Rubes is a syndicated

Print syndication

Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. They offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own/represent copyrights....

 newspaper single panel cartoon

Panel (comic strips)

A panel is an individual frame, or single drawing, in the multiple-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book. A panel consists of a single drawing depicting a frozen moment....

 created by Leigh Rubin

Leigh Rubin

Leigh Rubin is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Rubes. Born in the Queens borough of New York City, Rubin was brought to California at age 3. Rubin's parents sold advertising and by the early 70s, he was working in the family print shop. In 1978 he started his own greeting card company,...

 in 1984.

Leigh Rubin began making and distributing his own greeting cards in 1979 through his company Rubes. The cartoon Rubes began appearing in newspapers in 1984 and is since 1989 syndicated by Creators Syndicate

Creators Syndicate

Creators Syndicate is an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers. It was founded in 1987 by Richard S. Newcombe, and is based in Los Angeles. Creators was one of the first syndicates to allow its clients to maintain creative control of their material...

 to over 400 newspapers worldwide, and was published in paperbacks from 1988 on. It was pulled from the Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 student newspaper The Daily Universe

The Daily Universe

The Daily Universe is the official student newspaper for Brigham Young University and was started shortly after the school was founded. It was first titled Y News, which was then changed to The Blue and White and finally to The Daily Universe...

after several complaints by readers, but seems to have attracted little controversy otherwise.

Being a popular cartoon, Rubes is also heavily merchandized, with calendars, greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts, ...

Rubes hasn't won one of the major comics or cartoon awards yet, but has won a few minor awards like a bronze award at ForeWord

ForeWord (magazine)

ForeWord is a trade journal published six times yearly with the tagline, “Reviews of Good Books Independently Published.” The magazine is distributed primarily to librarians and booksellers to familiarize them with upcoming books from small, independent, and university presses, as well as...

magazine’s Book of the Year.

Books (Collections)

• The Penguin is Mightier than the Swordfish. Fragments West / Valentine Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0916063153
• Rubes. Penguin Group, 1988. ISBN 978-0399514883
• Sharks Are People Too! Rubes Publications, 1990. ISBN 978-0943384023
• Calves Can Be So Cruel: The Best of Rubes Cartoons. Penguin Group
  Penguin Group
  The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
  
  , 1990. ISBN 978-0452265097
• Rubes Calves Can Be So Cruel. Ravette Publishing, 1992. ISBN 978-1853044304
• Rubes Bible Cartoons. Hendrickson Publishers, 1999. ISBN 978-1565634237
• Rubes Then & Now: Cartoons for the Millennium and Beyond! Image Maker Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-0964469549
• The Wild Life of Dogs: A Rubes Cartoon Book. BowTie Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1889540986
• The Wild Life of Pets: A Rubes Cartoon Book. BowTie Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1889540993
• The Wild Life of Cows: A Rubes Cartoon Book. BowTie Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1931993364
• The Wild Life of Farm Animals: A Rubes Cartoon Book. BowTie Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1931993371
• The Wild Life of Cats: A Rubes Cartoon Book. Willow Creek Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1595432339
• The Wild Life of Love: A Rubes Cartoon Collection. Willow Creek Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1595433688
• The Wild and Twisted World of Rubes: A Rubes Cartoon Collection. Andrews McMeel Publishing
  Andrews McMeel Publishing
  Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC is a company which publishes books, calendars, and related toys...
  
  , 2010. ISBN 978-0740791567

Calendars

• Rubes Farm Animal Funnies Family Organizer 2006 (Wall) Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1595432308
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2006 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1595431820
• Rubes Animal Antics Family Organizer 2007 (Wall) Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1595433237
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2007 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1595434166
• Rubes Animal Antics Family Organizer 2008 (Wall) Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1595434999
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2008 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1595436245
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2009 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1595438317
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2010 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1607550464
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2011 Daily Box Calendar. Willow Creek Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1607552468
• Rubes 2012 (Wall) Calendar. Day Dream Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1423811350
• Rubes Zoo in a Box 2012 Daily Box Calendar. Mead, 2011. ISBN 978-1423812401

Mega Mini Kit

• Rubes Cow Tipping: You Can't Keep a Good Cow Down! Running Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0762440085

External links

• Official website
• Rubes page on the Creators Syndicate website
• Animated Rubes e-cards on Doozy Cards
• Animated Rubes e-cards on HD greetings