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Employee sues Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons
Jim Romenesko has details on a lawsuit filed against Cagle Cartoons Inc. and Daryl Cagle by one of his employees Cari Dawson Bartley. The suit appears to be an issue of compensation. From Romenesko: When Plaintiff began her employment with Defendants, she was paid on an hourly basis. Over the past four (4) years, Plaintiff [...]
Posted on: May 20, 2013, Section: Editorial cartooning, Syndicates, Comments: 14 Comments
Duluth plays chicken with Blondie and King Features
I don’t run blog posts about who’s getting picked up or dropped anymore, but this story has some interest into the business side of the syndication business. The Duluth News Tribune didn’t like that as a long time subscriber to Blondie (since 1937 – seven years after Blondie debuted), it’s been paying yearly increases on [...]
Posted on: Feb 4, 2013, Section: Comic strips, King Features, Syndicates, Comments: 7 Comments
Universal Uclick leadership changes for Lee Salem, John Glynn
From a trusted source I’ve learned that that there has been a couple of leadership changes inside Universal Uclick. Lee Salem has announced that he has relinquished his title of Editor. He started with the company since 1974 as an assistant editor before rising through the ranks to President in 2006. Since then he has [...]
Posted on: Jun 27, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Syndicates, Universal Press, Comments: 23 Comments
WPWG merges with Washington Post News Service
Rob Tornoe reports that The Washington Post has merged two of it’s properties – The Washington Post Writers Group and The Washington Post News Service into one media service called The Washington Post News Media Services. Here’s how Rob explains it: The Washington Post took a major step forward to combat these trends by creating [...]
Posted on: Jun 26, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Syndicates, WPWG, Comments: 1 Comment
Profiled: Matthew Petz creator of War of the Woods
Matthew Petz won last year’s Zuda monthly contest only to watch DC Comics close down Zuda. JK Parkin profiles Matthew’s relaunch of War of the Woods on ComiXology and how the rights to his creation were returned to him. Petz told me that when Zuda closed down, he was offered a percentage of what he [...]
Posted on: Feb 3, 2011, Section: Creators, web comics, Comments: 0 Comments
Dilbert leaves United Media for Universal Uclick (UPDATED)
Dilbert is getting a new manager. Universal Uclick will begin syndicating Scott Adam’s Dilbert in June and will take over Dilbert.com on January 1. This announcement is a big one and one wonders how United Media, who grew the famous office strip into one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world, could let [...]
Posted on: Dec 28, 2010, Section: Comic strips, United Media, Universal Press, Comments: 43 Comments
King Features releases iPad version of DailyINK
Last week King Features Syndicate released an iPhone, iPod Touch app for their DailyINK subscription service. Today, they’ve released the iPad version of the same app. The app, technically is a single app that runs in both small screens (iPhone) and larger screens (iPad) – so if you have an iPad and downloaded it last [...]
Posted on: Dec 21, 2010, Section: Comic strips, King Features, mobile, Technology, Comments: 1 Comment
King Features launches DailyINK iPhone/iPad app
King Features Syndicate has just released a DailyINK iPhone/iPod Touch app through the iTunes App Store. The free download connects DailyInk allows everyone to access “dozens of strips, panels and editorial cartoons will be featured in ‘Today’s Comic’” and the ability to go back seven days for the feature comics. Those with paid subscription accounts [...]
Posted on: Dec 15, 2010, Section: Comic strips, King Features, mobile, Comments: 5 Comments
GoComics turns off comments for Pibgorn
Universal Uclick has posted a notice to Pibgorn fans that it has turned off the comment section under the Pibgorn comic. Without a doubt, Pibgorn is a comic strip that generates a lot of conversation. But given Pibgorn’s particular subject matter, and the themes depicted in many of Brooke’s breathtaking sketches and finished pieces, the [...]
Posted on: Dec 10, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Universal Press, web comics, Comments: 27 Comments
DailyInk to raise price; going mobile
King Features comic subscription product, DailyInk, is raising their yearly rate on December 15 from $15 to $19.99. New subscribers or renewing subscribers signing up before December 15 save the extra $4.99. DailyInk has also announced that they are soon taking their comics to the iPhone, iPod and Ipad in the near future. The app [...]
Posted on: Nov 16, 2010, Section: Comic strips, King Features, Syndicates, Comments: 8 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Tribute to Jay Kennedy
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford, Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell were brought together to pay tribute to the late Jay Kennedy who passed away in the spring of 2007. Brendan Burford, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening and Patrick McDonnell are paneling a tribute to [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Festival of Cartoon Art, King Features, Comments: 0 Comments
Peanuts to be syndicated by Universal
Universal Uclick has announced that this February they will be the syndicating Charles Schulz’ classic comic strip Peanuts. The acquisition was made possible after the Schulz family formed Peanuts Worldwide LLC, a joint venture owned 80% by Iconix Brand Group, Inc. and 20% by members of the family, and purchased the copyrights from United Media. [...]
Posted on: Sep 9, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Syndicates, Universal Press, Comments: 46 Comments
Universal Uclick launches new corporate website
Universal Uclick has launched a new corporate website. From their press release: Universal Uclick, the world’s largest independent syndication company, announces the launch of UniversalUclick.com, a website designed to showcase the company’s diverse selection of comics, editorial cartoons, text features, games and puzzles available in print, online and on mobile phones worldwide. The new site [...]
Posted on: Sep 9, 2010, Section: Speaking Engagements, Universal Press, Comments: 10 Comments
King launches disappointing Oh, Brother! site
Before the launch of the Oh Brother comic strip, individuals I spoke with were very excited in what was described as King Feature’s first foray into a webcomics model for one of their features. The way the site was talked up – pre-launch, I really believed that King was going to create something bold and [...]
Posted on: Aug 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, King Features, Comments: 39 Comments
Brian Bassett moves Red and Rover to Universal
Brian Bassett’s Red and Rover has switched syndicates. The strip that was launched by the Washington Post Writers Group in 2000 is now a Universal Uclick feature. The announcement was made on GoComics.com. I noted that the legal fine print one each strip still states it’s distributed through Washington Post Writers Group. I’m told that [...]
Posted on: May 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Syndicates, Universal Press, Comments: 1 Comment
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