Type Private Key people Ron Kanfi - President Founded 1980 | Genre Humor Publisher Owner Ron Kanfi | |
Industry Greeting card publisher Products Greeting cards, stationery, electronic greetings, calendars Headquarters Union City, New Jersey, United States Founders Jay Purvis, Christopher Noble | ||
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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.
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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.
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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.
This blog post occurred soon after the twin bombing incident in Boston, Massachusetts.