Foxtrot

FoxTrot is a daily American comic strip by cartoonist Bill Amend, which began syndication on April 10, 1988. It centers around the daily life (which isn't all that normal) of the Fox family. In addition to typical "family" humor, the strip has many stories built around fandom, nerdiness and Internet culture. It is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

Related Topics:
American - Comic strip - Cartoonist - Bill Amend - Syndication - April 10 - 1988 - Fandom - Universal Press Syndicate

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Similar to most comic strips, the characters do not age. Peter Fox will always be 16; Paige will always be 14; and Jason will always be ten years old. This leads to amusing situations if a fan reads earlier strips. For example, an early 1990 storyline involves Paige making an effort to go from being a "child of the 80s" to a "woman of the 90s". As she is still 14, she now would not have been born by 1990.

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In the earlier strips, the family would only live in the present-tense: That is, the family would only refer to the present--or as in the case of a storyline, the very near future--but never past events. However, more recent storylines have broken this "rule", most notably when referring to Jason's summer at Camp Bohrmore. In cases where the past must be referenced it's always "last year", even if the reference storyline happened more than a year ago.

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