But he considers a Web site critical for the credibility of the strip - and not just to give it a boost into newspaper syndication.

Hazel was then picked up for newspaper syndication by King Features Syndicate.

After the war ended, The Sad Sack ran in newspaper syndication in the United States until 1957.

For a pop-culture staple like "The Far Side," however, newspaper syndication is actually a very small dog being wagged by a very large tail.

The Tribune Company also named David D. Williams executive vice president of Tribune Media Services, a company primarily involved in newspaper syndication.

Around 1954, Swan unsuccessfully pitched an original comic strip for newspaper syndication.

It was the first comic strip to make the leap from the Internet to newspaper syndication.

She went into daily newspaper syndication in 1944 and gradually, through comic books, became an international phenomenon.

She started the "Bab's Babble" gossip column for newspaper syndication, starting with the New York Star, in 1888.

It began in 2004 as a webcomic that ran on the cartoonist's homepage and Comics Sherpa, and was later picked up for newspaper syndication through Creators Syndicate.