Royal Comics Syndicate is a Finnish comics syndicate, whose goal has been since its foundation to internationalize the domestic comics. The comics syndicate operates as an agent for comics artists and sells the publishing rights to newspapers, magazines, and other media, on the behalf of the artists. Royal Comics Syndicate is founded by comics artist Timo Kähkönen. His most famous comics is Paikallisuutisia (Local News).

The syndicate was founded in 2004. The aim of the syndicate is to improve the operating conditions of Finnish comics artists, by selling their productions to the international markets.

Comics

The syndicate is currently distributing six comics series:

• Paikallisuutisia (Local News)
• Kapine (Tin-Bin)
• Loikan vuoksi (Urban Leap)
• Musta hevonen (Dark Side of the Horse)
• Sekametsä (Mixed Forest)
• Viljo ja Esteri (Bill and Esther)

All of them are being published in Finland. As of 2011, Local News is also being published in Norway and Dark Side of the Horse in GoComics

GoComics

GoComics is a website launched in 2005 by the digital entertainment provider Uclick. It was originally created as a distribution portal for comic strips on mobile phones, but in 2006, the site was redesigned and expanded to include online strips and cartoons...

 and Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News is an Internet-based news aggregator provided by Yahoo!. It features Top Stories, U.S. National, World, Business, Entertainment, Science, Health, Weather, Most Popular, News Photos, Op/Ed, and Local news....

websites.

Sources

• Royal Comics Syndicate website
• Scientific Research on Internationalizing Domestic Comics - About Royal Comics Syndicate, on pages 22, 23, and 43.
• Royal Comics Syndicate on Ylioppilaslehti maganize - An article covering the significance of the syndicate and about its expansion to abroads.
• Ministry of Education focuses on comics and fashion in cultural export efforts