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Mirror Enterprises Syndicate
The ''Los Angeles Times'' Syndicate was a print syndication service that operated from 1949 to 2000. Owned by the Times Mirror Company, it also operated the ''Los Angeles Times'' Syndicate International; together the two divisions sold more than 140 features in more than 100 countries around the world. Syndicated features included Pulitzer Prize-winning commentators and columnists, full news and feature services, editorial cartoons and comic strips, online products and photo and graphics packages. History The syndicate was founded in c. 1949 by the Times Mirror Company as the Mirror Enterprises Syndicate. In the early 1960s the name was changed to the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and was operated as a department of the ''Los Angeles Times'' newspaper. Rex Barley was manager of the syndicate from 1950 until at least 1968. The syndicate acquired the New York City-based independent syndicate General Features Corp. in 1967 for approximately $1 million, retaining it as a separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribune Media Services
Tribune Content Agency (TCA) is a syndication company owned by Tribune Publishing. TCA had previously been known as the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate (CTNYNS), Tribune Company Syndicate, and Tribune Media Services. TCA is headquartered in Chicago, and had offices in various American cities (Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Queensbury, New York; Arlington, Texas; Santa Monica, California), the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. History Sidney Smith 's early comic strip ''The Gumps'' had a key role in the rise of syndication when Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Medill Patterson, who had both been publishing the ''Chicago Tribune'' since 1914, planned to launch a tabloid in New York, as comics historian Coulton Waugh explained: Patterson founded the Chicago Tribune Syndicate in 1918, managed by Arthur Crawford.Watson, Elmo Scott"The Era of Consolidation, 1890-1920" (Chapter VII) in ''A History Of Newspaper Syndicates In The United States, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Grant (cartoonist)
Lou Grant (December 3, 1919 – September 7, 2001) was an American editorial cartoonist. He mainly worked for the ''Oakland Tribune'' for 40 years and was the syndicated political cartoonist for the ''Los Angeles Times''. His work was syndicated with the ''Los Angeles Times'', and was seen daily throughout the country, as well periodically worldwide in ''Newsweek,'' (1960-1986) and ''Time Magazine'' (1960-1986). His life's work covered comedy and political satire, sports, radio, and political cartoons. Biography Lou Grant started his career in the newspaper business as a copy boy for the ''Los Angeles Examiner'' in 1937. He illustrated his high school yearbook at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, and worked as a cartoonist during the war years for the Camp Roberts newspaper. His first art lesson came from winning a contest on a matchbook cover called "Learn How to Draw." He then received free lessons, but he was a natural talent. During World War II, Grant was stationed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chadwick
Paul Chadwick (born 1957) is an American comic book creator best known for his series ''Concrete'' about a normal man trapped in a stone body. Biography Born in Seattle, Chadwick grew up in its suburb Medina, where his father, Stephen F. Chadwick, was the city attorney. As a teenager, he participated in Apa-5, the amateur press alliance of comics fans, and in 1979 graduated from the Art Center College of Design, where he had majored in illustration. Chadwick began his career creating storyboards for Disney, Warner Brothers, Lucasfilm and other film studios, contributing to such films as '' Pee Wee's Big Adventure'', ''Strange Brew'', '' The Big Easy'', '' Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'', '' Lies'' and ''Miracle Mile''. He drew issues of the comic book '' Dazzler'', published by Marvel Comics, before creating ''Concrete'', first published by Dark Horse Comics in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #1 (July 1986). He wrote ''Gifts of the Night'' for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, with art by Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Dunkel
Courtney is a name of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It has two quite distinct interpretations: firstly, the surname may be locational, from places called Courtenay in the regions of Loiret and Gâtinais. The House of Courtenay was a significant French family with close association with both the French, and thereby, English royal lines; in England the Courtenays were Earls of Devon. Secondly, in some cases, bearers of the surname may be of Irish descent, since Courtney is also an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "O'Curnain", descendant of Curnan, from an Old Irish personal name of obscure origins. Recordings of the name from London Church Registers include: the christening of Thomas Courtney at All Hallows, London Wall, on 11 November 1569, and the marriage of William Courtney and Mary Lucas on 22 March 1590, at St Dunstan's, Stepney. John Courtney and his wife, Sybill, were early immigrants to America, leaving London on the ''Paule'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Chick
Jack Thomas Chick (April 13, 1924 – October 23, 2016) was an American cartoonist and publisher, best known for his fundamentalist Christian "Chick tracts". He expressed his perspective on a variety of issues through sequential-art morality plays. Many of his tracts accused Roman Catholics, Freemasons, Muslims, and many other groups of murder and conspiracies. His comics have been described by Robert Ito, in ''Los Angeles'' magazine, as "equal parts hate literature and fire-and-brimstone sermonizing". Chick's views have been spread mostly through the tracts and, more recently, online. His company, Chick Publications, says it has sold over 750 million tracts, comics tracts and comic books, videos, books, and posters designed to promote Evangelical Protestantism from a Christian fundamentalist perspective. They have been translated into more than 100 languages. Chick was an Independent Baptist who followed a premillennial dispensationalist view of the End Times. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford McBride
Clifford McBride (January 26, 1901 – May 21, 1951) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip ''Napoleon and Uncle Elby''. Biography Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, McBride was twice expelled from school because of his drawings in the school paper. His first professional cartoon was published in 1917 in ''The Los Angeles Times''. When he graduated from Occidental College, he moved to Pasadena, California, beginning his career in 1923 as a staff artist for ''The Los Angeles Times''. The following year, he illustrated humorous fiction for the ''Chicago Tribune''. Comic strips and ''Napoleon'' After drawing such features as ''Insect Life'', ''McBride's Cartoon'' (1927), and ''Clifford McBride's Pantomime Comic'' (1932), he created Elby, a character based on his uncle, Henry Elba Eastman. He soon began to add situations involving Elby's dog, Napoleon. Drawing for a minor syndicate, LaFave Newspaper Features, McBride began ''Napoleon'' as a daily strip on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan DeCarlo
Daniel S. DeCarlo (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known for having developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death. As well, he is the generally recognized co-creator of the characters Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats (the title character of which was named for his wife), and Cheryl Blossom. Early life and career Dan DeCarlo was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of a gardener.DeCarlo in He attended New Rochelle High School, followed by Manhattan's Art Students League from 1938 to 1941, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Stationed in Great Britain, he worked in the motor pool and as a draftsman, and painted company mascots on the noses of airplanes. He also drew a weekly military comic strip, ''418th Scandal Sheet''. He met his wife, French citizen Josie Dumont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |