FoxTrot by Bill Amend for July 19, 2009
Transcript:
Peter: What's with the superhero costumes? Jason: We're having our own comic-con. The one in San Diego is too far away, so we've decided to hold our own. It'll be just like the real thing! Marcus: Only more fun. Jason: We'll carry bags full of rocks, so our arms will be as tired as they'd be in San Diego. We'll hid all the chairs, so we'll have nowhere to sit and eat lunch, just like in San Diego...We'll hit our feet with hammers so they'll hurt as much as they would in San Diego... Peter: I'm waiting to hear the part that's "more fun". Jason: Hey, Paige, we'll be discussing comic books here ALL WEEK! Paige: AAAA! SOMEONE SHOOT ME!
cleokaya over 15 years ago
We’ll get to watch Paige pull her hair out by the roots.
possiblekim over 15 years ago
Shouldn’t Marcus Jones’s skin is black in colour.
Or Jason got a new friend
Amend: Hmmm… maybe wrong click with photoshop?
4deerinmyyard over 15 years ago
Nice south view, Cleo.
billamend creator over 15 years ago
I checked and I did indicate the correct brown color for Marcus’s skin…the people that dump in the colors screwed up. I never see the final colored version until it runs, unfortunately.
possiblekim over 15 years ago
Billamend: Nice to see you here. Oh well. One could argue since Flash is white, he goes along with the costume. Anyway, great script :D
lewisbower over 15 years ago
Poor Paige. Ha ha ha
mamarose127 Premium Member over 15 years ago
Billamend, only one thing to do. Sic Jason on them!
LibrarianInTraining over 15 years ago
Hey, Bill! Good to see ya haunting the strip comment section! Hope you’re having a good weekend!
We can just chalk it up to stage make-up, perhaps? In the name of Flash authenticity?
YatInExile over 15 years ago
So is Comic-con not as much fun as you guys make it out to be?
risitas over 15 years ago
Always wondered whether Superman could outrun The Flash???
“On yer marks, get ready - GO!!!”
One second later, they’re BOTH sittin’ at home, in their Lazy-Boyz, watchin’ the big game on the
super-wide-screen!!!BigAlthegal over 15 years ago
Ha ha! Great strip. And yet, through all the pain, those hugely heavy bags are filled with goodies we stay up all night reading. So, then there’s the exhaustion.
kirbey over 15 years ago
My daughter would always bring back the greatest items, from signed books by artist sh liked to the year she ran all over to various stops to get me a ” The Last Airbender ” mouse pad !
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
I thought that the Flash was Jason’s girlfriend Eileen, not Marcus, until Bill spoke up and explained the deal. — I know you all have heard it before but I’ll say it again, Foxtrot needs to be a daily again! Foxtrot was one of the best at running a long story arc. I miss Jason and his pals going to summer camp. Or the annual vacations his family took. The Christmas story arcs were always great. You can’t get that by just running a Sunday strip. Well, unless you’re Prince Valiant, and that’s just a different story.
Come on Bill, we know you’re watching. No need to reply. Just think about it.
lectrice over 15 years ago
Awesome! Bill Amend lurks here! :D I love your comics, obviously!
Benthepokemaster over 15 years ago
woohoo!
sherpafree over 15 years ago
billamend, no the newspapers just have a lot more red ink than black. Go figure.
vasgar1 over 15 years ago
Love, love, love this cartoon! Thanks for still going Bill Amend!
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Do what you think best, Mr. Amend, but know that yours was and remains one of the best comic strips out there.
4deerinmyyard over 15 years ago
jmd4lsu aid, about 13 hours ago, So is Comic-con not as much fun as you guys make it out to be?
My memories thereof are decades old, but fond.
phochuli Premium Member over 15 years ago
Bill: Will we be seeing you at Comic Con? It’s a great time. So much for so many. You definitely have the wear and tear on the body down perfectly.
markwalton over 15 years ago
Man, you nailed it! Every year, I ask myself if the aggravation, exhaustion, stifling crowds, sold out presentations, overpriced taxis and fleabag hotels, all of which get progressively worse each year, it seems, are worth it…and yet, I come back every year! Hope to see you there. :)
kraftjeff over 15 years ago
I started to wonder if Marcus had suffered some sort of newly undiscovered comic strip skin disease. We’d name it photoshopcolordontworkrightatobia.
The simple cure-all is bashing the color editors fingers with a hammer til they turn blue … assuming that the color editor knows what blue is.
octsia101 over 15 years ago
What does she want them to shoot her with? Darts? Or gun?
Anyway, those boys are acting stupid!
Comic-Nut over 15 years ago
Hey Bill; glad to see you about letting us know what is up.
RisitasGenius_badge “Always wondered whether Superman could outrun The Flash???” This was once determined in a very old issue of DC comics some time back in the 70s. I remember it, because I owned the issue. and … I won’t tell who won….
cwreenactor over 15 years ago
LOL!!!
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Supes vs. The Flash? This has recently been RE-determined, and I won’t tell what happened there either…
Hey, Marcus has been color-corrected! :)
WallyEast over 15 years ago
… and it wasn’t even close.
Potrzebie over 15 years ago
which flash? Golden age? Silver age? Impulse?
WallyEast over 15 years ago
That costume is Barry Allen’s, the Silver Age Flash, who’s actually back in the game now.
octsia101 over 15 years ago
I wish they would change the bleeep comic. Oh well. Can’t have everything. And in Paige’s case, anything.
Anyway, Superman would win with his other super powers like laser vision. It would be just like kids’ shows! First he evaporates the Flash, then he walks to the finish line!
:Dkrisl73 over 15 years ago
Bill Amend,
I also love Fox Trot and would like to see it in dailies again. Have you thought about letting the kids age a year or so? It mighr really add to the storyline. Peter could start freaking out about college (and in a year or 2, he could go to college and live at home), Paige could learn to drive (yikes!), and Jason… well, I’m not sure he’d pass any milestones, but that could still make a bid difference.
TiZoXiC over 15 years ago
Cool comic.
jimboylan over 7 years ago
Yay! Jason’s wearing a real Superman costume.
poromeat over 5 years ago
hmmm…. interesting