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The Washington Post Writers Group
''The Washington Post'' Writers Group (WPWG), a division of The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate, is a press syndication service composed of opinion journalists, editorial cartoonists, comic strips and columnists. The service is operated by ''The Washington Post''. The Writers Group provides syndicated columns, editorial cartoons, features, and comic strips to newspapers, magazines, and other subscribers globally. The Writers Group also offers The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News, which provides up to 150 national and international stories plus photos and graphics. History ''The Washington Post'' Writers Group formed in 1973. Writers Writers syndicated by the group include Eugene Robinson, Kathleen Parker, E. J. Dionne, George Will, and Ruth Marcus. The late Charles Krauthammer was also a syndicate member. Comic strips The syndicate began distributing comic strips in 1980 with Berkeley Breathed's ''Bloom County''. Long-running strips distributed by the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candorville
''Candorville'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip written and illustrated by Darrin Bell. Launched in September 2003 by The Washington Post Writers Group, ''Candorville'' features young black and Latino characters living in the inner city. Using the vehicle of humor, ''Candorville'' presents social and political commentary as well as the stories of its protagonists. Publication history ''Candorville'' grew out of a comic strip called ''Lemont Brown'', which appeared in the student newspaper of UC Berkeley, ''The Daily Californian'', from 1993 to 2003. It still appears in the ''Daily Californian'' under its new title, and it is that newspaper's longest-running comic strip. ''Candorville'' appears in most of America's largest newspapers. It also runs in Spanish-language newspapers where it is translated by the author's wife, Laura Bustamante. ''Candorville'' and Bell's other strip, ''Rudy Park'', exist in a shared universe. For a period in 2017, the strips were amalgamated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Uclick
Andrews McMeel Syndication (formerly Universal Uclick) is an American content syndicate which provides syndication in print, online and on mobile devices for a number of lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and cartoons and various other content. Some of its best-known products include ''Dear Abby'', ''Doonesbury'', ''Ziggy'', ''Garfield'', ''Ann Coulter'', ''Richard Roeper'' and ''News of the Weird''. A subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, it is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. It was formed in 2009 and was given its current name in January 2017. History Universal Press Syndicate (UPS) was founded in 1970 by Jim Andrews and John McMeel. The company began syndicating Garry Trudeau’s ''Doonesbury'' comic strip in October 1970. Trudeau won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1975 for his work on ''Doonesbury'', and the strip is now syndicated in more than 1,400 newspapers worldwide. Over the following decades, the syndicate added other well-known comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Basset
Brian Basset is an American comic strip artist (''Red and Rover''). Previously, he worked as an editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times from 1978 to 1994, as well as being the creator and artist behind the syndicated comic strip ''Adam'', later changed to ''Adam@home'' (1984-2009). Early years Basset was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on November 30, 1957. His father. Gene Basset, was a sports, theatrical and political cartoonist for over 40 years, retiring in 1993. His mother was a mental health administrator. He has one brother and one sister. Basset attended Langley High School in McLean, Virginia where he was a political cartoonist for the schoolpaper ''The Saxon Scope'' from 1974-75. In 1975, Basset enrolled at the Ohio State University where he drew editorial cartoons for the school newspaper, ''The Lantern'', from 1975-1978. There, he attended the Fine Arts program. The Seattle Times Years After university, he landed a 16-year stint at the Seattle Times, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red And Rover
''Red and Rover'' (often styled ''Red & Rover'') is a daily syndicated comic strip by Brian Basset that debuted in 2000. Autobiographical in nature, ''Red & Rover'' is a retro-feel comic strip about the unconditional love between a dog and his boy that captures the spirit and flavor of the early-1960s to mid-1970s. ''Red and Rover'' has been nominated four times for Best Newspaper Comic Strip. In 2013, ''Red and Rover'' received the Reuben Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society. On Sunday, May 7, 2000, ''Red and Rover'' appeared in newspapers for the first time. Publication history Basset had been producing the comic strip '' Adam'' (now known as '' Adam@home'') since 1984. In 1998, he began thinking about producing a second comic strip that had a more childlike quality to it. In 2009, after nearly 25 years of drawing ''Adam@home'', Basset decided to focus squarely on ''Red and Rover'' and he handed over the illustration duties of the older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opus (comic Strip)
''Opus'' was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following ''The Academia Waltz'', ''Bloom County'' and '' Outland''. Set in Bloom County, the satirical strip featured Breathed's character Opus the Penguin It was launched on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008 the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States is going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character "on a lighter note". Characters Opus Opus is the title character and protagonist of the strip. Though he returned to Antarctica at the end of ''Outland'', Opus traveled back home to Bloom County, only to find that time has changed everything and everyone he once held dear. His employment usually depended on the week's joke – since ''Opus'' began, he has so far been a political operative, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outland (comic Strip)
