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==Promotional material==
==Promotional material==
===Blue Book===
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<gallery>
Image:kfs-Blue-Book-1943.jpg|''Blue Book (1943)''
Image:kfs-Blue-Book-1946.jpg|''Blue Book (1946)''
Image:kfs-Blue-Book-1949.jpg|''Blue Book (1949)''
Image:kfs-Blue-Book-1955.jpg|''Blue Book (1955)''
</gallery>
===Famous Artists & Writers===
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<gallery>
Image:kfs-Famous-Artists-Writers-1949.jpg|''Famous Artists & Writers''
</gallery>
===A Christmas Carol===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:1946KfsxmasCarol1.jpg |''1946 KFS hardcover book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens' cover''
Image:1946KfsxmasCarol1.jpg |''1946 KFS hardcover book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens' cover''
Image:1946KfsxmasCarol2.jpg |''front endpages of 1946 KFS hardcover book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens''
Image:1946KfsxmasCarol2.jpg |''front endpages of 1946 KFS hardcover book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens''
Image:KFSsingingpromo.jpg |''1949 Carol sheet''
Image:KFSsingingpromo.jpg |''1949 Carol sheet''
</gallery>
===The World's Greatest Comics===
<gallery>
Image:kfspromotional01.jpg|''from the '70s''
Image:kfspromotional01.jpg|''from the '70s''
Image:kfspromotional02.jpg|''from the '70s''
Image:kfspromotional02.jpg|''from the '70s''

Revision as of 19:44, 13 June 2015

King Features Syndicate is a print syndication company that distributes comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and game to newspapers around the world.

History

William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher. In 1895 his newspapers began syndicating material, and in 1914 all of Hearst's syndication enterprises were consolidated under one banner, "King Features Syndicate". The name was taken from Hearst's manager, Moses Koenigsberg (koenig=king).

Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.


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Comic books

KFS made an effort to publish comic books of its own by establishing the publishing company King Comics in 1967. This short-lived comic book line showcased King's best-known characters in seven titles: Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Mandrake the Magician, The Phantom and Popeye.

Promotional material

Blue Book

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Famous Artists & Writers

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A Christmas Carol

The World's Greatest Comics

External links