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Camp Foxtrot (Foxtrot Treasury)

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Foxtrot being one of the funniest syndicated comics available today (this might be arguable for some, depending on your standard for humor), you'll definitely want this comic book. It is chock full of 250 pages of the popular strip by Bill Amend, and, with very few exceptions, you'll laugh at every strip.

The actual "camp" doesn't happen until somewhere near the middle of the book, where brainy Jason and his friend Marcus go to Geek Camp for the summer, just to let you know, but you won't mind, I promise.

There is a delightful little bonus kindly provided by the author at the end ("My publisher tells me I have six blank pages to fill") which documents the path that Amend started down in order to become the success he is today. Amend takes six pages to discuss how he creates the strips (does he draw them, or think up the plotline first?) and how he submits and is hired out to do them regularly (so what exactly is the running salary for a cartoonist these days anyway?) with tips on how a person with talent can attempt to do the same.

I get genuinely concerned when/if I don't understand the humor in a Foxtrot comic, or if I fail to smile or laugh. That's how good this comic strip is. Yes, there are reused jokes...but to anyone who might complain about them, you have to remember that SOMETHING kept them reading long enough to notice reused jokes!

I love Foxtrot and once I read this one, which was my first, I really wanted to read more! They family that was created is such a perfect family for all these things to happen to! I love Foxtrot, and now I have seven books insted of one!

This may very well be the best large Fox Trot collection there is out there. Highlights include (but are certainly not limited to): Jason's trip to science camp, Jason's Star Wars satires, Peter and Paige's Halloween party, and more more more. Fanboys unite, we have a hero in Jason Fox!

This book is really funny. The characters have real personalities, and even the parents play big roles, unlike some strips. "Foxtrot" follows in the footsteps of "For Better or For Worse" and "Calvin and Hobbes", each character with distinct personality, and not everybody is beautiful, popular, and perfect, as people in some comics are, like "Archie". I definitly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh.

Who will like this book? All Foxtrot fans (even the finicky ones)!


Round up the usual suspects:

Jason: always living to the fullest of his 180 IQ, interest in computers, and irritating Page.

Page: will she ever get a boyfriend? Isn't she happy that Jason goes to summer camp?

Peter: his appetite will always exceed his interest in sports, but not by much.

Andy: are there any tofu recipes she DOESN'T know?

Roger: even with his golf and chess game, caffeine can't fix everything.


Camp FoxTrot is a fat collection of your favorite comics...250 pages worth. You will not read it all at one setting!

This book was the first Foxtrot book I ever got, the second was "Beyond A Doubt", and Jason and Marcus in this one are your typical geeky guys who think girls have cooties. At a sleep-away camp they go to for the summer there are 2 girls who do there best to out-do them in every way. This, of course, leads to hilarious situations. Anyone pondering the thought of buying a Foxtrot book. This one is the way to go. Of course, they're all great!

I never really read foxtrot before, and my parents got it for me on my 13th Birthday. I did'nt know why got it for me, because I never talked about liking it. But I read it, AND I LOVE IT! It is now one of my faverite comic stips EVER!
This Book is great, it is extremely funny. This book is two foxtrot books in one. It includes foxtrot books "Come Closer Roger There's a Mosquito on Your Nose", and "Welcome to Jasorassic Park". I think it is great. You should definetly buy it.

Foxtrot is so funny! Bill amend is a great cartoonist and even if he doesnt draw normally it is still fun to read his strip, i look forward to his next book!

And you are assured to enjoy this collection as well. All three kids as well as the parents are given equal attention and "strip space" in this book.

Foxtrot is great, it never fails. That's all there is to it.