FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 12, 2011

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    ABComic  over 13 years ago

    RED in chess???? Isn’t that checkers?

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    BigChiefDesoto  over 13 years ago

    Maybe Roger has a chance of beating Paige!

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    lewisbower  over 13 years ago

    Would you want to beat Paige?

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    albertonencioni  over 13 years ago

    why has Paige that face in the first table? Drawing cloned from another story?

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    TheWildSow  over 13 years ago

    “Through the Looking Glass” had red and white chess pieces.

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    skeeterhawk  over 13 years ago

    I assumed she was yawning in the first panel–bored out of her skull at the concept of chess. Yes, red in chess? Maybe the game was made by Ma Parkers’ Brothers or Wiltin’ Sadly.

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    davidf42  over 13 years ago

    Red and White used to be the standard colors for Chess I think, while Black and Red are used for Checkers. WildSow is right about “Through the Looking Glass.” Chess sets these days come in a variety of colors, including Black and White, Beige and White, Brown and White, Brown and Beige, Black and Beige, etc. Specialized sets will even use colors like Blue, Purple, Red, etc.

    I think the first panel represents a yawn, like Skeeterhawk says.

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    NE1956  over 13 years ago

    I think the first panel shows that she’s excited. Or like another said, yawning. Nah, excited.

    About chess. Yah. Right.

    It’s too mental for me.

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    Constantinepaleologos  over 13 years ago

    Roger has a huge chance of beating Paige.

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    girl_geek  over 13 years ago

    When I was a kid, we had a set of cheapo plastic chessmen that were red and black! Judging by the packaging, they were probably made in the 70’s…

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    comicnut4636  over 13 years ago

    I have a complete set of the old Avon bottle chess pieces and they are Brown and Silver OR Silver and Brown, unless you switch the caps, then they are (all) Silver and (all)Brown. The only other set I ever had were Red and Black. A cheapy set from the 60’s…

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    JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Over a collective 90 years, my father and I have owned all permutations of black,white and red chess and checkers sets!

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    JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Black and white checkers are called “draughts.”

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    mbkturner  4 months ago

    this is one of my all-time favorites

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