FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for February 04, 2022

Love Andy’s expression.

how suspenseful

OMG!!!! HE SURVIVED! NOOOO!

You know, even writing a bad novel is pretty impressive and admirable. Of course, when I phrase it that way, most people don’t take it as a compliment.

Hey, at least his novel is more plausible than that ludicrous Wilbur overboard story in “Mary Worth”.

With 173 wires, I would have trouble keeping track of all the colors. Which shade of red did he cut? Maybe all the other wires were shades of blue and there was only one red.

Always cut the red wire. Everyone knows that.

Andy is so supportive

Rule for writers: never let friends or family read your manuscript.

Did Roger’s toupee fall off in the second panel?

Everything is easier in fiction.

Never understood why you have to cut a certain wire. Cutting any wire breaks the circuit.

It’s never the color of the wire, that’s just the insulation. It’s what connection(s) the wire makes. Still waiting for the evil genius that uses all the same colored wires or the hero to fall back and say, “They are all striped Red/Green/Blue/White.”

Never cut the red wire. Just watch MacGyver

A couple things I never noticed before, the acknowledgement that he’s in a story in panel two and the fact that Andy does seem to be holding the last page in panel 4. The end is nigh.

I love the scene in Goldfinger, near the end when Bond is looking down at the bomb trying to figure out what to do. A scientist leans over his shoulder and flips a switch

This reminds me of the MASH episode where BJ and Hawkeye have to disarm a bomb that landed in the compound and were getting instructions over the radio.

“Cut the red wire ….

… but first …"

When the protagonist is in a life or death situation early in a book, where IS the suspense? Surely it isn’t gonna end on page 103. Yawn.

Is she saying noooo because he cut the correct wire and the story will continue?

She is thinking when will the torture end.

I think I would buy this book.

I’m impressed he could count 173 wires

I wonder what Ian Fleming would think of this arc?

Fraction of a second, huh? Of course The Fox also has the ability to slow down time.

Secret Agent Man, Secret Agent Man… Great song.

the disturbing this is this novel could be a best seller IRL

Makes sense – once the story is over it was read. Roger’s next novel will be set in the 20s, before color TV – he’ll call it….Shades of Gray.

Looks like he has a bestseller hit here.

The right one was cut? That’s debatable.