# No more daily Foxtrot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063 "2006-12-06T14:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/21 "2006-12-06T22:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] If the good ones didn’t quit, they’d become the bad ones who go on forever. [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. Its’ been a good ride. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/22 "2006-12-07T02:41:21Z")
This is so not fair. Whatever happened to the days when cartoonists worked until they died and then went into repeats? I am seriously bummed. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/23 "2006-12-07T05:46:09Z")
About time. I was seriously thinking about starting a thread on how bad the strip has gotten. Aside from Jason’s references to pop culture, I can’t think of any new jokes or developments this strip has offered in five years. It was very entertaining once, but that was long, long ago. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/24 "2006-12-07T06:11:45Z")
I’ll disagree with **Clark K** and say that _FoxTrot_ continues to be a font of amusement, and will be missed. Still, I can see where Bill Amend might be feeling burned out and wants to do something different. Doesn’t mean I have to like it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/25 "2006-12-07T06:53:03Z")
Fox Trot still gives me frequent amusement, but I’ll add my vote to the others who think it’s a good thing to quit while your strip is still funny. I don’t think it is in the power of anyone, however talented, to keep a strip funny for 10 or 15 years, let alone a longer period of time. Even Calvin and Hobbes were starting to become stale near the end. For those who are looking for an online comic strip, I recommend [Sluggy Freelance](http://www.sluggy.com) which still manages good punch lines after almost 10 years. It will take a while to get acclimated to it, if you are a new reader, since the characters are numerous and there are many references to past plotlines. But you can read it from the beginning at the website. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/26 "2006-12-08T20:54:57Z")
I dunno, I still read _Sluggy_ daily, but I definitely feel Pete’s not as funny as he was in he earlier years (just go back to the first “Dimension of Pain” story arc for an example). Too much of a tendency to try and write “deeper” stories, if ya asks me. The _Suicide Bikini Saturday_ fill-in strips are more Sluggy Classic, as a counterexample. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/27 "2006-12-08T21:59:17Z")
I hope before the dailies stop, he wraps up the mystery of what ever happened to that nice blind girl that Peter was dating. She just sort of dropped off the face of the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/28 "2006-12-08T22:34:17Z")
That’s sad. I haven’t read newspaper comics in a while, not having a subscription, but Foxtrot was one of the few good ones left after the Great Comic Exodus that claimed C&H and The Far Side. [QUOTE=rjung] I dunno, I still read _Sluggy_ daily, but I definitely feel Pete’s not as funny as he was in he earlier years (just go back to the first “Dimension of Pain” story arc for an example). Too much of a tendency to try and write “deeper” stories, if ya asks me. The _Suicide Bikini Saturday_ fill-in strips are more Sluggy Classic, as a counterexample. [/QUOTE] I think Pete does a fine job when he writes dramatic arcs that are character-driven rather than plot-driven. The recent Shadow World story was as good as anything in the early years, but Oceans Unmoving was a big soggy mess. But the real problem with Sluggy these days is that it’s just not funny anymore. At some point, Pete forgot how to write jokes wherein the punchline is anything other than “hyuck hyuck \_\_\_\_\_\_ is a total moron!” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/29 "2006-12-08T23:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] …what ever happened to that nice blind girl that Peter was dating. She just sort of dropped off the face of the earth. [/QUOTE] [sub]…Nahhhhhhh. Too easy.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/30 "2006-12-08T23:25:43Z")
I really like this strip. I like the kids and the goofy reference the cartoonist puts in (he is usually on the front page of the newspaper or magazine one of the characters is reading). I like the mom-a very honest portrayal. It’s sad that the funny papers aren’t funny anymore. How do things like Dondi and Nancy survive? WHEN will they die? And if I could have one lousy wish-I would take that Brenda Starr skank and bitch-slap her right outta the paper… Garfield should be drowned, along with the entire Family Circus. I’m sure there are others. Too bad about this strip, though. damn. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/31 "2006-12-08T23:46:19Z")
Shoot - I used to work with Bill Amend’s girlfriend, but have lost track with her… Kinda bizarre to go from “oh, hey, good news - my boyfriend’s comic is getting picked up in newspapers!” to it getting retired… man, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/32 "2006-12-09T04:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] That will leave me only two daily strips, and I read Dilbert out of habit rather than the humor of the past. [Userfriendly](http://www.userfriendly.org/static/) is the only daily I will have that produces a good laugh often. [/QUOTE] UserFriendly is the number one comic on my bookmark list. It is followed by [Irregular Webcomic](http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/) , [The Whiteboard](http://www.the-whiteboard.com/), [Sinfest](http://www.sinfest.net/) ,[Something Positive](http://www.somethingpositive.net/) and [Questionable Content](http://www.questionablecontent.net/) . Who needs coffee when you read all that first thing in the morning? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/33 "2006-12-09T08:57:51Z")
There’s always Ballard Street [http://www.comics.com/creators/ballardst/archive/ballardst-20061108.html](http://www.comics.com/creators/ballardst/archive/ballardst-20061108.html) van Amerongen has always cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/34 "2006-12-09T09:20:35Z")
Awwww. Rats. FoxTrot has got to me my favorite comic strip; I was just reading one of my FoxTrot books before I read this. This is disappointing news, but hopefully the Sunday strips will be higher quality. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/35 "2006-12-09T11:04:08Z")
[QUOTE=Ukulele Ike] > [@Shoeless](#): > > …what ever happened to that nice blind girl that Peter was dating. She just sort of dropped off the face of the earth. [sub]…Nahhhhhhh. Too easy.[/sub] [/QUOTE] Aww, come on, **Ike** , make it a double-shot because I kinda wondered the same thing about the blind girlfriend…except I forgot that I wondered until **Shoeless** brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/36 "2006-12-09T15:40:50Z")
Ugh. That sucks. That means there’s going to be another gap in the local rag’s comics section, which they’ll undoubtedly fill with more bland crap like “Mutts.” ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/37 "2006-12-10T23:39:32Z")
Add me to the daily readers lamenting this development. I hope my local doesn’t drop the sunday strip. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/38 "2006-12-11T02:13:30Z")
I’m disappointed, but not particularly surprised. Is it just me, or has Amend been taking a lot of vacations and re-running old strips the past few years? And am I the only one who remembers absolutely nothing about Peter dating a blind girl? I’ve been reading it every day for at least 5 or 6 years, and I don’t remember seeing that ever come up. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063/39 "2006-12-11T04:18:49Z")
[Denise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrot#Denise_Russo)? If you’re as unobservant as I am, for a long time you may have thought he just was dating someone with a propensity for sunglasses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-daily-foxtrot/383063.md?page=1)