 Kirchner freelanced regularly for Tyco Toys, working on the Dino-Riders, Crash Dummies, and Spy-Tech toy lines, for which he wrote the back stories, did design work, wrote and drew in-pack comics and scripted for animation.He illustrated Col. Jeff Cooper's "To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth", as well as seven subsequent books for the noted firearms authority and big game hunter.Kirchner wrote three pop-culture books for Rhino Entertainment.