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	==Promotional material==		==Promotional material==
	~~===Famous Comics===~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~Image:KFS-fc-02.png\|Book no 2<br>1934~~
	~~</gallery>~~
	===Blue Books===		===Blue Books===
	The "[[KFS Blue Books]]" (first edition published in 1943) were sent out to newspaper editors only, not the general public. It was used to promote all of the daily and Sunday comic strips available from King Features as well as other columns, articles and puzzles. The books contains black and white daily strips and full page, colour Sunday samples for every comic character available at the time as well as samples of other articles and columns.		The "[[KFS Blue Books]]" (first edition published in 1943) were sent out to newspaper editors only, not the general public. It was used to promote all of the daily and Sunday comic strips available from King Features as well as other columns, articles and puzzles. The books contains black and white daily strips and full page, colour Sunday samples for every comic character available at the time as well as samples of other articles and columns.

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=Famous Comics

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	==Promotional material==		==Promotional material==
	===Famous Comics==		===Famous Comics===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Image:KFS-fc-02.png\|Book no 2<br>1934		Image:KFS-fc-02.png\|Book no 2<br>1934

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Promotional material

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	==Promotional material==		==Promotional material==
			===Famous Comics==
			<gallery>
			Image:KFS-fc-02.png\|Book no 2<br>1934
			</gallery>
	===Blue Books===		===Blue Books===
	The "[[KFS Blue Books]]" (first edition published in 1943) were sent out to newspaper editors only, not the general public. It was used to promote all of the daily and Sunday comic strips available from King Features as well as other columns, articles and puzzles. The books contains black and white daily strips and full page, colour Sunday samples for every comic character available at the time as well as samples of other articles and columns.		The "[[KFS Blue Books]]" (first edition published in 1943) were sent out to newspaper editors only, not the general public. It was used to promote all of the daily and Sunday comic strips available from King Features as well as other columns, articles and puzzles. The books contains black and white daily strips and full page, colour Sunday samples for every comic character available at the time as well as samples of other articles and columns.

Alain03: /* Various Documentation */ Photo with Jimmy Hatlo replaced for better quality.

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Various Documentation: Photo with Jimmy Hatlo replaced for better quality.

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	===Various Documentation===		===Various Documentation===
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	Image:At-KFS-party.~~png~~\|''Lee Falk with Jimmy Hatlo, creator of the comic strip "They'll Do It Every Time", at a KFS party.''		Image:At-KFS-party.jpeg\|''Lee Falk with Jimmy Hatlo, creator of the comic strip "They'll Do It Every Time", at a KFS party.''
	Image:KFS-1945 ceremony.png\|''Newspaper article / Tribute to KFS ex-Président, with drawing presentation held on July 9, 1945''		Image:KFS-1945 ceremony.png\|''Newspaper article / Tribute to KFS ex-Président, with drawing presentation held on July 9, 1945''
	Image:1947 ad.jpg\|1947 Ad.		Image:1947 ad.jpg\|1947 Ad.

The Clay Camel: /* References */

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References

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	Image:program Friars ceremony.jpg\|''page from the program of May 13, 1972 "Friars Ceremony" honoring Jack Benny and George Burns''		Image:program Friars ceremony.jpg\|''page from the program of May 13, 1972 "Friars Ceremony" honoring Jack Benny and George Burns''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	~~==References==~~
	~~<references />~~

	==External links==		==External links==

The Clay Camel: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	Image:program Friars ceremony.jpg\|''page from the program of May 13, 1972 "Friars Ceremony" honoring Jack Benny and George Burns''		Image:program Friars ceremony.jpg\|''page from the program of May 13, 1972 "Friars Ceremony" honoring Jack Benny and George Burns''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	~~==Notes==~~
	~~<references group="footnotes" />~~

	==References==		==References==

The Clay Camel: /* Distribution and licensing outside the U.S. */

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Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.

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	==Newspaper Comics==		==Newspaper Comics==
	===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===		===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===
	====Americas		====Americas====

	====Europe====		====Europe====

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	'''King Features Syndicate''' is a print syndication company that distributes comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and game to newspapers around the world.		'''King Features Syndicate''' is a print syndication company that distributes comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and game to newspapers around the world.

