sentences:  Eventually, Gaines and Eastern collaborated in 1934 to publish the ongoing title "Famous Funnies", which ran for 218 issues using a mixture of newspaper strip reprints and some original material, and is considered the first true American comic book.Also in 1933, Editors Press Service launched; though never a large operation, EPS is notable for being the first U.S. company to actively syndicate material internationally.Marshall Field III launched the Chicago Sun Syndicate (later known as the Field Newspaper Syndicate) in 1941, whose most popular offering was the comic strip "Steve Canyon".