing one!
December 12, 2009
A rather mean, seldom funny, and horribly drawn comic strip. Shakespeare references on pages 62 and 98-100. The latter is already described in SHAKESPEARES AFTER SHAKESPEARE, Burt, ed.
October 4, 2012
Huge lack of variety in both drawings and... jokes? I didn't laugh enjoyably a single time. They're quite cute but with a pretty basic design.
March 12, 2017
A book from my childhood that I owned.
January 2, 2018
A fun read.
January 18, 2024
Needed something soothing and nostalgic for anxiety, and this fits the bill.
December 27, 2023
A book from my childhood that I owned.
February 10, 2025
Currently reading through every Foxtrot collection
June 27, 2025
It's interesting to see Jason not loving school like in the present.
December 31, 2025
it was funny as always I just didn't know that the drawing of the characters would be so different because it's a older book
September 5, 2020
Interesting how the majority of daily strips used to be a full six day series.
April 24, 2009
It was interesting reading some of the older foxtrot stuff
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