Monday, February 23, 2004

"Can't talk now -- Hagar's calling": Remember all the buzz last year about having comic strips -- and possibly even comic books -- "beamed" to your cell phone or PDA? Well, it looks as if somebody may actually be making some money from it. The San Mateo County (Calif.) Times checks in with FunMail, a company that has licensing agreements with United Media, King Features, Tribune Media Services and Creators Syndicate to deliver some of their syndicated strips to the cell phones of six major carriers.