Comments on: FoxTrot to be come a Sunday only feature http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Richard http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-10157 Richard Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:00:26 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-10157 Of course there are lots of "new" cartoonists waiting to take Bill's place, just like there are lots of young readers out there with slightly different perspectives than the "current" batch. Humanity has an uncanny way of replacing itself, kind of like Autumn. A little sad; but that's life. Nature ain't always pretty. Still, I'll miss him. Best of luck always, Bill, old friends. I'll miss all of you. Richard Leagan, Quincy, FL Of course there are lots of “new” cartoonists waiting to take Bill’s place, just like there are lots of young readers out there with slightly different perspectives than the “current” batch. Humanity has an uncanny way of replacing itself, kind of like Autumn. A little sad; but that’s life. Nature ain’t always pretty.
Still, I’ll miss him. Best of luck always, Bill, old friends. I’ll miss all of you.
Richard Leagan, Quincy, FL

]]> By: josh http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7562 josh Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:55:49 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7562 What a surprise, and not a happy one. It's a good thing that Amend has the instinct of any respectable artist, and that is to move on before the idea grows stale. The sad thing is, at least in the comics pages, that most cartoonists (or sons and daughters of cartoonists) don't make this crucial decision. So strips like FoxTrot, Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, Far Side, etc. end with dignity, but Blondie and Garfield will continue forever, until it's just them and the cockroaches inhabiting the Earth. What a surprise, and not a happy one. It’s a good thing that Amend has the instinct of any respectable artist, and that is to move on before the idea grows stale. The sad thing is, at least in the comics pages, that most cartoonists (or sons and daughters of cartoonists) don’t make this crucial decision. So strips like FoxTrot, Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, Far Side, etc. end with dignity, but Blondie and Garfield will continue forever, until it’s just them and the cockroaches inhabiting the Earth.

]]> By: ERA http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7540 ERA Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:22:13 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7540 Berke blows. Bloom County was the best and I am so disapointed with the encore. And, Mike, a lot of strips stay on long past the time when the creator still lives. Berke blows. Bloom County was the best and I am so disapointed with the encore. And, Mike, a lot of strips stay on long past the time when the creator still lives.

]]> By: Mike http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7525 Mike Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:02:58 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7525 I kind of respect Mr. Amend for stopping or slowing down when he feels he's tired of the grind instead of allowing Foxtrot to degrade into mediocrity. I'm not saying it is mediocre, because its not, its a funny strip. But a lot of strips seems to stay on long past the time when the creator still cares. Well, thats my 2 cents anyway. I hope the sundays keep going for awhile though. I kind of respect Mr. Amend for stopping or slowing down when he feels he’s tired of the grind instead of allowing Foxtrot to degrade into mediocrity. I’m not saying it is mediocre, because its not, its a funny strip. But a lot of strips seems to stay on long past the time when the creator still cares. Well, thats my 2 cents anyway. I hope the sundays keep going for awhile though.

]]> By: Charles Brubaker http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7501 Charles Brubaker Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:48:45 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7501 Dang, it's 1995 all over again. I'll miss reading "FoxTrot" on regular basis, though I'm glad the Sundays will at least continue. Dang, it’s 1995 all over again.

I’ll miss reading “FoxTrot” on regular basis, though I’m glad the Sundays will at least continue.

]]> By: Jeff http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7484 Jeff Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:34:09 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2006/12/05/foxtrot-to-be-come-a-sunday-only-feature/#comment-7484 What a shame. I will very much miss the daily sequences. Thank you Bill Amend for providing them as long as you did. I hope he'll do more with the Sundays now that he has more time. So many Fox Trot Sundays in the past couple of years have been single panel sight gags. Go for it Bill... any Fox Trot Sunday you create is far more worthy of the space Opus has gotten. What a shame. I will very much miss the daily sequences. Thank you Bill Amend for providing them as long as you did.

I hope he’ll do more with the Sundays now that he has more time. So many Fox Trot Sundays in the past couple of years have been single panel sight gags. Go for it Bill… any Fox Trot Sunday you create is far more worthy of the space Opus has gotten.

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