Serious Business in a Fun Comic Book World -- an Industry Report, Zaldiva Inc.Business Editors PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 Comic books have been around for a lot longer than most would think. The business of buying and selling comic books just as long. The fond memories of growing up with a favorite comic book character or two or three fuels an industry that tallies into the millions of dollars each year. In The Beginning Comic books are, at least, as old as movies. Their first steps were set in the beginning of the 20th century, in the search for new ways of graphic and visual communication and expression. Usually, comic books are also associated with the prehistoric paintings in caves and Egyptian hieroglyphics, all of them visual narratives of juxtaposed jux·ta·pose tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. images. The existence of words was not mandatory, but with the adoption of symbols to represent them -- letters -- they were soon added to give more information and boost the narrative flow. The improvement of press and printing technology were strong factors to the development of the medium. Among the precursors can be mentioned Swiss Rudolph Topffer, German Wilhelm Bush, French Georges ("Christophe") Colomb and Brazilian Angelo Agostini Angelo Agostini (1843 - 1910) was an illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist. , but it is usual to associate the first comic book to Richard Fenton Outcalt's creation, The Yellow Kid, in 1896. Outcalt essentially synthesized what had been made before him and introduced a new element: the balloon, a space where he wrote what the characters said, and that pointed to their mouth with a kind of tail. The basis for a brand-new kind of art were set, and the adventure begun. In the first decades of its life, comic books were essentially humoristic, and this is the explanation for the name they carry to date in English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. . Some of those days' creations can be read until today, and are among the best stories in comic books' history: Little Nemo Little Nemo dreams every night of Slumberland, a place of story-book palaces and fairy-tale landscapes. [Comics: Horn, 458] See : Dreaming in Slumberland (by Winsor McCay Winsor McCay (September 26 1867(?) – July 26 1934) was a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as Moebius, Chris Ware, William Joyce, and Maurice Sendak. ), Mutt & Jeff (by Bud Fisher), Popeye (by E. Segar) and Krazy Kat (by George Herriman). However, comic books have other denominations, such as Italian fumetti (smoke, an allusion to the shape of the balloon), French bande dessine (drawn strip), Japanese manga maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. Their music is mainly a fusion of alternative metal and hip hop music, with a touch of Anatolian melodies; with heavy use of turntables, invoking comparisons with modern American nu metal bands. and Portuguese historia em quadradinhos (story in little squares), much more comprehensive. Big Business Marvel Enterprises Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MVL MVL Multiple-Valued Logic MVL Multiple Virtual Line MVL Montavista Linux MVL Moshannon Valley League (Pennsylvania high school baseball) MVL Mercury Vapor Light MVL Minimum Vector Length MVL Musikverein Lustenau ) One of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, with operations focused in three segments: entertainment (Marvel Studios) and licensing, toys (Toy Biz) and comic book publishing. 52wk Range: 7.90 - 31.95 - Market Cap: 2.26B - Day's Range (11.12.03): $29.370 - $30.480 Zaldiva Inc. (BB: ZLDV) ZaldivaComics.com will continue to build its catalog of comic books with new releases, back-issues, special editions and rare items like limited edition and signed covers. Future plans for the site are to offer pre-orders at a larger discount than any of its competitors, comic book and magazine subscriptions, and frequent contest giveaways to draw shoppers in from other areas of the Web. Advertising will be done in collectible, toy and/or movie magazines and at numerous comic book and collectibles shows held each year around the world (many in the United States). Shares O/S: 5,000,000, Float: 1,800,000, 52-week Range: $0.250 - $2.130 Web Site: http://www.ZALDIVACOMICS.com As reported by John Jackson Miller, editor for Comics Retailer Magazine. The North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Average of sales generated for the following years: 2002 $300 million at retail 2001 $260 million at retail 2000 $255 million at retail 1999 $260 million at retail 1998 $275 million at retail The average reader and purchaser is of the ages 25-30 years old. During boom periods, much younger readers purchase comics due to movies like the Hulk, Spiderman, X-men, etc., but they seem to lose interest until something else comes out. 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