King Features Archives

There does suddenly seem to be a lot more Flash Gordon around, ahead of his ninetieth birthday next year. And that also includes the return this last week of the Flash Gordon daily comic book strip from King Features, where the character started in 1934, created by Alex Raymond, as a 20th century space adventurer called[...]

Mad Cave Studios, who recently bought Papercutz, has done a deal with King Features Syndicate to be the master publisher of a new Flash Gordon line That means developing a full line of new narratives, comics reprints and graphic novels based on the comic strip created by Alex Raymond. New Flash Gordon graphic novels are planned[...]

Hägar the Horrible, who's been plundering comics since 1973, will be making his way to television as an animated series thanks to King Features and The Jim Henson Company, according to Deadline Based on the Dik Browne strip, the family sitcom comes courtesy of producer and writer Eric Ziobrowski (Fresh Off the Boat) The series[...]

The wave of video game-to-television-series announcements continues, with Netflix and King Features Syndicate set to bring indie game sensation Cuphead to the steaming service in the new animated series The Cuphead Show! Game creators Chad Moldenhauer and Jared Moldenhauer will serve as executive producers for Studio MDHR, with C.J Kettler (Carmen Sandiego) executive producing for[...]

With the release this week of KING OF THE COMICS: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, a proud section of sequential art history gets a grand focus. KING OF THE COMICS is a beautiful hardcover collection from IDW, edited by Dean Mullaney, and including such cartoonists as Ray Billingsley, Jeff Keane, Brian Walker, Hilary Price[...]

When we get these writer to writer interviews, we're never quite sure what we are going to get. This one is short but fun as Ben Acker and Ben Blacker,

Interestingly enough with this weeks exclusive extended previews we have both the end and the beginning for a character. The Jeff Parker / Evan Shaner

We have another first look, this time inside the new King Features crossover from Dynamite, King: Jungle Jim #1 This series is being written by Paul Tobin with art by Sandy Jarrell and a first issue cover by Darwyn Cooke. For more on King: Jungle Jim #1, click here. We have another first look,[...]

Dynamite has gotten Rob Liefeld to do up a set of covers for their King Features crossover event These FOC (final order cutoff) incentive covers are on King: Flash Gordon #1 and King: The Phantom #1 Here are the covers and what your retailer has to do to get them Let your LCS know soon[...]

As we get closer to the big King Features Crossover that Dynamite is starting the new year with, Byron Brewer got a chance to talk with Paul Tobin about taking on the least known of the characters, Jungle Jim. BYRON BREWER: To me, Jungle Jim has always been a weird corner of the King universe[...]

What sounds like a great law firm name – Acker, Blacker & Brewer – is actually our latest interview for Dynamite's King Features crossover Byron Brewer chatted with the writers of the upcoming Flash Gordon series Ben Acker and Ben Blacker about taking on a character that inspired so much of the science fiction that[...]

Next year Dynamite is kicking off the King Features crossover event which is five miniseries that will all merge into one Part of that event is a Mandrake the Magician series written by Roger Langridge Byron Brewer chatted with the writer about taking on such a classic character. BYRON BREWER: Roger, what is there about Mandrake[...]

Here we have some of their other big releases for the month including the new Legenderry spin-off series, the King Features comics and Red Sonja #100. LEGENDERRY: VAMPIRELLA #1 (OF 5) Covers: Joe Benitez, Cedric Poulat, Sergio Davila Writer: David Avallone Art: David Cabrera A return to Bill Willingham's fantastical steampulp world of LEGENDERRY! Vampirella comes home from[...]

As part of Dynamite's new King Features launch next year, Ben Acker will be taking on Flash Gordon Byron Brewer chatted with the writer about the new series and how all of the characters tie together leading into the crossover event. BYRON BREWER: First off, Ben, how does it feel to be part of such an[...]

Dynamite are also publishing comics featuring The Phantom with the new Kings crossover series launching in January. On his Facebook page while promoting his version of The Phantom, Peter David was asked, I'd ask how Hermes Press can have the license when Dynamite also has the Phantom license but then I realize it's King Features Syndicate, and[...]

With the recent announcement of the new King Features comics from Dynamite, Byron Brewer has been chatting with the writers of the upcoming series Now he talks with Brian Clevinger, writer on the new The Phantom series.  BYRON BREWER: It's an anniversary 100 years in the making! Brian, how does it feel to be part of this[...]

With Dynamite's upcoming relaunch of the King Features characters, we've been spotlighting some of the different writers and we turn now to the scribe behind Mandrake the Magician, Roger Langridge. BYRON BREWER: Roger, how does it feel to be part of such an important event as the 100th anniversary of King Feature Syndicate, and seeing all[...]

The man behind the relaunch of the Gold Key comics for Dynamite, Nate Cosby, is going to be writing the new take on Prince Valiant as part of the King Features launch next year Byron Brewer chatted with Cosby about the project and the character. BYRON BREWER: First of all, Nate, I would like to congratulate[...]