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Following two years of declining sales, the category recorded a 9.2% increase, with 25.9 million units sold.

The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931.

The Avengers are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics

is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his comics about Scrooge McDuck

Roberto Raviola, best known as Magnus, was a non-conformist comic author

He also created another comic book character, Bahadur

five graphic novels, one film, a television series

Sava also wrote and illustrated The Dreamland Chronicles comics for his two sons.

Spy vs. Spy is a wordless comic strip published in Mad magazine

is a comic book series, created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim

spanning four manga adaptations, three anime adaptations, three light novels, and a video game adaptation

A manga adaptation by Kenji Akahoshi was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive

A manga adaptation by Daiki Kase was serialized

the manga and light novels which followed were a reflection of its popularity

A manga adaptation by Ayamegumu ran in Age Premium until the magazine ceased publication

is a Belgian comics series created by Peyo

It consists of a manga series, which was serialized in Manga Up! from July 2022 to March 2024, and an anime television series

It consists of a manga series, a novel series, drama CDs, and an anime television series

encompasses five anime television series, four theatrical films, multiple manga and drama CD adaptations

There are currently three different manga adaptations based on the Hyakka Ryoran universe published.

is a Japanese yuri manga series written by Satoru Akahori

It has also been expanded to comics and video games.

mobile games, books, manga, anime, and temporary themed establishments

It has received three manga adaptations

On February 27, 2014, Boom! Studios announced they were working on a comic book series.

Toonerville Folks (a.k.a. The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains) is an American newspaper comic strip feature by Fontaine Fox, which ran from 1908 to 1955.

an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for writing and illustrating his Toonerville Folks comic panel

is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his manga Black Lagoon

It was originally created as a manhwa (comic) that was serialized from 1983 to 1993.

he has edited and written various comic books, the first of which was Bad Planet (2005).

is a Chinese webcomic and media franchise by Lin Chao

It consists of a manga titled Deep Insanity: Nirvana

A 4-panel manga adaptation by Choboraunyopomi

They also published comic books and sporting yearbooks.

Richard William Calkins (August 12, 1894, May 12, 1962), who often signed his work Lt. Dick Calkins, was an American comic strip artist who is best known for being the first artist to draw the Buck Rogers comic strip.

He was the creator of the satirical comic strip Spy vs. Spy

is a Japanese manga artist and writer

Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus

was a Belgian comics writer and artist

possibly the earliest European comics

is a Japanese manga artist

Flash Comics is a comics anthology published by All-American Publications and later by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics).

Gasoline Alley is a comic strip created by Frank King and distributed by Tribune Content Agency.

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (French: Tintin au pays des Soviets) is the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle as anti-communist satire for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from January 1929 to May 1930 before being published in a collected volume by Éditions du Petit Vingtième in 1930.

Krazy Kat (also known as Krazy & Ignatz in some reprints and compilations) is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944.

Fritz the Cat is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a "supercity" of anthropomorphic animals, it focused on Fritz, a tabby cat who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began drawing

Doonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Mike Doonesbury, who has progressed over the decades from a college student to a youthful senior citizen.

The Far Side is a single-paneled comic strip created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from January 1, 1980 through January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist).

Barefoot Gen (Japanese: はだしのゲン, Hepburn: Hadashi no Gen) is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.

Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller.

The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter appearing in American comic books.

Terry and the Pirates is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973.

Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, often simply called Prince Valiant, is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937.

Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Scott Pilgrim is a series of graphic novels written and illustrated by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley.

Peanuts (subtitled featuring "Good ol' Charlie Brown" until January 1, 1987) is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M.

Garfield is an American comic strip and media franchise created by Jim Davis.

Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould.

Sam & Max is an American media franchise about Sam and Max, a pair of anthropomorphic vigilante private investigators.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Persepolis (French: Persépolis) is a series of autobiographical graphic novels written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi.

Pogo (revived as Walt Kelly's Pogo) was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975.

Love and Rockets (often abbreviated L&R) is a long-running comic book series by the Hernández brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario.

Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions.

Batman is an ongoing superhero comic book series published by DC Comics, featuring the character of the same name as its protagonist.

Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist.

Wonder Woman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman and occasionally other superheroes as its protagonist.

Captain America Comics is a comic book series featuring the superhero character Captain America.

The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist.

From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998.

Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series by Brian K.

Ghost World is a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. It was serialized in issues #11-18 (June 1993, March 1997) of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books. It was a commercial and

Watchmen is a comic book limited series created by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins.

Maus, often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel written and illustrated by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.

