Chobits
"Chobits" was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS and Animax from April to September 2002. In addition, it has spawned two video games as well as various merchandise such as figurines, collectable cards, calendars, and artbooks.
Columbia Features
The syndicate debuted a number of strips in 1955, including the long-running "The Mountain Boys" by Paul Webb. Beginning in 1955 and continuing until his death in 1966, writer France Herron worked on a number of strips for Columbia Features. He started with the daily strips "Davy Crockett, Frontiersman" and "Nero Wolfe" — staying on the Davy Crockett strip until 1959, when he became the writer of the "Rip Tide" and "Bat Masterson" strips. "Bat Masterson" was illustrated by Howard Nostrand and Bob Powell. (Notably, Nostrand was assisted [on backgrounds] by future comic book superstar Neal Adams who had just graduated from the School of Industrial Arts; it was among his first professional art jobs.) The Davy Crockett strip, though not a success, was notable for the fact that Jack Kirby ghosted the art in the early months of 1956. Both "Nero Wolfe" and "Rip Tide" ran until 1972.