FoxTrot by Bill Amend for November 17, 2013

Talk about meta

Silly Jason, that should be a ???, not a !!!

“Amused chuckle followed by entry of odd comment.”

I love how panels five and six are the same thing :)

Okay, can’t say I’ve ever seen it done quite like this in a comic strip before.

It fits the pattern of a “Knock, knock… Who’s there?” joke

I sympathize, guys. Years ago my wife and I went to a Halloween party as Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres from the silent movie, The Sheik. We were in complete grayscale and had made up a couple dozen flip cards each with appropriate phrases on them. We didn’t speak, just overacted and pantomimed while holding up the cards.Nobody got it. And I mean nobody.

There putting on so much pressure, I can hear the fourth wall crying.

OK—now this one was clever. Made me smile.

Made me smile too, but I also sympathize, Llywus, I have also done costumes (and paintings too) that are not understood by some who have seen them.

The foxtrot comics really do work that way.

I see. (Sorry,Comic Minister!)

See Da Vinci’s Notebook – Title of the Song

Well, THAT’S ironic.

I just compared last Sunday’s strip with this model — the fit is almost perfect!

“! ! !” ? Must be a comic strip by Al Hartley.

Banal comment referencing premise.

Clever comment relating to the punchline that adds on to the joke.

Ahem, and the irony. Punchline

Some clever title

4th wall

I hope he gave the Neo-Futurists royalties for this gag……

Hah… ‘pretending’.

Big Nate said it best: The punchline should be in the penultimate panel. The last panel should be a reaction to boost the punchline.

Put some words into the speech bubbles, guys!