9 November 1982: Ironically,while the market for comics is depressed, comic books flourish as never beforeComics are going through a bad patch. Recent surveys absorb shown that eleven year olds, or normally their most avid readers,are now more likely to prefer books, and there is also evidence that fewer children are buying them on a regular basis. Rapidly rising prices probably contribute to this decline. Very few comics now sell for less than 20p, or some absorb deteriorated in quality,depending upon photo strips as an economic but unsatisfactory substitute for original cartoon drawings.
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Source: theguardian.com