Editing King Features Syndicate (section)

== Content distribution ==
King Features Syndicate's content distribution division distributes more than 150 different comics, games, puzzles, and columns, in digital and print formats, to nearly 5,000 daily, Sunday, weekly and online newspapers and other publishers. Comic properties include Beetle Bailey, Blondie, [[Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)|Dennis the Menace]], [[The Family Circus]], [[Curtis (comic strip)|Curtis]], [[Rhymes with Orange]], [[Alex Hallatt|Arctic Circle]], [[Macanudo (comic)|Macanudo]], and [[Zits (comics)|Zits]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Plunkett|first=Jack W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPLb0cA8Gv0C|title=Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac 2007|date=2007|publisher=Plunkett Research, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-59392-066-1|language=en}}</ref> The division additionally offers services for smaller publishers and community papers, including pagination and [[Colorist|colorization]] services through its sister company, RBMA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hearst and the History of Comics|url=https://afcp.pageflip.site/editions/AFCPI84178|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=Publish|page=26|language=en|edition=June 2021}}</ref>

In March 2018, to mark [[International Women's Day]], many King Features cartoonists included messages about [[Women's empowerment|female empowerment]] and other topics that resonated with them.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|date=March 8, 2018|title=Many cartoonists join forces to mark International Women's Day through art|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/03/08/many-cartoonists-join-forces-to-mark-international-womens-day-through-art/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>

In April 2020, [[Bianca Xunise]] became the first black woman to join the team of female creators behind King Features strip [[Six Chix]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|date=April 20, 2020|title=Newspaper comics hardly ever feature black women as artists. But two new voices have arrived.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/04/20/steenz-heart-city-bianca-xunise-six-chix/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref> Six Chix was first syndicated by King Features in May 2019, after King Features saw strip creator Maritsa Patrinos' work online.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|date=May 18, 2019|title=How the biggest new comic-arts festival reflects better representation for women|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/05/18/how-biggest-new-comic-arts-festival-reflects-better-representation-women/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>

In June 2020, King Features started syndicating [[webcomic]] [[Rae the Doe]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leblanc|first=Philippe|date=June 1, 2020|title=Syndicated Comics|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-olive-brinker-on-her-webcomic-rae-the-doe-comedy-and-plushes/|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=The Beat|language=en-US}}</ref> In the same month, cartoonists from King Features, along with artists from Kirkman's, [[Andrews McMeel Syndication]] and [[National Cartoonists Society]], hid symbols in their Sunday strips as a tribute to [[Key worker|essential workers]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|date=June 1, 2020|title=Comics will salute essential workers by hiding symbols in their Sunday strips|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/01/cartoons-essential-workers-loose-parts-dave-blazek/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2020|title=Comics will salute essential workers by hiding symbols in their Sunday strips|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/comics-will-salute-essential-workers-by-hiding-symbols-in-their-sunday-strips/|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2020, King Features relaunched comic strip [[Mark Trail]], originally launched in 1946, with cartoonist Jules Rivera, author of comic strip Love, Joolz, at the helm.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gustines|first=George Gene|date=September 25, 2020|title='Mark Trail' Jumps Into an Adventure With a New Cartoonist|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/arts/mark-trail-new-cartoonist.html|access-date=January 12, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>