Bill Amend
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Bill Amend (born September 20, 1962 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.
Born as William J. C. Amend III, Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.[1] He attended Amherst College, where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984. In 1982 Amend took first place among sophomores in a mathematics prize examination at Amherst.
After a short time in the animation business, Amend decided to pursue a cartooning career and signed on with Universal Press Syndicate. FoxTrot first appeared on April 10, 1988.
Amend currently lives in the midwest USA with his wife and children. He and his wife have two children, a boy and a girl.
On May 21, 1999, Amherst College awarded him an Honorary Degree.
Amend made a television appearance on The Screen Savers, which aired October 20, 2003 on the former TechTV.
On December 5, 2006, Universal Press Syndicate issued a press release stating that Amend's strip, FoxTrot, will turn into a Sunday-only strip. Amend says he wants to continue doing the strip, but at a less harried pace.[2]
To get his Wikipedia userpage click here.
[edit] References
- ^ Notable Eagle Projects: Elves, Heroes, and Eagle Scouts. Trail to Eagle. National Eagle Scout Association. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
- ^ "FoxTrot to Cease Dailies" press release from Universal Press Syndicate
[edit] External links
- Bill Amend's Personal Home Page
- Short bio at The National Cartoonists Society (with picture)
- Amherst College To Award Seven Honorary Degrees at Commencement May 21
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