This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish
comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
. Comic art is an art medium used to present ideas or stories via images. The images are usually arranged in panels in a sequence that conveys the story. Sounds are expressed using
speech balloon
Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing a char ...
s and
onomatopoeia. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist
Rodolphe Töpffer published ''
Histoire de M. Vieux Bois
''Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois'' (also known as ''Les amours de Mr. Vieux Bois'', or simply ''Monsieur Vieuxbois''), published in English as ''The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck'' (sometimes referred to simply as ''Oldbuck''), is a 19th-century ...
''. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the now-defunct book publishing company,
David McKay Publications
David McKay Publications (also known as David McKay Company) was an American book publisher which also published some of the first comic books, including the long-running titles ''Ace Comics'', ''King Comics'', and '' Magic Comics''; as well as ...
that was founded in 1882 and published comics from 1935 to 1950. Most comic publishing companies were established in the
United States of America where comics became popular in the mid-1900s.
Publishers
See also
*
List of Golden Age comics publishers
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List of manga publishers
{{Anime and manga
This article lists publishers of manga in various markets worldwide.
Chinese
Traditional Chinese
* Daran Comics (or Daran Culture Enterprise) (defunct) (Taiwan)
* Kadokawa Comics Taiwan (Taiwan)
* Tong Li Comics (Taiwan)
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References
Works cited
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Bell, John John Bell may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), Scottish artist
*John Bell (sculptor) (1812–1895), British sculptor
*John Hyslop Bell (1833–1920), Scottish journalist, newspaper owner and editor
*J. Bowyer Be ...
. ''
Invaders from the North
''InVader'' is the fourth album by Finnish glam metal band Reckless Love, released on 4 March 2016 through Spinefarm Records.
Track listing
All songs written by Olli Herman, Pepe Reckless, and Ikka Wirtanen, unless otherwise noted.
Reception
Wr ...
''.
Dundurn Press, 2007.
* Sanford, Jay Allen
"Two Men and their Comic Books" ''
San Diego Reader'' (19. August 2004)
* Booker, M. Keith. ''Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels''. ABC-CLIO, 2010.
* Gabilliet, Jean-Paul. ''Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books''. translated by Beaty, Bart; and Nguyen, Nick.
University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
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*Voger, Mark; and Schaffenberger, Kurt. ''Hero Gets Girl!: The Life & Art of Kurt Schaffenberger''. TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003.
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