King Features Syndicate

King Features Syndicate is an American content distribution and animation studio owned by Hearst Communications. The company distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide.

King Features also produces intellectual properties, develops new content and franchises (including The Cuphead Show with Netflix), and licenses classic characters. The company is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc. Affiliate syndicates include North America Syndicate and Cowles Syndicate.