Showing posts with label FoxTrot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FoxTrot. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2013

COMIC: Jasotron: 2012 by Bill Amend

Jasotron: 2012



FoxTrot is my all-time favorite comic strip. So this new collection was one of the top items on my Christmas/Birthday list. The only disappointment came when I turned the last page. There were all sorts of fun strips about the sibling rivalries, the mom's cooking habits, the oldest son's eating habits and the dad's grilling habits. My favorites, though, are the ones that reference some piece of popular (or geek) culture - Star Trek, iPads, superheroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. Those are the ones I go back to time and time again (or make my husband drop what he's doing to read). This was a fun read, and I know I will pick it up and read it again soon.

4 out of 5 stars

Recommended for: kids and adults, fans of previous books or of the strips from the newspaper. Folks who might not "get" the pop culture references will have plenty to enjoy just in the family interactions.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

THURSDAY: Wrapped Up Fox Trot and Math, Science and Unix Underpants

I. Love. FoxTrot. 

Love it. Love the whole series. I love the interactions between the three children in the family. I love the movie and cultural references, especially to science fiction. I love the dad's ineptness with all things technological. I love the mother's long-suffering eye-rolls.

Wrapped Up FoxTrot includes some of the final daily strips from Bill Amend. Math, Science and Unix Underpants is a compilation of some of the science/math related strips over the years. This is the first "themed" book, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more in the future. 

If you are a fan of FoxTrot, both books are a treat to read through - and laugh through. 

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