Editors Press Service (EPS) (later known as Atlantic Syndication) was a

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service of

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and

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that was in operation from 1933 to 2010. It was notable for being the first U.S. company to actively syndicate material internationally. Despite surviving for more than seven decades, EPS was never a large operation, characterized by comic strip historian

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as a "hole-in-the-wall outfit."

History

Editors Press Service was founded in 1933 by Joshua B. Powers in partnership with The Evening Post Publishing Company, to provide

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newspapers with comics strips, cooking features, and other material, in exchange for ad space that Powers would in turn sell to U.S. companies. Powers was reportedly a former U.S. government agent whose beat was

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. Chilean political figure

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was associated with EPS from its foundation in 1933. Sebastian Tomas Robles, son of Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist

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, was a staff cartoonist for EPS beginning in 1933. Cartoonist

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. From 1936 to 1940, Editors Press published the weekly

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''Wags'' in the U.K. (partnering with T. V. Boardman) and Australia. ''Wags'' #1 (Jan. 1937) is notable for featuring the debut of

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.Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
at

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, who ran his own small studio, Universal Phoenix Features (UFP), and who commissioned

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to produce prototype drawings of Sheena. Comic strips syndicated by EPS at various points in the 1940s included ''Captain Wings'', ''Doctor X'', and ''Olly of the Movies''. After a long hiatus which last from the 1950s through most of the 1980s, Editors Press got back into comic strip syndication in the 1980s and '90s. Starting in 1989 they began syndicating a

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strip, produced mostly by Kelley Jarvis, which ran until 1994. At that point the company picked up ''

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'' by Karen Machette, which it inherited from the

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. Editors Press syndicated ''The Flintstones'' until 1998. In 2004, the Evening Post Publishing Company sold Editors Press Service to the

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(UPS), which renamed it Atlantic Syndication. In 2010, Atlantic was merged with UPS as part of

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, London's ''

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'' news service, and a fashion and celebrity news service called ''The Daily''.

Comic strips and panels

Editors Press

1940s

* ''Captain Wings'' by "Flowers" (1946–1947) * ''Doctor X'' by M. R. Mont (1946–1947) * ''Olly of the Movies'' by Julian Ollendorff (c. 1938 – c. February 1946) — inherited from Consolidated News Features, which had inherited it from the

, where it had debuted January 22, 1934Holtz, Allan
"Obscurity of the Day: Olly of the Movies,"
'"Stripper's Guide'' (January 6, 2016).

1980s and 1990s

* ''

'' by Karen Machette (c. 1994–1998) — inherited from the McNaught Syndicate, where it originated October 2, 1961 * ''

'' (1989–1994) by Kelley Jarvis (1989–1990, 1991–1994) and

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& Rich Maurizio (1990–1991)

Atlantic Syndication/Universal Uclick

* ''Aaggghhh'' by Ham (2017–present) * ''

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'' by René ''Pepo'' Ríos (c. 2004-c. 2010) — inherited from Universal Press Syndicate, which had acquired it from

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in 1993 * ''

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'' by NIK (2004–present) * ''

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'' currently by

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(2004–present) * '' Ronaldinho Gaucho'' by

Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang (Currently known as: M ...

(2006–c. 2011) * ''Tutelandia'' by Tute (2004–present)''Tutelandia''
at GoComics. Accessed Dec. 19, 2018.

Editors Press comic books

* ''Wags'' ustralia(204 issues, 1936–1940) * ''Wags'' K(88 issues, 1 January 1937–4 November 1938)

References

{{Universal Press Syndicate Comic strip syndicates Companies based in New York City Mass media companies established in 1933