FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 23, 2020

next thing you’ll see Jason discuss white meat with a poultry farmer; the meat in question looks kind of tan

Jason is going to make his dad’s brain hurt.

What you’ll see if Jason does come back with squid ink is him wearing a coffee cup.

Don’t mess with Dad before he’s had his coffee, Jason!

I see that Roger is using one of those very common clear coffee mugs for this cartoon

Of all the politically-correct terms, the one I have difficulty with is African-American. I prefer the term, black.

The person that I see who is of apparent African descent may not be “American” at all. He or she may be African-Canadian, or African-Mexican or African-Chinese or, get this, just plain African. My wife works with a number of African refugees (and people from other parts of the world), so I wind up with further sub-divisions such as Nigerian, Sudanese, Congolese …

However, I have to agree with Jason here. Few of the people I know of African ancestry have a skin color dark enough to even come close to being called black, however, it’s the best word I have when it matters to make a distinction.

Another episode of ‘Jason Fox’ gets nit picky.

Pantone book is needed to find the correct pumpkin orange.

If the coffee isn’t black, you didn’t make it strong enough.

Ah, yes, the famous Pantone Matching System! I mixed a lot of inks using that book and a scale. But where does a grade school kid get one, unless someone in his family is employed in printing or the graphic arts???

Jason is correct. The coffee is not black. It’s dark brown.

On a business trip to Japan, I accidentally discovered that in fact you can order coffee with squid ink in it. :-(

Ah, it’s always so nice when I come across a FoxTrot strip that I haven’t seen.

Isn’t that dark purple?!

Coffee color that starts with PMS… Wonderful!

I have wondered whose idea squid ink pasta was.

PANTONE 19-3928 TPX Blue-Indigo is my most favorite of colors

Jason certainly does fixate narrowly like the color of the coffee, not thinking that it is also imbibed.