Product Description

In another zany look inside the American family by the nationally syndicated cartoonist, Mom and Dad Fox cope with the trials and tribulations of modern life, from dumping their savings into dud stocks to coping with their offspring's pet iguana. Original.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #336030 in Books
• Published on: 1994-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780836217414
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

GRRRRRRRRREEEAAAAATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a big fan of Foxtrot. I own all of the books and I am breathlessly awaiting the new one. I was reading the past reveiws for all of the books and I thought that the ones that gave the books low ratings were written by people who just don't get it. It's a comic strip. It does not add to the decay of western society. It does not reenforce steryotypes. It does not involve 800 pound ants (maybe they thought this was a different book?). It is meant to challenge the way you think. And if you've got the intellegence to look past the surface, it does. But above all, it is meant to be entertainment. Did you get that? I can repeat it. Entertainment. Not decay, not steryotypes, not 800 pound ants (I'm still wondering about that one), entertainment. So instead of worrying about the decay of society, laugh a little. It will do you good.

Hilarious to the Max
I have been a faithful FoxTrot reader for years. Roger, Andy and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason are always good for a reality check with a large dose of laughter. I've got two girls and let me tell you, I see a lot of my kids in Paige with, I believe, even a healthy dose of Jason thrown in. And they have Peter's bottomless stomach. Of course, they're faithful FoxTrot readers too. I used to read the strip to them, explain what was going on, but now they get it just fine and we three all laugh together. Then my girls try and explain the strip to their dad, who pretends he doesn't get it.

The FoxTrot folks are a great family, one we sort of got used to checking up on every day, so we took the news that Mr. Amend was going to cease daily distribution of his wonderfully funny people and turn his strip to Sunday only, with a bit of sadness. Still, we have these terrific FoxTrot books to keep us going with our FoxTrot fix. Mr. Amend is to be commended for his great gift to our culture and his great gift to so many lives. I truly believe a laugh a day, helps keep the blues away and the FoxTrot gang are always good for a laugh. Heck there are a lot of laughs in the FoxTrot books. I know, I have them all and I am, along with my girls and my hubby dear, eagerly awaiting the next one.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention, we don't have an iguana, but my girls do have a pet gecko and, you guessed it, his name is Quincy.

Never too old to read FoxTrot
It's beem years since I read Fox Trot but when I picked this comic strip book up the other day, it was like riding a bicyle.(but more fun!) I got right back into the rhythm without missing a beat. All the same old characters came back just as big and large as their endearing yet odd yet familiar personalities. Jason the nerd-genius and his side-kick friend Marcus, Peter-Peter-the-eat-anything-that-doesn't-move-but-never-gains-weight older brother and Peter's nympho-sight-impaired girlfriend, and Paige-the-type-of-snooty-girl-every-reader-wanted-to-hate-in-high-school older sister. Then there's the-anti-Julia-Childs-tofu-pushing-try-it-you'll-love-it-health-nut-mom and the ever clueless but we-still-wouldn't-trade-ya-for-a-smarter-one Dad. And let's not forget the Quincy the REAL lizard King! (eat your heart out Jim Morrison)

The humor can be enjoyed at SO many different levels. An 8 year old can enjoy this book but so can an 80 year old. That's the beauty of FoxTrot. I get "it". And I enjoy "it". The dry as the Sahara desert humor, the nerd humor, the family-full-of-mixed-nuts-kind of humor, the little brother picking on the older sister and even the ever present oh-so-very-subtle-and-clever-word-play humor.

Bill Amend has proven once again that he can do no wrong when it comes to Fox Trot. Chalk this one up as another keeper for your FoxTrot library. (But whatever you do, DO NOT let anyone borrow your FoxTrot books like I did. You'll never see them again. Obviously, this "borrower" thought they were "keepers" too!)