King Features Syndicate, Inc. is owned by The Hearst Corporation, and currently distributes comic strips as well as newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games (including crosswords and Sudoku) to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King also manages licensing and merchandising rights for characters including Betty Boop, Felix the Cat, Popeye, and Flash Gordon. This can include comic books, collectibles, and rights for television and movies - such as the recent deals for an animated Popeye film (see “'Well, Blow Me Down!' Tartakovsky Says He's Off 'Popeye'“ ) and a Flash Gordon live-action movie (see “'Flash Gordon' May Have A Director”).

For 100th Anniversary
Posted by Nicole Bunge on November 9, 2015 @ 2:44 pm CT

King Features Syndicate, the company which syndicates cartoons including Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Zits and Amazing Spider-Man, will celebrate its 100th Anniversary with a special Sunday newspaper supplement on November 15.
According to The New York Times, the 16-page color insert will feature classic newspaper strips curated by King Features’ comics editor Brendan Burford, who is also the author of the recently released King of Comics: 100 Years of King Features. The insert will appear in hundreds of newspapers nationwide.
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