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Editis ' Buyout of France;s thrid biggest graphic novel publishing house Delcourt has been approved , and has gone ahead .

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Guy Delcourt , created the newspaper publisher 38 years ago , in 1986 , through the fusion of the magazinesCharlie MensuelandPilote . Guy Delcourt , chief editor of the latter , named the new publication houseGuy Delcourt Productions . He stated that he was selling the company because none of his three minor wanted to adopt in his footsteps , and he was interested in Editis ' " humanist values " and that Editis had pledged to him that Delcourt would stay on main and not dwell off any of its 145 staff . Guy Delcourt will uphold to start the company for several days . It reported sales of € 104.2 million in 2023 , down from € 108.4 million in 2022 . As well as five hundred graphical novel a year , it also published another two hundred volumes of children ’s Book and fabrication deed and has a catalog numbering 13,000 books .

After universal lit , with cut-rate sale of € 627.8 million , graphic novels are the 2nd most popular publication sphere in France , despite almost a 5 % drop in manga sale last year , with a full taxation of € 466.8 million . Delcourt is best known for publishing comics such asBeowulf , Baker Street , Okko , Les Legendaires , Showergate , andCarmer + Travis . As well as Gallic translations ofFrom Hell , Hellboy , Invincible , Love And Rockets , Sandman , Spawn , Savage Dragon , V For Vendetta , Swamp Thing , Supreme , Jinx , Wanted , Walking Deadand more , and a heavy manga library .

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French Publisher Editis To Buy Graphic Novel Publisher Delcourt