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29: 189:, would turn into a Sunday-only strip. Amend stated that he wanted to continue doing the strip, but at a less hurried pace. This news was followed by several weeks of the characters discussing a "cartoonist" semi-retiring to Sundays only, and what methods he would use to phase out the daily strips. The last daily 1755: 503: 1760: 1750: 1770: 166:
After about a month in the animation business, Amend got fired for being unqualified and decided to pursue a cartooning career and got signed on with
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cartoon was printed on December 30, 2006. Amend also sometimes did guest strips for webcomics such as
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first appeared on April 10, 1988. On May 21, 1999, Amherst College awarded him an
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and raised in Northern California. He attended high school in
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On December 5, 2006, Universal Press Syndicate issued a
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Final Archive of Bill Amend's Original Foxtrot Blog
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Northampton, Massachusetts
Reuben Award
Inkpot Award
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Burlingame
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Amherst College
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