Sales were disappointing, however, and comic book publishers returned the traditional paper format.
Harvey Comics started out as a conventional comic book publisher.
This, in turn, led to the addition of many major comic book publishers to his clientele.
Oliver then decided to pitch it to a comic book publisher.
It is one of the largest "independent" comic book publishers.
Since 1983, Kayanan has illustrated for every major comic book publisher.
Throughout the 1990s Lipka worked for several independent comic book publishers while working also on commercial art projects.
Breyfogle has worked on many different characters for most comic book publishers at one time or another.
Instead, comic book publishers, worried about their business, began to police themselves.
These combined events forced most Australian comic book publishers out of business by the late 1950s.