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The new Foxtrot collection has a great title...
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Mike Works
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:lol
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Now I only collect two strips... Foxtrot and Dilbert... I love how Bill Amend stays really current with the trends, but does it in a way that doesn't get outdated (too much that is) when you read strips from 95 and what not...
I once wasted the better half of a day at work reading all of our Foxtrot collections. Amend does have an eye for the trends as noted, and he's pretty consistent with his humor
People should check out the Boondocks collections too, since it tries very hard to be a black Calvin and Hobbes and succeeds a considerable amount of the time (although McGruder dwells way too much on the "RARGHHH BUSH SUCKS" crap and characterization has suffered because of it)
People should check out the Boondocks collections too, since it tries very hard to be a black Calvin and Hobbes and succeeds a considerable amount of the time (although McGruder dwells way too much on the "RARGHHH BUSH SUCKS" crap and characterization has suffered because of it)
Smiles and Cries
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I love foxtrot 
I followed the LOTR strips, the iFruit Strips, what else so many
I followed the LOTR strips, the iFruit Strips, what else so many
Blackace said:
I remember when people here were trying to get it cancelled because "it promoted violence towards women" (the story arc when Huey was hiding in trees and hitting two girls with "lightsabers") and was "anti-black" (negative black santa, the pimp reverend, and any time Riley does his thug routine, which are supposed to be ironic and social comments.) I never understood how people could miss the point of the characters, although I do agree that he lays the race and politics on a bit thick sometimes
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
belgurdo said:
it is funny because Jason Fox "promotes violence" in even harsher ways.. I love Fox trot and I am a fan of the Boondocks (I like Grandpa the best, reminds me of my father so much) and Aaron McGruder is very creative. I just wish he would layoff the race issues a bit at times.. But I guess that is kind of the charm of his strip..
Agent Dormer
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Ha, that's great. Foxtrot is one of the few newspaper comics worth reading daily.
I'll have to check this out, seeing how rare a good, consistent comic strip has become these days: Family Circus, Marmaduke, hell, even Garfield fucking sucks now. A recent Family Circus I had the displeasure of seeing:
The little girl is standing alone in the frame, her hand over her heart. She says,
"one nation, under God, invisible,"
:lol :lol :lol
COMIC GENIUS, I TELL YA!!!!
The little girl is standing alone in the frame, her hand over her heart. She says,
"one nation, under God, invisible,"
:lol :lol :lol
COMIC GENIUS, I TELL YA!!!!
It's a good collection overall...but, to be honest (Owning like 10 of the things), he's really starting to repeat himself. I find that, while some of them can be REALLY funny, others are just rehashes of old strips and that's a definite problem.
Everyone should read Zits...it has the same basic problem but I can relate to it a bit more and is really fantastic. It's new collection, "Thrashed" is out now.
Everyone should read Zits...it has the same basic problem but I can relate to it a bit more and is really fantastic. It's new collection, "Thrashed" is out now.
Litigation Manuel
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Not enough "Get Fuzzy" love here.
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typhonsentra
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I thought I was the only one who liked Jump Start!
On the subject of people having more than one strip, Jerry Scott writes both Baby Blues and Zits, while they each have a different artist.
There needs to be more Zits love...some of them are absolutely fantastic. I don't have a copy of the strip, but the one with car washing and Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" is fantastic. And so, so true.
There needs to be more Zits love...some of them are absolutely fantastic. I don't have a copy of the strip, but the one with car washing and Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" is fantastic. And so, so true.
The only comics I read now are Dilbert and Foxtrot, with the occasional Baby Blues (being a parent makes them funnier).
Most of the comics, for a lack of better description, are not fun to look at. This was something that Bill Watterson really paid attention to. The panels were never overcrowded, but were stylish and fun. Both Dilbert and Foxtrot use pretty sparse lines, and the characters are very simple but distinctive. Most comics these days are so busy and crowded that they are nealy painful to read. Get Fuzzy is a great example of this - I don't think I've ever gotten through more than a few panels without wanting glasses.
Most of the comics, for a lack of better description, are not fun to look at. This was something that Bill Watterson really paid attention to. The panels were never overcrowded, but were stylish and fun. Both Dilbert and Foxtrot use pretty sparse lines, and the characters are very simple but distinctive. Most comics these days are so busy and crowded that they are nealy painful to read. Get Fuzzy is a great example of this - I don't think I've ever gotten through more than a few panels without wanting glasses.
Aruarian Reflection
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Where can you go to view past Foxtrot strips? Or is that against the TOS...
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