	~~== History ==~~		It started in 1895 when newspapers own by William Randolph Hearst began syndicating material. In 1914 all of Hearst's syndication enterprises were consolidated under one banner, "King Features Syndicate".
	William Randolph Hearst ~~was an American newspaper publisher. In 1895 his newspapers~~ began syndicating material~~, and in~~ 1914 all of Hearst's syndication enterprises were consolidated under one banner, "King Features Syndicate"~~. The name was taken from Hearst's manager, Moses Koenigsberg (koenig=king)~~.

			The Foreign Sales Department of KFS, INS<ref group="footnotes">INS - International News Service</ref> and INP<ref group="footnotes">INP - International News Photos</ref> was<ref name="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> the idea of J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager. He brought back the idea returning<ref>"Gortatowsky Returns", ''Editor and Publisher'', 14 Jul 1928, Vol 61 Iss 8, p 30</ref> from a vacation in Paris in 1928, where he had<ref>"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978, vol 111 iss 40, p 42</ref> meet the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]].

			Gortatowsky became<ref name="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> president of the three Hearst divisions and John A. Brogan, Jr. became vicepresident and director of foreign sales for all three divisions. At the time of its organization the department had seven foreign clients, all but two of them in Latin America. In the beginning the marked was limited to text features.
			==Newspaper Comics==
	===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===		===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===
	~~The Foreign Sales Department of KFS, INS<ref group~~=~~"footnotes">INS - International News Service</ref> and INP<ref group~~=~~"footnotes">INP - International News Photos</ref> was<ref name~~="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> the idea of J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager. He brought back the idea returning<ref>"Gortatowsky Returns", ''Editor and Publisher'', 14 Jul 1928, Vol 61 Iss 8, p 30</ref> from a vacation in Paris in 1928, where he had<ref>"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978, vol 111 iss 40, p 42</ref> meet the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]].		====Americas

	Gortatowsky became<ref name="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> president of the three Hearst divisions and John A. Brogan, Jr. became vicepresident and director of foreign sales for all three divisions. At the time of its organization the department had seven foreign clients, all but two of them in Latin America.
	====Europe====		====Europe====
	Summer 1928 J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager, was vacationing in Paris and was tracked down by the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]]. Winkler asked<ref name="ep78">"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978 (vol 111 iss 40), p 42</ref> for rights to distribute through his newly formed [[Opera Mundi]] pre-fight stories about the Gene Tunney and Tom Heeny heavyweight championship fight, and 24 four hours later Winkler had sold the stories to newspapers in France, Belgium and Holland.

	Back home Gortatowsky suggested to King’s president, [[Joseph Vincent Connolly\|Joe Connolly]], that a foreign sales department should be organized. John A. Brogan. Jr. was named as its head and tartet to work with Winkler to establish Opera Mundi as the flagship of King’s foreign representation. Winkler began adapting and translating King material for all of Western Europe. In the beginning the marked was limited to text features, since comic strips was unknown in the daily press in Europe. The first ''Bande Desinée''<ref group="footnotes">Bande Desinée - literally, band drawing, an ide for translating comic strip into French by Winkler</ref> was "Bonzo" in the ''Le Meuse'' (Belgium) and ''Le Petit Gironde'' (Bordeaux, France) in 1929.

	Then, in 1939, "Mickey Mouse" appeared in ''Le Petit Parisien'' (Paris, France). By the outbreak of WW2 comics from King in Western European newspapers included also "Bringing up Father", "Blondie" and "Mandrake the Magician".

	*[[Bull's Presstjänst]]		*[[Bull's Presstjänst]]
	*[[Opera Mundi]]		*[[Opera Mundi]]
			====Other ====

	===Notes===		===Notes===
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	===References===		===References===
	<references />		<references />

	==Comic books==		==Comic books==
	KFS made an effort to publish comic books of its own by establishing the publishing company [[King Comics]] in 1967. This short-lived comic book line showcased King's best-known characters in seven titles: ''Beetle Bailey'', ''Blondie'', ''[[Flash Gordon (King Comics)\|Flash Gordon]]'', ''Jungle Jim'', ''[[Mandrake the Magician (King Comics)\|Mandrake the Magician]]'', ''[[The Phantom (King Comics)\|The Phantom]]'' and ''Popeye''.		KFS made an effort to publish comic books of its own by establishing the publishing company [[King Comics]] in 1967. This short-lived comic book line showcased King's best-known characters in seven titles: ''Beetle Bailey'', ''Blondie'', ''[[Flash Gordon (King Comics)\|Flash Gordon]]'', ''Jungle Jim'', ''[[Mandrake the Magician (King Comics)\|Mandrake the Magician]]'', ''[[The Phantom (King Comics)\|The Phantom]]'' and ''Popeye''.

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Europe

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	===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===		===Distribution and licensing outside the U.S.===
			The Foreign Sales Department of KFS, INS<ref group="footnotes">INS - International News Service</ref> and INP<ref group="footnotes">INP - International News Photos</ref> was<ref name="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> the idea of J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager. He brought back the idea returning<ref>"Gortatowsky Returns", ''Editor and Publisher'', 14 Jul 1928, Vol 61 Iss 8, p 30</ref> from a vacation in Paris in 1928, where he had<ref>"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978, vol 111 iss 40, p 42</ref> meet the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]].

			Gortatowsky became<ref name="ep85-35">"KFS Foreign Sales Staff To Convene in New York", ''Editor & Publisher'' 13 Sep 1952, Vol 85 Iss 38, p 70</ref> president of the three Hearst divisions and John A. Brogan, Jr. became vicepresident and director of foreign sales for all three divisions. At the time of its organization the department had seven foreign clients, all but two of them in Latin America.
	====Europe====		====Europe====
	Summer 1928 J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager, was vacationing in Paris and was tracked down by the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]]. Winkler asked<ref name="ep78">"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978 (vol 111 iss 40), p 42</ref> for rights to distribute through his newly formed [[Opera Mundi]] pre-fight stories about the Gene Tunney and Tom Heeny heavyweight championship fight, and 24 four hours later Winkler had sold the stories to newspapers in France, Belgium and Holland.		Summer 1928 J. D. Gortatowsky, King's business manager, was vacationing in Paris and was tracked down by the young journalist [[Paul Winkler]]. Winkler asked<ref name="ep78">"King Features to honor pioneer in international sales arena", ''Editor and Publisher'', 7 Oct 1978 (vol 111 iss 40), p 42</ref> for rights to distribute through his newly formed [[Opera Mundi]] pre-fight stories about the Gene Tunney and Tom Heeny heavyweight championship fight, and 24 four hours later Winkler had sold the stories to newspapers in France, Belgium and Holland.

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	*[[Opera Mundi]]		*[[Opera Mundi]]

			===Notes===
			<references group="footnotes" />

			===References===
			<references />
	==Comic books==		==Comic books==
	KFS made an effort to publish comic books of its own by establishing the publishing company [[King Comics]] in 1967. This short-lived comic book line showcased King's best-known characters in seven titles: ''Beetle Bailey'', ''Blondie'', ''[[Flash Gordon (King Comics)\|Flash Gordon]]'', ''Jungle Jim'', ''[[Mandrake the Magician (King Comics)\|Mandrake the Magician]]'', ''[[The Phantom (King Comics)\|The Phantom]]'' and ''Popeye''.		KFS made an effort to publish comic books of its own by establishing the publishing company [[King Comics]] in 1967. This short-lived comic book line showcased King's best-known characters in seven titles: ''Beetle Bailey'', ''Blondie'', ''[[Flash Gordon (King Comics)\|Flash Gordon]]'', ''Jungle Jim'', ''[[Mandrake the Magician (King Comics)\|Mandrake the Magician]]'', ''[[The Phantom (King Comics)\|The Phantom]]'' and ''Popeye''.