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 Universal Press Syndicate after three years of trying.

[4] 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.

[5] Amend also sometimes did guest strips for webcomics such as Scott Kurtz's PvP, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins's Penny Arcade, and Randall Munroe's XKCD.

[7] Amend made a television appearance on The Screen Savers, which aired October 20, 2003, on the former TechTV.

Amend was also an avid World of Warcraft player who played on the server "Bronzebeard".