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Old 05-13-2006, 09:05 PM
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Cool "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
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