Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) is an American media corporation based in Kansas City, Missouri. It was founded in 1970 by Jim Andrews (died in 1974) and John McMeel as Universal Press Syndicate and was renamed in 1997 to AMU to reflect the diversification that had taken place since its founding. It now has the following subdivisions:
Andrews McMeel Syndication (formerly Universal Uclick), which includes GoComics
Andrews McMeel Publishing (established 1973)
AMUSE (Andrews McMeel Universal Syndicated Entertainment)
The company headquarters is located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri in the historic Boley Building. The six-story steel frame building was constructed in 1909 and was designed in the Art-Nouveau style by architect Louis Curtiss. The building is notable for being one of the world's first metal-and-glass curtain-wall buildings and the first to use rolled-steel columns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
If one is a cartoonist, it's the biggest, best and most prestigious of all the syndicates out there. Sometimes I can't believe that I'm been with this syndication company (at GoComics) since 2001. Shoecabbage was my first feature (now retired). Frog Applause has been on GoComics for over 15+ years. I have no plans to retire Frog Applause.
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