NobleWorks
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Greeting card publisher |
| Genre | Humor Publisher |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Jay Purvis and Christopher Noble |
| Headquarters | Hoboken, New Jersey, United States |
Key people | Ron Kanfi - President |
| Products | Greeting cards, stationery, electronic greetings, calendars |
| Owner | Ron Kanfi |
Number of employees | 8 |
| Website | www.NobleWorksCards.com |
| Footnotes / references Even single cards ship free | |
NobleWorks Inc. is a publisher of humorous greeting cards. The company is located in Union City, New Jersey and publishes and sells paper greeting cards, cards with detachable magnets, lapel-button cards, gift cards, free on-line electronic greeting cards, magnetic memo pads, and note pads. NobleWorks develops several lines and licenses properties to other greeting card companies, publishers, and manufacturers. NobleWorks also licenses artwork from various cartoonists and designers who are based in the United States as well as in other countries.
NobleWorks Inc. is the originator of the Talk Bubbles. NobleWorks features cards by over thirty cartoonists, many of whom are featured in the magazines The New Yorker, Playboy, Hustler, Penthouse (magazine), National Lampoon, and MAD Magazine. NobleWorks also publishes cards featuring licenses from over twenty artists and designers.
Properties
- Urban Dictionary
- Talk Bubbles
- Bad Seeds
- Holy Shit
- Mortal Sins
- Confessions
- Spot On!
- Drive by Sermons
- Hot Betty
Cartoons
- Leo Cullum
- Mike Shiell
- Tom Cheney (cartoonist)
- Glenn McCoy
- Gary McCoy
- Benita Epstein
- Tim Whyatt
- Dan Collins
- George Trosley
- John Billette
- John Callahan (cartoonist)
- John Caldwell (cartoonist)
- Jerry King
- Mary Lawton
- Michael Dougherty
- Nick Downes
- P.C. Vey
- Bob Zahn
- Charles Almon
- Curtis Bright
- Dan Gibson
- Dan Piraro
- George Winners
- Glen Hanson
- Rob Clarke
- Jeff Pert
- Harley Schwadron
- Sam Gross
- Stan Eales
- Victoria Roberts
Licenses
North American:
- Urban Dictionary
- Last Kiss
- Fabulouse Pugs, book
- Bad Baby
- Bad Cat
- Bad Dog
- Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same
- Chrismukkah
- I Love Liberace
- Funny Paper
- superindustriallove
- Sign Language
- Wry Baby
- Weekly World News
- Elvis Presley
United Kingdom:
- On the Mantelpiece
- Crisp & Dry
- Violent Veg
- Tinny Tiney People
- Eavesdropped
- ChalkeyEgg
Australia:
- Stripey Jumper
- Traces of Nuts
Controversy
On 3 May 2013, Ahmed Rehab, a Muslim journalist for the Chicago Monitor, reported on his blog that he found a NobleWorks Inc. greeting card in a local store which featured a hijab-wearing doll and captions such as, "Hope your birthday is a blow out!" The doll featured in the greeting card is an educational doll, Aamina. On his blog, Rehab described the find as "troubling", and Rehab's find was subsequently reported to the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) office in Chicago.[1]
This blog post occurred soon after the twin bombing incident in Boston, Massachusetts.
References
Greetings, Etc. Nov/Dec 2005
CNNMoney.com March 31, 2003
[1] www.LastKiss.com
- ^ "Greeting card turns children's "Muslim" doll into "Terrorist" doll". Chicago Monitor. 3 May 2013.