Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables (A Foxtrot Collection)

Whether they're starting high school for the first time, devising their own Winter Olympics, or working out ways to foil their parents, the three Fox kids never fail to create pandemonium.

FoxTrot cleverly conveys the identifiably goofy goings-on in this crazy household. At the core of much of the strip's wild humor is whiz kid Jason, age 10, who tortures his parents, Roger and Andy, and two teenage siblings, Peter and Paige, with his computer skills and his pet Iguana, Quincy. One strip in Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables, illustrates the family dynamics especially well: When Peter makes a racy call to girlfriend Denise on his cell phone, he's shocked to find out he's actually dialed his mother. As he enters the living room, Jason not-so-innocently says, "Oh, dear. Did someone reprogram your speed-dial list again?"

FoxTrot delivers fresh, irreverent, and wacky humor. You're Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables looks at family life through the eyes of Bill Amend.

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Whether they're starting high school for the first time, devising their own Winter Olympics, or working out ways to foil their parents, the three Fox kids never fail to create pandemonium. Since Fox Trot hit syndication in 1988, the strip has rewarded its millions of faithful readers with daily doses of family fun.

Now established as one of America's most popular comic strips, Fox Trot cleverly conveys the identifiably goofy goings-on in this crazy household. At the core of much of the strip's wild humor is whiz kid Jason, age 10, who tortures his parents, Roger and Andy, and two teenage siblings, Peter and Paige, with his computer skills and his pet Iguana, Quincy. One strip in Fox Trot's newest collection, Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables, illustrates the family dynamics especially well: When Peter makes a racy call to girlfriend Denise on his cell phone, he's shocked to find out he's actually dialed his mother. As he enters the living room, Jason not-so-innocently says, "Oh, dear. Did someone reprogram your speed-dial list again?"

Day after day, Fox Trot continues to deliver fresh, irreverent, and wacky humor. You're Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables continues the tradition with its look at family life through the eyes of Bill Amend.

Cartoonist Bill Amend was born in New England, but moved to the San Francisco Bay area when he was 12. He is a graduate of Amherst College with a degree in physics. While in school, he contributed to the student newspaper with twice-weekly editorial cartoons. He enjoys tinkering with computers and playing video games in his spare time. Bill lives in the Midwest with his wife and two children.