Eight Yards, Down and Out: A Foxtrot Collection

by Bill Amend

Book Overview

FoxTrot is a comic strip with attitude, wit and a big dose of reality. Bill Amend's brilliant understanding of sibling rivalry and generational struggles comes to life in a refreshing blend of humor and truth.

Readers of all ages will love this glimpse into family life with the FoxTrot gang. Come and laugh with Roger and Andy, and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836218841
• ISBN13: 9780836218848
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This missing laugh of the day

Another great Foxtrot. Its creator retired while he still had his edge and this book displays every bit of his wit. RIP Roger Foxx and family - and iguana. Buy this before they all disappear.

I'll Give Up My FoxTrot When Pigs Fly

I have been a faithful FoxTrot reader for years. Roger, Andy and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason are always good for a reality check with a large dose of laughter. I've got two girls and let me tell you, I see a lot of my kids in Paige with, I believe, even a healthy dose of Jason thrown in. And they have Peter's bottomless stomach. Of course, they're faithful FoxTrot readers too. I used to read the strip to them, explain what was going on, but now they get it just fine and we three all laugh together. Then my girls try and explain the strip to their dad, who pretends he doesn't get it. The FoxTrot folks are a great family, one we sort of got used to checking up on every day, so we took the news that Mr. Amend was going to cease daily distribution of his wonderfully funny people and turn his strip to Sunday only, with a bit of sadness. Still, we have these terrific FoxTrot books to keep us going with our FoxTrot fix. Mr. Amend is to be commended for his great gift to our culture and his great gift to so many lives. I truly believe a laugh a day, helps keep the blues away and the FoxTrot gang are always good for a laugh. Heck there are a lot of laughs in the FoxTrot books. I know, I have them all and I am, along with my girls and my hubby dear, eagerly awaiting the next one. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, we don't have an iguana, but my girls do have a pet gecko and, you guessed it, his name is Quincy.

Eight Yards Down and Out. Foxtrot, All Great!

I've been a Foxtrot reader for a long time and personally I think there is something suspiciously wrong with people who don't find Bill Amend's characters funny as all get out. If you want a good laugh, check out Bill in your local newspaper, or better yet, get one of the Foxtrot books. They are all great, really, they are. Like many of Mr. Amend's fans I'm a bit disappointed he's switching his strip to Sunday-only, but fortunately I can still read him daily in the Foxtrot books. Get them one and all and you can keep right on a laughing.

Humerous.

Roger warms up for football season. Paige and Nicole enroll in Current Affairs. Jason gets a recorder and totally annoys the family, until it disappears. Denise gets angry at Peter for talking about a teenage girl in gym. Jason meets the impossible extra-credit problem. Peter gets stuck in Jason's Halloween mask. Andy convinces Roger to join a health club. Jason writes an extra-long Christmas list. Roger gives Jason a GI-Joe suction dart assault helmet. Jason tries to beat Marcus in Super Mario Bros. Jason and Peter go down Kamikaze Ridge. Andy goes to a Chicago Bulls game without Roger. Peter borrows Steve's guitar again. Jason makes a stop-motion dino-film. Roger buys a Maverick Mark VII to beat Fred in golf. Denise gives Peter a booby-trapped rabbit. Jason breaks the water system. Jason pretends he's The Flash, using Paige's red sweater for the mask.All these funny stories and more are in this book!

Fox Trot Rules!

I have to admit, when I first got this book, I was disapointed. I didn't know it was old school Fox Trot. In the early days, Fox Trot wasn't drawn exactly the same as it curently is. And I really didn't care for the artwork. but I kept reading. And I soon forgot about the art work, and realized that this book was wicked funny. Really, Fox Trot is the best comic strip around. And this shows that it was good even from the early 90's