It was founded by Cleveland businessman Arthur J. Lafave and specialized in comic strips and gag cartoons.
Lafave launched the syndicate in 1931, and in 1932 signed McBride's Napoleon and Uncle Elby, successfully distributing the strip for twenty years.
[citation needed] Other strips Lafave launched in the 1930s — like Jimmy Caborn's Little Rodney and Jim Lavery's Aladdin McFadden — didn't fare so well.
American Adventure, by historian Bradford Smith and artists Dan Heilman and later Edwin Haeberle, was syndicated from 1949 to 1951.
[1] Lafave reacted by signing a flurry of new strips, including Dick Huemer[3] and Paul Murry's Buck O' Rue (1951–c.