This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish

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. 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

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s and

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. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist

Rodolphe Töpffer Rodolphe Töpffer ( , ; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He is best known for his illustrated books (''littérature en estampes'', "graphic literature"), which are possibly ...

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

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where comics became popular in the mid-1900s.

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* Bell, John. '' Invaders from the North''.

Dundurn Press Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, ...

, 2007. * Sanford, Jay Allen
"Two Men and their Comic Books
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'' (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 The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi. Universities * Alcorn State University *Delta State University *Jackson State University *Mississippi State U ...

, 2010. * *Voger, Mark; and Schaffenberger, Kurt. ''Hero Gets Girl!: The Life & Art of Kurt Schaffenberger''. TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003. {{Comics * *

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