Columbia Features

Columbia Features
IndustryPrint syndication
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Defunct1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Headquarters
(originally) New York City
(later years) New Smyrna Beach, Florida
,
U.S.
Key people
William H. Thomas, Robert Ferguson, Bruce Brown
ProductsComic strips, Gag panels. Columns
OwnerRobert Ferguson (1987–1992)
Bruce Brown (1992–1994)

Columbia Features was a syndication service that operated from 1953 to 1994. Originally located in New York City, The syndicate specialized in comic strips based on licensed characters[1] such as Smokey the Bear, Bat Masterson, and Nero Wolfe.

Notable Columbia Features comic strip creators included Murphy Anderson, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Grandenetti, France Herron, Fran Matera, Mike Roy, and Don Sherwood. Irene Corbally Kuhn, a pioneering female journalist,[2] was a columnist for Columbia Features in the 1970s.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smokey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Irene Corbally Kuhn, 97, Reporter and Columnist," New York Times (December 31, 1995), p. 32.