Universal Press Syndicate, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, provides syndication for a number of lifestyle and opinion columns, comics, and various other content. Some of the most popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebert, William F. Buckley and News of the Weird. Print Syndication is a form of syndication in which news articles, columns, or comic strips are made available to newspapers and magazines. ... Dear Abby is the most popular syndicated advice column which was founded in 1956 by Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips and is currently written by her daughter, Abigail Van Buren, also know as Jeanne Phillips. ... Ann Coulter on the cover of her book Slander Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is a conservative American syndicated columnist, bestselling author, lawyer, and television pundit, who frequently appears on the Fox News Channel. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970. ... William F. Buckley may refer to: William Francis Buckley, U.S. Army officer and CIA operative William F. Buckley, Jr. ...

Popular Universal Press Syndicate comics include FoxTrot, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, The Boondocks, Doonesbury, Cathy, Pooch Cafe, Ink Pen, Ziggy and The Far Side during its rise in newspapers, calendars and books. First panel of FoxTrot Sunday strips as of 1999. ... Calvin and Hobbes took many wagon rides over the years—this one showed up on the cover of the first collection of comic strips. ... Garfield (right) and Odie Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis, featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. ... The Boondocks is a daily comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder. ... Doonesbury was featured on the cover of the Feb. ... 1984 collection Cathy is a daily comic strip drawn by Cathy Guisewite. ... Pooch Café is a comic strip written and illustrated by Paul Gilligan. ... Ziggy is a single panel comic strip created by Tom Wilson, an American Greetings executive. ... Wiener Dog Art, one of many Far Side collections published in the United States. ...

Universal also syndicates the editorial cartoonists Pat Oliphant, Tom Toles, Jack Higgins, Glenn McCoy and Don "Bad Reporter" Asmussen. Pat Oliphant (born 1935) is the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world, acknowledged by the New York Times as the most influential cartoonist now working. ... Thomas Gregory Toles (born October 22, 1951) is a United States political cartoonist. ... Storm Warning, 1989 U.S. paperback edition Jack Higgins is the principal pseudonym of British novelist Harry Patterson (born July 27, 1929). ... Glenn McCoy is a cartoonist whose work includes the comic strip The Duplex. ...

External links

• Universal Press Syndicate Online Content Home
• Universal Press Syndicate Corporate Site