Penders would still produce stories and artwork for the main title during and after Knuckles's initial run, eventually resuming his role as lead writer of the comic issue #145 onwards after then-lead writer Karl Bollers left the comic in 2005. He served as lead writer for much of the series' early life until he switched focus to working on side-series Knuckles the Echidna, which ran from 1997 until being cancelled due to poor sales in 1999. Penders was hired to work on the comic series Sonic the Hedgehog, published by Archie Comics, early into the comic's run in 1993. Penders also accepted a contract illustrating for DC's Captain Atom series, after being selected as a finalist in a comic book drawing contest sponsored by Marvel Comics in 1989 and agreeing to visit weekly seminars. He was hired to work on the latter at the request of regular Star Trek author Robert Greenberger. According to Penders, he first got work in the comic book industry working on DC Comics' Who's Who In Star Trek miniseries in 1986, later working on their run of Star Trek: The Next Generation comics in the early 90s. Prior to working in the comics business, Penders's earliest jobs as a commercial artist included silk screening T-shirts at age 16, serving as a technical illustrator in the US Air Force, and working as a graphics illustrator at an unspecified Boston engineering firm. He is noted for his work on the Archie Comics series Sonic the Hedgehog and its spin-offs, which he worked on for over fifteen years, along with his subsequent lawsuits involving the works. In addition to his comic work, Penders has worked in television on storyboards, backgrounds and character design, and worked on screenplays for his own unpublished films.

Penders, II is an American comic book creator and writer.

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