Kansas City, MO (November 16, 2023) – Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales and distribution of The Lockhorns panel by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, announced Brent Bartram, Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of AMS. The effective date is January 1, 2024. The witty banter and sometimes-prickly exchanges of Loretta and Leroy Lockhorn […]
Syndicate comics editor and gay rights advocate Sharon Malheiro has passed away. From the obituary: Sharon Malheiro passed peacefully in her sleep on April 10, 2023… She attended Drake University, class of 1978, graduating with a Degree in Journalism. From 1979 to 1987 she served as managing editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune […]
King Features regularly issues a directory for its syndicated offerings, but this week they surprised us by putting up a directory for their King Features Weekly Service (KFWS) branch. Let’s take a look at the KFWS listing for comic offerings (not in alphabetical order): Tiger Flash Gordon Stan Smith Tennis (aka Stan Smith’s Tennis Class) […]
With the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip switching syndicates come January 1 The (Columbus, Ind.) Republic has informed readers of a forthcoming change on their comics page. From The Republic notice: A change in the comics lineup is coming for The Republic. King Features, the syndicate supplying the comics for the newspaper, recently informed […]
Washington, D.C. – A Search for the Source The Library of Congress found the cartoonist who created it (Paul Gregg) and found the newspaper it probably appeared in (The Denver Post) but it still looking for confirmation of the date (ca. early 1933). This mystery centered on an image of a political cartoon found online. […]
Cartoonist Mike Peters is taking his Mother Goose & Grimm comic strip and his editorial cartoons from King Features Syndicate (KFS) to Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) at the beginning of 2023. Andrews McMeel announced the move yesterday: Kansas City, MO (December 20, 2022) – Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales and distribution of the […]
Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned last year, according to new figures from CEO Steve Swartz provided to Axios in an interview. Why it matters: A larger portion of the company’s profits now comes from its specialty media, data and software […]
Update: Comics Kingdom has Monday’s comics up. original post: It looks like that Dennis the Menace has gotten into our servers yet again! We’re experiencing technical difficulties at the moment and some comics may have not been updated. We apologize for this inconvenience and will update you as soon as we have everything corrected! […]
I was this many years old when I found Pedro X. Molina on GoComics! And he’s been there for three months, since Counterpoint Syndication debuted! Upon discovery I immediately added that page to the “Comics i Follow.” © Pedro X. Molina I guess we’ll soon see Eric Allie and Mike Beckom joining the GoComics […]
Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication (aka Counterpoint Media) has expanded their roster of editorial cartoonists with the recent addition of Eric Allie and Mike Beckom. Their profiles and cartoon galleries join the original five (scroll down). Counterpoint Syndication now has seven – The Magnificent Seven?
As the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) continues to dismantle their comics syndication service, the Mike du Jour comic strip by Mike Lester has signed on with Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS). This week the title was added (out of alphabetical order) to the AMS page of syndicated comics. This move comes as the comic strip […]
In the mid-1910s famed “Cowboys and Indians” artist Charles M. Russell began a new phase of his storied career – contributing illustrations and tales to newspapers, mostly for local Montana papers through the Montana Newspaper Association (MNA). The MNA offered Montana papers a four page ready print insert of Montana news and related stories, allowing […]
Rob Tornoe, for Editor & Publisher, takes a look at the current status of newspaper syndication as it involves comic strips and editorial cartoons (and puzzles). Rob starts the article with self-syndicated cartoonist Chad (Tundra) Carpenter. While “Tundra” has lost some papers that were forced to cut back or shutter during the pandemic, he did […]
Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication (CL&S) debuted on June 1 with six editorial cartoonists. The five core cartoonists from the old Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) each have a different way of crediting the Counterpoint syndicate. Lisa Benson, who has been a contributor to the original Counterpoint, continues after the switch with the same “Counterpoint.com” slug, […]
June 1st, 2022 saw Dave Blazek move his Loose Parts panel from the Washington Post Writers Group to Andrews McMeel Syndication. left: WPWG May 31, 2022 (Tuesday); right: AMS June 1, 2022 (Wednesday) This is the 4th syndicate for Dave Blazek and Loose Parts. Los Angeles Times Syndicate April 20, 1998 – December 23 (24?), […]