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2011 Syndicate Directory NEW FEATURES CUSTOM SERVICES EDITORIAL COMICS POLITICAL CARTOONS What’s New in 2011 by Jonathan Mahood. When Skip Smalls begged his parents for a dog, he should have been more specifi c. For his 10th birthday, they fi nally acquiesce and give him Bleeker — a rechargeable dog equipped with Spock-like sensibilities and his own programmable training manual. D&S by Jeanne Fleming and Leonard Schwarz. Problems involving the intersection of money, ethics and personal relationships fi ll our lives. Money Manners is a Q&A column that fi lls the need for advice on how to make decisions involving Visit the NEW money. The subject is serious, but the columns are entertaining, www.kingfeatures.com offering stories that just as often elicit a laugh of recognition as a wince of sympathy. Weekly Emmy® Award-winning reporter Bob Franken has Emmy® Award-winning been there live throughout multimedia journalist 30 years’ worth of unfolding Maria Hinojosa writes dramas, reporting on national on issues relevant to the political campaigns, inter- diversity of the American national confl icts and major populace. Throughout natural disasters. A sharp her career, she has helped defi ne the national storyteller with a piquant wit, conversation with one of the most authentic Franken shares his unique voices in broadcasting and has informed millions perspective on the news and of Americans about Latinos — the fastest-growing newsmakers of our time. 2TW group in our country. Weekly KFS Comics The Amazing Spider-Man sizzles, upside-down birds soar by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. and a slice of pie hides in every Since bitten by a radioactive corner. D&S panel and strip spider, Peter Parker’s adventures formats as Spider-Man have climbed in popularity and excitement. D&S Bleeker The Rechargeable Dog The Amazing Spider-Man Between Friends by Jonathan Mahood. Apartment 3-G D&S See page 2. by Frank Bolle and Margaret Shulock. A serial strip about three Blondie single female roommates as they by Dean Young and John juggle their careers, friendship, Marshall. This enduring domestic men and life in the big city. D&S comedy stars Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead, a happily Arctic Circle married couple living an every- by Alex Hallatt. Oscar, Ed day, normal life. D&S and Gordo are three migrant penguins who leave Antarctica The Brilliant Mind of for a new life in the North Pole Edison Lee in this green-themed strip. D&S by John Hambrock. Meet Edison Arctic Circle Blondie Lee, a 10-year-old boy genius Baby Blues who always has something to by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. say about the state of American The hysterically hectic days of a politics and culture. D&S young family of fi ve are fi lled to the brim with dirty diapers and Buckles wild antics. D&S by David Gilbert. Family dog Buckles has happily barked his Barney Google and Snuffy way into owners Paul and Jill’s Smith hearts, endearing himself to by John Rose. Snuffy Smith is a readers along the way. D&S bodacious hillbilly who lives in the Appalachian town of Hootin’ Crankshaft Baby Blues The Brilliant Mind of Holler with his tolerant, caring by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers. Edison Lee wife, Weezy. D&S As a former minor league pitcher, sidelined Ed Crankshaft Beetle Bailey deals with life’s curveballs with by Mort, Brian and Greg Walker. the coaching of his supportive Beetle Bailey avoids both work family. D&S and Sarge’s wrath while sleeping through life in uniform as Crock the Army’s laziest private. D&S by Bill Rechin. Vermin P. Crock struggles to maintain control of his The Better Half legionnaires in their desert fort in by Randy Glasbergen. A married this spoof of the Foreign Legion. couple keeps the fl ame burning D&S Barney Google and Buckles as their romance grows older. Snuffy Smith D&S panel Curtis by Ray Billingsley. Feisty 11-year- Between Friends old Curtis and his mischievous by Sandra Bell-Lundy. little brother Barry are kept in line Three women fi nd solace from by their on-the-ball mom and the growing pains of middle age frazzled dad. D&S in gossip, friendship and super- sized cups of coffee. D&S DeFlocked by Jeff Corriveau. Four outcasts– Bizarro a sheep, two dogs and a boy– by Dan Piraro. A surreal place are forced to coexist in a house where eyeballs hover, dynamite on Lubberland Farms. D&S Beetle Bailey Crankshaft KFS Comics Dennis the Menace Hazel Created by Hank Ketcham. Drawn by Ted Key. A feisty live-in maid by Marcus Hamilton (D) and Ron keeps the house in order and shows Ferdinand (S). America’s favorite that she’s the