Bill Amend (born 1962 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip, FoxTrot. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in the USA. The population was 28,978 at the 2000 census. ... A cartoonist at work. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... First panel of FoxTrot Sunday strips as of 1999. ...

Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. He attended Amherst College where he drew comics for the college paper. He majored in physics and graduated in 1984. Image File history File links Amend. ... Burlingame Library Burlingame is a city located in San Mateo County, California. ... Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Universal Press Syndicate, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, provides syndication for a number of lifestyle and opinion columns, comics, and various other content. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On May 21, 1999, Amherst College awarded him an Honorary Degree. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ...

Amend made a television appearance on The Screen Savers, which aired October 20, 2003 on the former TechTV. The Screen Savers (May 11, 1998 - March 18, 2005) was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV (later known as TechTV) on May 11, 1998. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TechTV is also the name of a closed-circuit television network based in Ruston, Louisiana TechTV (May 11, 1998 – May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco, California featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. ...

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• [2] (with picture) at The National Cartoonists Society
• Amherst College To Award Seven Honorary Degrees at Commencement May 21