Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tabbas wannan ya cutar da aikinsa don haka ya koma na ɗan lokaci zuwa zanen hatimin gidan waya amma ya ci gaba da zanen kuɗi a ɓoye. A watan Nuwambar 1963 ya fara JFK Inauguration Stamp mai launin ja da fari kuma ya gama shi a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1963 ranar da aka kashe JFK. Dowd ya hallaka zane yayin da ya ciyar da rana yana sauraron abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1963. Zanen fensir a kan takarda na zanen da aka yi a ranar 11/22/63 ya tsira. A wani lokaci ya sami aikin shekara guda na zane-zanensa, wanda yake da shi a cikin ajiya don baje kolin da ke zuwa, ya lalace kuma ya tsage shi, don haka ya soke baje kolin. Wani lokaci zane-zane a cikin ajiya da kuma a cikin studio zai kawai bace. Sau da yawa yakan yi mamakin ko FBI na da su a cikin tarin nasu. Dowd ya ci gaba da zane da nunawa a L.A. a cikin shekarun 1960. Baya ga takardun kudi da zane-zanen hatiminsa, Dowd ya zana zane-zane 20+ a cikin jerin Circus, ya zana daga hotunan ("Hefferton Poloroid", 1962), ya zana apples candy, oreos da cakulan cakulan, yatsun hannu, kukis na Ohio, eraser mai ci, lemu da sauran abubuwa da yawa. Ya yi candy apples a cikin multiples a matsayin art, sanya karamin oreo da cakulan kwakwalwan kwamfuta kukis da maganadiso a baya wanda ya kai ga firiji maganadiso craze. A shekara ta 1968 aka kashe Martin Luther King, Jr., da kuma Robert F. Kennedy. A L.A. watanni da yawa daga baya, akwai zanga-zangar Vietnam da yaki. A shekarar 1969 Charles Manson da Tate <unk> LaBianca kisan kai
ya faru a L.A. da kuma Dowd ta artist aboki John Altoon mutu daga kwatsam bugun zuciya a shekaru 44. A ƙarshen 1969 Dowd ya fara sabon jerin zane-zane "Ta hanyar shingen abu" kuma a cikin 1970 ya koma SoHo, New York.