real boss of the family troublemaker has been exasperat- that employs her. D panel ing Mr. Wilson and charming Dennis the Menace Hägar the Horrible readers for decades. D&S panel Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop by Kevin Frank. A faith-based strip Dustin about a community-minded, by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker. Christian-run thrift shop and the Winner of the NCS 2011 Award for eclectic people who work and Best Newspaper Comic Strip. At shop there. S 23, Dustin Kudlick lives at home — unmarried, unemployed, and Henry unable to see that as a problem. by Carl Anderson. Actions D&S speak louder than words in this pantomime comic strip about a Edge City little boy with little hair and even by Terry and Patty LaBan. less to say. D&S Dustin Hi and Lois A young family navigates modern life, technological foibles and Hi and Lois parenting mishaps. D&S Written by Brian and Greg Walker. Drawn by Chance Browne. The The Family Circus American dream is alive and well by Bil and Jeff Keane. Heart- in this family-focused strip about warming portraits featuring mom, the Flagstons, a family that puts the dad, kids, pets and poignant truths “fun” in functional. D&S about family. D&S panel Judge Parker The Family Circus Refl ections by Woody Wilson and Mike Manley. by Bil and Jeff Keane. A serial strip starring a no-nonsense, Inspirational and faith-oriented upstanding lawyer who stoically selections. Weekly panel Edge City The Lockhorns handles drama inside and outside Flash Gordon of the courtroom. D&S The intergalactic voyager’s The Katzenjammer Kids journey through space never by Hy Eisman. The longest-running ceases to intrigue fans, not to strip in history stars twin boys, Hans mention Flash’s sweetheart, and Fritz, who misbehave and rebel Dale Arden. S against any sort of authority. S Funky Winkerbean by Tom Batiuk. Westview High’s The Lockhorns students and faculty alike fi nd by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner. laughs and lessons in a socially After decades of marriage, Leroy relevant strip. D&S and Loretta Lockhorn have gotten squabbling down to a The Family Circus Mallard Fillmore Grin and Bear It science. D&S panel by Fred Wagner and Ralph Dunagin. Lampooning political Mallard Fillmore bureaucracy, big business and by Bruce Tinsley. A right-wing duck, everyday life, Grin & Bear It pokes who works as a hard-hitting TV fun at everything and everyone! reporter, tackles issues of the day in D&S panel this conservative-leaning strip. D&S Hägar the Horrible Mandrake the Magician by Chris Browne. Looting. by Fred Fredericks. This well-dressed Plundering. Pillaging. Making it superhero uses sleight of hand, home in time for his wife’s dinner. hypnosis and other magic tricks in It’s all in a day’s work for this his fi ght against evil-doing criminals. Funky Winkerbean Mandrake the Magician lovable Viking. D&S D KFS Comics Mark Trail The Pajama Diaries by Jack Elrod. Avid environmen- by Terri Libenson. A young talist Mark Trail teaches readers suburban woman deftly juggles to preserve nature’s three most a career as a freelance graphic valuable “W’s”: woods, water designer with her role as wife, and wildlife. D&S mom and online blogger. D&S Marvin The Pajama Diaries Marvin Pardon My Planet by Tom Armstrong. As Marvin by Vic Lee. From dating and reaches his “terrible twos,” the mating rituals to lapsed social adults in his life grow to love this graces, Pardon My Planet pokes toddler’s mischievous antics and fun at politically incorrect, ego- mature insights. D&S driven behavior. D&S panel and strip formats Mary Worth by Joe Giella and Karen Moy. The Phantom Mary offers advice to the Written by Tony DePaul; drawn fascinating and unusual by Eduardo Barreto (S) and characters she meets on life’s Paul Ryan (D). The Phantom is Mary Worth Pardon My Planet journey in this time-honored a silent, stealthy avenger with a continuity strip. D&S patriarchal birthright to restore justice in the most dangerous Moose & Molly parts of the world. D&S by Bob Weber Sr. Lazy and chronically out-of-work Moose Piranha Club enjoys daily misadventures with by Bud Grace. Down-on-his-luck his wife, Molly, their kids and an Ernie Floyd keeps reluctant assortment of pets. D&S company with his scheming Mother Goose and Grimm Uncle Sid and his motley crew of by Mike Peters. Grimmy, a hyper larcenous cronies. D&S canine, and his forgetful owner, Mother Goose, live in a boarding Popeye Mother Goose and Grimm The Phantom house and enjoy visits by iconic by Hy Eisman. Spinach-loving pop characters. D&S Popeye and iconic characters Olive Oyl, Swee’pea, Bluto and Mutts Wimpy star in this legendary by Patrick McDonnell.