R.I.P. Foxtrot

[theKOT]

At least a daily version of it. I can't help but feel that this is the beginning of the end for our favorite comic strip featuring an iguana. Although that comment at the end does leave open the possibility for some sort of animated series, those usually bomb.

[TinSoldier]

That is sad... I love that strip!

[Penguinizer]

It was a great comic :(

[pestilenceawaits]

I am bummed about this. I love that cartoon I read it everyday at lunch.

[theKOT]

Yeah, it's my favorite print comic currently in production, but now it looks like it will go the way of Calvin and Hobbes.

[Ego Slayer]

Ooh dang... That's too bad. Though at least he isn't going to completely stop writing. Meh, I only get the Sunday paper anyway.

[Bookman]

Oh I hope this isn't true........

Though it appears so.
Nothing's been said on his news page though

[Joran]

I love Foxtrot. Alas, all good things must come to an end.

Although, for some reason, the web-comic MacHall affected me more when it shut down :(

[theKOT]

Oh I hope this isn't true........

Though it appears so.
Nothing's been said on his news page though

But it's there on the comic's page.

[ElfLad]

Dang. This was probably my favorite news strip still printing.

Ah, well. There's still Get Fuzzy and Pearls Before Swine, at least.

[Bookman]

But it's there on the comic's page.

Ahhhhh crap

Dang. This was probably my favorite news strip still printing.

Ah, well. There's still Get Fuzzy and Pearls Before Swine, at least.

Yep. Pearls OWNS.

I also like "Rudy Park"

but this is a sad day indeed.

[Chunklets]

While I wouldn't say it's my favourite, Foxtrot is definitely in the upper echelon of newspaper comics, and I shall miss it. I wait with fear and trepidation to see what my local paper will replace it with.

[The Vanishing Hitchhiker]

I love Foxtrot. Alas, all good things must come to an end.

Although, for some reason, the web-comic MacHall affected me more when it shut down :(

Hm...good comic ending (or about to)...wonderful webcomic ended...what do they have in common? Well, they're good/wonderful, and they're ending.



Let's keep a very close eye on our resident Giant, shall we?

(And now, an epic poem on the transience of reality and fleeting beauty. Possibly about cherry blossoms.)

[Overlord]

Hmm. That is sad. While I don't usually end up reading the daily comics anyway, this cannot be a good sign for the comic's future in the newspaper.

On another note, who do you think the first character to be killed off will be?

My money's on Peter.

[Cathrindir]

On another note, who do you think the first character to be killed off will be?

My money's on Peter.

I say Quincy. Paige is going to snap eventually.

[tcjsavannah]

Not a great way to start a Monday. 8( But I respect Bill Amend's decision.. who knows, maybe now the kids will age :)

[EmeraldRose]

Wow, this is one of my husband's favorites. He orders the desk calendar every Christmas for himself . I think he checks it online to...

[nifty>>virago<<]

darn...thats not cool

[Tiako]

I can't say I'm not happy about this. I think Amend has been needing a mind rester, much like the one Waterson took, to keep his material funny.

As for what is left, count your blessings if you are lucky enough to have Ink Pen and Lio in your newspaper. They are both new comic, and are both the two best comics currently running, in my opinion. If you also have Brewster Rockitt, you have been blessed, as I have (Note that I don't mention comics such as Get Fuzzy because it is in so many newspapers).

[EmeraldRose]

BTW...when I told him, my husband's reaction was "WHAT?!? NO!!! It's one of my favorites!! " Then he said he bet Bill Amend has just gotten burned out, he's been doing the comic for almost 20 years...

[Overlord]

I say Quincy. Paige is going to snap eventually.

"I'm so sorry, Jason! It appears somebody tasered Quincy, tied him up, gagged him, doused him in chloroform, and placed him behind the rear wheel of my car just before I backed out of the driveway, and I accidentally ran him over!"

Yeah, Quincy the iguana was my second guess, and then the dad (I can't remember his name).But I figured if Paige snapped, it would be Jason, not his pet, that she kills.


Quincy =

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Another wonderful comic comes to a close. Tis better to leave at the top of your game then to stay around as a cruel mockery of your former greatness.

[SteveMB]

Better this than to degenerate into a shambling undead mockery of life, like [insert name of any of several dozen creaky old strips that haven't been funny since Reagan was President here].

[Amotis]

Better this than to degenerate into a shambling undead mockery of life, like [insert name of any of several dozen creaky old strips that haven't been funny since Reagan was President here].

qft. Sadly it's true. It's like old people. Not funny.

[Dr._Weird]

Better this than to degenerate into a shambling undead mockery of life, like [insert name of any of several dozen creaky old strips that haven't been funny since Reagan was President here].

Garfield comes to mind.

[Overlord]

Garfield comes to mind.

Must....
Resist....
Cheap....
Shot....

Garfield was funny in the '80s?!

...sorry, I couldn't help it. The urge was too strong.


Anyway, Garfield is occasionally funny, and the cartoon was sort of cute, but the comic as whole is indeed rather stagnant.

[Amotis]

Garfield is funny if you remove all of Garfields and the animals' thought bubbles and it's just like Jon talking. SA had a thread like that and it was awesome.

[King_of_Oz]

I am distressed. Foxtrat is my favorite.
What other comic strip references D&D.

[TinSoldier]

I am distressed. Foxtrat is my favorite.
What other comic strip references D&D.

Get Fuzzy does once in awhile, but I couldn't find a link.

[Holy_Knight]

Yeah, it's my favorite print comic currently in production, but now it looks like it will go the way of Calvin and Hobbes.

I agree completely. This is sad news.