''Outland'' is a comic strip written and illustrated by Berkeley Breathed from 1989 until 1995. It was a Sunday-only spin-off of Breathed's strip ''Bloom County'', featuring many of the same characters. Overview On September 3, 1989, a month after retiring ''Bloom County'', Breathed began his second syndicated strip with a minor character from the previous strip. Ronald-Ann Smith, a little girl from the "wrong side of the tracks" in Bloom County, entering a magic doorway in a grimy alley that looked down into a cheery world of "cotton-candy trees" known as the Outland (the ground of her world did not align with that of Outland, so the door originally appears to be hovering in the sky above it). In its earliest form, ''Outland'' had been intended to be an experimental strip for Breathed, featuring a channel for creativity in the forms of new characters (such as Mortimer Mouse, based on the rejected name for Disney's Mickey Mouse) and bizarre backgrounds (many of which initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single And Looking
''Out of the Gene Pool'' was an American syndicated comic strip by Matt Janz that appeared daily in newspapers from December 31, 2001, to June 22, 2008. Publication history ''Out of the Gene Pool'' grew out of an earlier strip Janz had created called ''critters'' (spelled in all lowercase), where a bunch of odd-looking creatures overran a small town to the disgust of its residents. The Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicated ''Out of the Gene Pool'', helped Janz develop the strip into what eventually became the final product. For the final eleven months of its run, the strip was known as ''Single and Looking''. As part of the change, Janz completely changed the focus of the strip in the hopes that this would get more newspapers to buy it. The move proved unsuccessful and Janz decided to bring his creation to its conclusion. In doing so, he said that while he enjoyed his time on the comics page he wanted to give his space in newspapers to comics with "actual growth pote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Gene Pool
''Out of the Gene Pool'' was an American syndicated comic strip by Matt Janz that appeared daily in newspapers from December 31, 2001, to June 22, 2008. Publication history ''Out of the Gene Pool'' grew out of an earlier strip Janz had created called ''critters'' (spelled in all lowercase), where a bunch of odd-looking creatures overran a small town to the disgust of its residents. The Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicated ''Out of the Gene Pool'', helped Janz develop the strip into what eventually became the final product. For the final eleven months of its run, the strip was known as ''Single and Looking''. As part of the change, Janz completely changed the focus of the strip in the hopes that this would get more newspapers to buy it. The move proved unsuccessful and Janz decided to bring his creation to its conclusion. In doing so, he said that while he enjoyed his time on the comics page he wanted to give his space in newspapers to comics with "actual growth pote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away (comic Strip)
''Home and Away'' was a comic strip written and drawn by Steve Sicula. It was syndicated nationally by the Washington Post Writers Group from 2003 to 2015. History Sicula created ''Home and Away'' around age 40, after four or five of his other comic strips were rejected by publishers. The comic strip began in 2003 and ceased publication in August 2015. Characters and story The strip is about the Szwyk family. Sam, the father, is a remote worker who is also in charge of homemaking Homemaking is mainly an American and Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery or household management. It is the act of overseeing the organizational, day-to-day operations of a house o ..., which he does with varying degrees of success. Sandy, the mother, is a successful saleswoman who is always on the go and trying to balance her personal and professional lives. Their two children, Karen and Timmy, are just as busy as their parents and, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lester
Michael Eugene Lester (born March 3, 1955) is an American Conservatism, conservative editorial cartoonist and artist who has worked as a children's book illustrator. He is also the creator of the Comic strip syndication, syndicated comic strip ''Mike du Jour''. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. ''Mike du Jour'' launched in 1995, running in ''The Wall Street Journal'' until 1998. It began being syndicated in 2012, by The Washington Post Writers Group; in 2022 the strip moved to Andrews McMeel Syndication. Lester had previously moved his editorial cartooning work to Andrews McMeel in 2021. Awards Lester has received National Cartoonists Society awards multiple times. In May 2009 in comics, 2009, Lester received the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on the children's book ''Cool Daddy Rat''. References External links * Mike Lester at GoComics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Knox (comic Strip)
''Fort Knox'' is a nationally syndicated comic strip written and drawn by Paul Jon Boscacci. It centers on the life of the Knox family: Major Joe Knox, his wife Jane Knox and his two sons, Donald and Wesley. The family has moved to fictional Fort Lincoln, where they must adjust to a new base, a new town and a new school. The strip was picked up for syndication by the Washington Post Writers Group in October 2009. The strip's art has been used by the USO for a CARE package coloring contest and has been featured on the US Army website as well. Characters and story ;Joe Knox: Husband to Jane and father of Donald and Wesley. Joe's job has moved the family many times, and it sends him away on assignments while everyone else stays home. He knows that a strong bond will keep his family together through these tough tours of duty. But his attempts to strengthen that bond tend to fail with his sons, who, despite their dad's dreams of reliving his years as a college athlete, appear to be al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |