"FoxTrot" Creator Bill Amend
 

You may have seen the follow comic strip before:

http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/


Earlier this week, I dropped the creator this note, and got the following response.


Cheers,

--Jay


> Dear Mr. Amend,
>
> Hi! I've noticed you've featured model rocketry in your cartoon over
> the years, and just wanted to let you know that those particular cartoons
> brought me lots of special chuckles. I see that you were born in 1962, as
> I was (it's amazing how many "Born Again Rocketeers" were).
>
> I won't pretend to guess which company you might have preferred,
> but I could only get Estes products by mail order.
>
> Thanks so much, and cheers,
>
> --Jay Goemmer

I was an Estes guy. Can't say I was a huge buff... only made half a dozen
rockets or so. We never had a good place to launch them where they wouldn't
end up in trees or lost in the neighborhood.


Bill Amend

Heh...
 

Sounds like someone should invite Bill to either a local club launch or a regional/national meet...

(I can just imagine what Jason Fox and his buddy in the Foxtrot strip will end up building after Bill sees an "M" motor launch!) :D

Thanks for the post, Jay! I've often wondered about Bill's involvement in model rocketry, myself. :)

If you want to impress me, get a response from Jason Fox. :rolleyes: ;) :D

Actually when I was doing a club newsletter about 15 years ago I "borrowed" one from Bill (giving him full credit of course) I only read about four comics, but his is one of them...mainly because of Jason and Marcus!

He's a regular in many club newsletters, including ours.