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“The Argyle Sweater” Launches in April

Kansas City  (01/25/2008)  First a comic hit online, now “The Argyle Sweater” by Scott Hilburn will make its print syndication debut with Universal Press Syndicate on April 7. This daily and Sunday comic, which can be delivered in panel or strip format, has early clients that include The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times,Calgary Herald, Seattle Times, the Portland Oregonian, as well as a host of online sites operated by Media News Group. Hilburn's cartooning career kicked off in the fall of 2006 on the Web group Comics Sherpa, managed by uclick, the sister company of Universal Press Syndicate. Online, he was able to get feedback and network within the cartooning field. In December 2006, Hilburn’s comic panel, "The Argyle Sweater," made the jump from Sherpa to gocomics.com (considered a good step toward print syndication) and was met with rave reviews and Web traffic that rivaled more established features. A short time later, it was placed under development by Universal Press Syndicate.

“Scott’s been making a big pot of humor stew where he stirs together dogs, cats, cops, bees, wolves, game shows, bears, telephones, sports, zebras, nursery-rhyme icons and cavemen, topped off with the occasional evil scientist.What comes out of the pot is a grown-up’s comic inspired and drawn with childlike imagination,” says John Glynn, vice president of rights and acquisition editor for Universal Press Syndicate. Hilburn has worked most of his adult life creating interactive media for telecommunication companies. He started his career at FlightSafety developing programs for flight simulators then moved on to MCI where he won a silver award for his work in interactive media. Currently Hilburn works for Fujitsu Networking Communications as a flash developer. This is the Texas native’s first comic strip.

Hilburn has an A.A.S. (digital arts) degree in Computer Animation and Multimedia from the Art Institute of Dallas, a B.A. in Psychology and has worked toward a M.A. in Professional Counseling/Clinical Psychology from Argosy University. Born in 1971 and a single father of two daughters, Hilburn has lived always in the Dallas area. For more information, contact Kathie Kerr, Universal Press Syndicate, 800-255-6734,ext. 6945. kkerr@amuniversal.com

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