This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish
comics
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
. 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 charac ...
s and
onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetics, phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias in English include animal noises such as Oin ...
. 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 Mr. Vieux Bois''. 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
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
, where comics became popular in the middle of the twentieth century.
Publishers
See also
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List of Golden Age comics publishers {{short description, None
The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s. During this time, modern comic books were first pu ...
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List of manga publishers
{{Anime and manga
This article lists publishers of manga in various markets worldwide.
Chinese
Traditional Chinese
* Tong Li Comics (Taiwan)
* Ever Glory Publishing (Taiwan)
* Sharp Point Publishing (Taiwan)
* Jade Dynasty (Hong Kong)
* Jon ...
References
Works cited
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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 fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Hum ...
, 2007.
* Sanford, Jay Allen
"Two Men and their Comic Books, ''
San Diego Reader
The ''San Diego Reader'' is an alternative press newspaper in San Diego County, California. Published weekly since October 1972, the ''Reader'' is distributed free on Wednesday and Thursday via street boxes and cooperating retail outlets.
Hi ...
'' (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 (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Sta ...
, 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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