Columbia Features
Introduction

**Columbia Features** was a [syndication service](/wiki/Print_syndication "Print syndication") that operated from 1953 to 1994\. Originally located in [New York City](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"), The syndicate specialized in [comic strips](/wiki/Comic_strips "Comic strips") based on [licensed characters](/wiki/Licensed_character "Licensed character") such as [Smokey the Bear](/wiki/Smokey_the_Bear "Smokey the Bear"), [Bat Masterson](/wiki/Bat_Masterson "Bat Masterson"), and [Nero Wolfe](/wiki/Nero_Wolfe "Nero Wolfe").

Notable Columbia Features comic strip creators included [Murphy Anderson](/wiki/Murphy_Anderson "Murphy Anderson"), [Otto Binder](/wiki/Otto_Binder "Otto Binder"), [Henry Boltinoff](/wiki/Henry_Boltinoff "Henry Boltinoff"), [Jerry Grandenetti](/wiki/Jerry_Grandenetti "Jerry Grandenetti"), [France Herron](/wiki/France_Herron "France Herron"), [Fran Matera](/wiki/Fran_Matera "Fran Matera"), [Mike Roy](/wiki/Mike_Roy_%28comics%29 "Mike Roy (comics)"), and [Don Sherwood](/wiki/Don_Sherwood_%28cartoonist%29 "Don Sherwood (cartoonist)"). [Irene Corbally Kuhn](/wiki/Irene_Corbally_Kuhn "Irene Corbally Kuhn"), a pioneering female journalist,["Irene Corbally Kuhn, 97, Reporter and Columnist,"](https://nyti.ms/2JksLE2) *New York Times* (December 31, 1995\), p. 32\. was a columnist for Columbia Features in the 1970s.


Which characters were featured in comic strips by Columbia Features?