The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns but originally titled Batman: The Dark Knight) is a 1986 four-issue superhero comic book miniseries written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and published by DC Comics.

Detective Comics (later retitled as Batman Detective Comics) is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics.

Bone is an American fantasy comic book limited series written and illustrated by Jeff Smith, originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004.

V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare).

Saga is an epic space opera fantasy comic book series written by Brian K.

Preacher is an American epic supernatural comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon.

Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson, and was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997-2002.

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. Released in 2006 by First Second Books, it was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature. It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award,

The Walking Dead is an American zombie apocalypse comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman with artwork by artist Tony Moore for the first six issues and cover art for the first twenty-four.

Pep Comics is an American comic book anthology series published by the Archie Comics predecessor MLJ Magazines Inc. (commonly known as MLJ Comics) during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter.

Masanori Ota (太田正典, Ōta Masanori; born November 23, 1961), better known by his pen name Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗, Shirō Masamune), is a Japanese manga artist and designer for video games and anime productions.

Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years.

George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880, April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913-1944).

Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909, November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977.

known primarily for his work in comics

is an American comic book artist

is an American comic book writer and artist best known for creating Hellboy

is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter

is a Northern Irish comics writer

is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist

was a French comic editor and writer

was an American cartoonist

is an American cartoonist

is an American comic artist

was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph

was an American newspaper illustrator and cartoonist

was an American attorney and psychologist

is an American-born British comics writer

was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics

is an English comics writer and editor

is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.

The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Batman: The Killing Joke is a 1988 DC Comics one-shot graphic novel featuring the characters Batman and the Joker written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Brian Bolland, and originally colored by John Higgins.

The Beano (also known as Beano and formerly The Beano Comic) is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson.

Hellboy is a superpowered paranormal investigator created by writer/artist Mike Mignola and appearing in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics.

He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology comic 2000 AD (1977).

Palestine is a non-fiction graphic journal written and drawn by Joe Sacco about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January 1992.

Asterix the Gaul (French: Astérix le Gaulois) is a French comic story, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo.

Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, first appearing in issue #1 of Action Comics, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.

Men in Black is an American science fiction comedy media franchise that originated with the Malibu/Marvel comic book of the same name created by American author Lowell Cunningham.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Japanese: 鬼滅の刃, Hepburn: Kimetsu no Yaiba; rgh. 'Blade of Demon Destruction') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge.

Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū Gi Ō; lit. 'Game King') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi.

My Hero Academia (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi.

Devilman (Japanese: デビルマン, Hepburn: Debiruman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai.

Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種（トーキョーグール）, Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida.

Frog, known in Japan as Keroro Gunso (Japanese: ケロロ軍曹, Hepburn: Keroro Gunsō; lit. 'Sergeant Keroro'), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki.

Rosario + Vampire (Japanese: ロザリオとバンパイア, Hepburn: Rozario to Banpaia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda.

Tenchi Muyo! (天地無用!, Tenchi Muyō!; lit. 'Do Not Turn Over" or "No Need for Tenchi') is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise.

King Kong is an American monster media franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as television shows, novels, comic books, video games, attractions, and other merchandise.

The book has been adapted into several media, including films, comics, a stage play, and a radio serial.

Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before expanding to other media.

Zap Comix is an underground comix series which was originally part of the counterculture of the late 1960s.

Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira; April 5, 1955, March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

Chester Gould (; November 20, 1900, May 11, 1985) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains.

LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890, May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.

Paul Frehm (1904-1986) was a cartoonist who worked on the comic strip Ripley's Believe It or Not.

He is the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S.

Kevin Brooks Eastman (born May 30, 1962) is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird.

Peter Alan Laird (born January 27, 1954) is an American comic book writer and artist.

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911, December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics.

Robert Kanigher (; June 18, 1915, May 7, 2002) was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades.

Franklin Robbins (September 9, 1917, November 28, 1994) was an American comic book and comic strip artist and writer, as well as a prominent painter whose work appeared in museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, where one of his paintings was featured in the 1955 Whitney Annual Exhibition of American Painting.

Dennis Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939, June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement.

Robert Duncan Low (25 August 1895-13 December 1980) was a Scottish comics writer and editor.

Lowell Cunningham (born c. 1958/1959) is an American comic book author.

He is a co-creator of the comic book series and media franchise Sam & Max and received an Eisner Award in 2007 for working on the comic books.

Bruno Bianchi (Italian: [ˈbruːno ˈbjaŋki], French: [bʁyno bjɑ̃ki]; 6 September 1955-2 December 2011) was a French cartoonist, comics artist and animation director.