ArcaMax Publishing is a privately-owned American web/email syndication news publisher that provides editorial content, columns & features, comic strips, and editorial cartoons via

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"CASE STUDY: Email Deliverability: Publisher moves beyond double opt-in to avoid 1,000 hard bounces per day,"
''Marketing Sherpa'' (May 21, 2013). ArcaMax also produces co-branded newsletters with corporate clients. The company is based in

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. Its revenue comes from advertising. Potential subscribers typically come from topical banners or co-registration for related topical sites or newsletters; as this approach can be exploited by spam purveyors, the company conducts an initial source evaluation before contacting potential subscribers by email to complete a "double opt-in" circuit aimed to decrease the amount of company resources expended on un-deliverable email communications, while at the same time reducing to a minimum the number of emails sent to people who are not interested in receiving them.

History

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By July 2004, the company began distributing ezines, which eventually featured health and fitness, money management and automotive advice, among other topics. Their first high-profile syndicated features were ''

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''. Currently the company offers more than "90 comic strips, many more advice and political columnists, news headlines, videos, and games." Around 2006, the company began the Arcamax Book Club, which delivered book chapters to subscribers via email.

Comic strips

ArcaMax syndicates their content digitally through arrangements with other (print) syndicates, primarily

Andrews McMeel Syndication 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 ...

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Andy Capp ''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the '' Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels. The ...

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'' * '' Arctic Circle'' * '' Ask Shagg'' * '' Aunty Acid'' * '' BC'' * '' Baby Blues'' * ''

Ballard Street ''Ballard Street'' was an American comic panel created by Jerry Van Amerongen and distributed by Creators Syndicate that ran between 1991 and 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots a ...

'' * '' The Barn'' * '' Barney & Clyde'' * ''

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', originally ''Take Barney Google, F'rinstance'', is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, the strip has gained a large international readership, appearin ...

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Beetle Bailey ''Beetle Bailey'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army post. In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the old ...

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Bizarro Bizarro () is a supervillain/anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman, and first appeared in '' Superboy'' #68 ( ...

'' * '' Blondie'' * '' The Boondocks'' * '' Breaking Cat News'' * ''

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'' * '' Candorville'' * ''

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Cathy ''Cathy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Cathy Guisewite from 1976 until 2010. The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life—food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes ...

'' * '' Crankshaft'' * ''

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'' * '' Curtis'' * ''

Daddy Daze A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...

'' * '' Daddy's Home'' * '' Dennis the Menace'' * '' Diamond Lil'' * ''

Dilbert ''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title cha ...

'' * '' The Dinette Set'' * '' Dog eat Doug'' * ''

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Doonesbury ''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title characte ...

'' * '' Dustin'' * ''

The Family Circus ''The Family Circus'' (originally ''The Family Circle'', also ''Family-Go-Round'') is a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Bil Keane and, since Bil's death in 2011, is currently written, inked, and rendered (colored) by his son, Jef ...

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Flo & Friends ''Flo & Friends'' is an American syndicated daily comic strip drawn by Jenny Campbell and distributed by Creators Syndicate. The comic was originally created by John Gibel in 2002. Concept The motto of ''Flo & Friends'' is "Aging with an Attitu ...

'' * '' For Better or For Worse'' * '' For Heaven's Sake'' * ''

Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold r ...

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Ginger Meggs ''Ginger Meggs'', Australia's most popular and longest-running comic strip, was created in the early 1920s by Jimmy Bancks. The strip follows the escapades of a red-haired prepubescent mischief-maker who lives in an inner suburban working-clas ...

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Hägar the Horrible ''Hägar the Horrible'' is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It first appeared in February 1973 and was an immediate success. Since Browne's retirem ...

'' * '' Heathcliff'' * ''

Herb and Jamaal ''Herb and Jamaal'' is a comic strip by Stephen Bentley syndicated by Creators Syndicate Creators Syndicate (also known as Creators) is an American independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns to daily newspapers, websites ...

'' * '' Hi and Lois'' * '' Intelligent Life'' * ''

Jerry King Cartoons Jerry may refer to: Animals * Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National * Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jerry'' (film), a 2006 Indian film ...

'' * '' Little Dog Lost'' * '' The Lockhorns'' * '' Long Story Short'' * '' Loose Parts'' * '' Luann'' * ''

Mallard Fillmore ''Mallard Fillmore'' is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bruce Tinsley until 2019 and Loren Fishman since 2020. It has been syndicated by King Features Syndicate since June 6, 1994. The strip follows the exploits of its title charact ...

'' * '' Marvin'' * '' Master Strokes: Golf Tips'' * '' The Meaning of Lila'' * '' Mike du Jour'' * '' Momma'' * '' Mother Goose and Grimm'' * '' Mutts'' * '' Nest Heads'' * '' Non Sequitur'' * '' One Big Happy'' * ''

The Other Coast ''The Other Coast'' is a Canadian comic strip, drawn by Adrian Raeside. It has been syndicated by the Creator's Syndicate since 2001. It is syndicated to more than 150 newspapers worldwide. The strip blends environmental, political, and animal righ ...

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The Pajama Diaries ''The Pajama Diaries'' is a syndicated comic strip created in 2006 by Terri Libenson, a Reuben Award-winning artist who has also done work for American Greetings. It is narrated by Jill Kaplan, a wife of a loving husband and working mom of tw ...

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"CULTURE: The Funny Papers: Newspapers may be in trouble, but the comic strip is alive and well — and flourishing online,"
''Saturday Evening Post'' (November 7, 2016). "Pickles is carried online by GoComics.com/Pickles and ArcaMax.com, where it is enjoyed by tens of thousands of fans." * '' Poorly Drawn Lines'' * '' Red and Rover'' * '' Reply All'' * ''

Rhymes with Orange ''Rhymes with Orange'' is an American comic strip written and drawn by Hilary B. Price and distributed by King Features Syndicate. The title comes from the commonly held belief that no word in the English language rhymes with "orange". It was fi ...

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Rose Is Rose ''Rose Is Rose'' is a syndicated comic strip, written by Pat Brady since its launch on April 16, 1984, and drawn since March 2004 by Don Wimmer. The strip revolves around Rose and Jimbo Gumbo, their son Pasquale, and the family cat Peekaboo. ...

'' * '' Rubes'' * '' Rudy Park'' * ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently—Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, an ...

'' * '' Sarah's Scribbles'' * '' Scary Gary'' * ''

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'' * '' Spectickles'' * ''

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'' * '' Strange Brew'' * '' Take it From the Tinkersons'' * ''

Wallace the Brave ''Wallace the Brave'' is a humor strip written and drawn by Will Henry and syndicated through Andrews McMeel Syndication. It debuted on the company's GoComics website in 2015. In March 2018 it began appearing in over 100 newspapers worldwide. ...

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Wee Pals ''Wee Pals'' is an American syndicated comic strip about a diverse group of children, created and produced by Morrie Turner. It was the first comic strip syndicated in the United States to have a cast of diverse ethnicity, dubbed the "Rainbow Ga ...

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The Wizard of Id ''The Wizard of Id'' is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Beginning November 16, 1964, the strip follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom called "Id ...

'' * '' Working it Out'' * '' Wumo'' * '' Zack Hill'' * '' Zits''

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History

Comic strips

See also

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