Everyone can relate to having a family member with an unusual hobby or habit. The Fox clan is no different. The youngest Fox is Jason, whose best friend is an iguana named Quincy. His sister, Paige, is a shopaholic. The oldest Fox sibling is Peter, whose stomach is a bottomless pit. But perhaps the most unusual of all is level-headed mom and official family mediator, Andy, who is working through her obsession with the movie Titanic. A slave to her emotions, she is brought to tears at a mere hint of the soundtrack and attends multiple movie screenings each day. This leaves well-meaning husband, Roger, struggling to live up to her new romantic expectations. All of this is par for the course in the hilarious but hectic Fox household.What makes the Fox clan so entertaining? They're just like us-only funnier-with no sappy sentimentality. Readers can't help but recognize a little bit of themselves in this family strip with its good-hearted, if not eccentric, characters. The Foxes deal with everything from sibling rivalry to marital disagreements over golfing habits to sharing time on the computer, always making us laugh in the process. FoxTrot has amassed a colossal audience of fans of all ages who eagerly turn to this hilarious strip each day, whether in newspapers or on the Web. New fans and loyal readers alike will enjoy "I'm Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger," the latest FoxTrot collection. Together, the Fox family provides a witty window on the realities of home life today.
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Cartoonist Bill Amend graduated with a degree in physics from Amherst College, where he contributed editorial cartoons to the student newspaper. His hobbies include tinkering with computers and creating video games.
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Bill Amend and his wife and two children call the Midwest home. He is a graduate of Amherst College with a degree in physics. In 1998, FoxTrot was syndicated. When he's not drawing his strip and making people laugh, he can be found tinkering with computers and playing video games.
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FoxTrot strips from December 29, 1997 to October 8, 1998,
This review is from: IÂ’m Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger: A FoxTrot Collection (Foxtrot Collections) (Paperback)
Roger tries to get Jason away from the Jupiter 64 so he can watch football. Andy goes "Titanic"-crazy. Jason goes through a love crisis. Paige ends up in lots of bad luck. Peter paints a goattee on his face. Andy goes goo-goo for Bitty Babies. Jason and Marcus dress up for "The X-Files Movie: Fight For The Future". Jason shows off his OS, Jasondows. Jason meets Lara Croft. Peter shows up wearing the same shirt as Morton. Andy makes a speech about "Dilbert". Andy finds Jason's leftover Halloween decor.All these and more are in this book!
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I'm laughing, Jack! I mean, Roger.,
By Carlton Brown IV (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IÂ’m Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger: A FoxTrot Collection (Foxtrot Collections) (Paperback)
This book is soooo hilarious! The "Titanic"-themed strips are really good, but my favorites are probably the ones about Jason's nightmare encounter with Lara Croft of "Tomb Raider" fame. A few other good cartoons: Andy's mutant zucchini (sp?) crop, (Man, can I indentify with that! I haven't touched one of those things in over a year, when MY garden went beserk with 'em. If I never see one again, it'll be too soon!) Paige and her uncaring biology teacher, Peter's obsession with summer football training, and Roger's inabilty to watch football at Super Bowl week, due to Jason's playing of "Duke Quackem" on his "Jupiter 64". In this story, Rog tries to hurridly get Jason a memory cartridge to save his game, but gets him a "Rambo Pack" instead. Any video-game-system-literate person will find this series of strips hysterically funny! Great book, Mr. Amend! Keep 'em coming!
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Fox Trot on....Again!,
By Mr. Dana "Dana_Franklin" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IÂ’m Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger: A FoxTrot Collection (Foxtrot Collections) (Paperback)
Great book! One of the best, actually. As I said in my other Fox Trot review, I just can't get enough! I dread the day Bill Amend decides to retire. May that day never, ever come!This book is must for your collection!
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