Captain N: The Game Master

Captain N: The Game Master is a 1989 animated series produced by DiC for Nintendo of America. The series describes the adventures of Kevin Keene, the eponymous Captain N, as he battlesKid Icarus, Game Boy, and Princess Lana to save videoland from the diabolical Mother Brain (voiced by Levi Stubbs).

Season 2, Episode 12: Invasion of the Paper Peddlers
In a very loose adaptation of Paperboy, the team stumbles onto a plot from Mother N to take control of "Newsworld" using hypnotic ink.