Confusion of many comic book collectors in folio. For example, many comic books in Shanghai People's Publishing House look like 60 format, but why is the back cover marked 64 format? Or a cartoon of the same size from a foreign publishing house is called 60? Many careful friends often add an attachment number of 64 when counting their own bibliographies. Let me explain the problem to you. Generally speaking, how many pages can be cut on a printed paper and how many pages are counted on both sides are folio. For example: a piece of printing paper is cut into 32 copies, and the front and back sides can be printed 64 times, that is, 64 pages; Cut it into 30 sheets, and print 60 sheets on both sides, that is, 60 sheets. The printing paper we usually see has two specifications, namely, 787× 1092mm and 857× 1048mm. The printing paper used by Shanghai Publishing House in 1970s is usually 857× 1048 and 787× 1092 used by foreign publishing houses, which are also cut into 32 copies and printed with 64 pages. Although the length and size are basically similar, Shanghai Publishing House and foreign publishing houses have two different versions: 64 pages and 60 pages. Comic format used to be 64 format, but there are also a few users in 60 format. This version is easy to carry and has always been the mainstream of the market. Later, there were 48 drivers and 40 drivers. After the mid-1980s, 24-color comic books gradually became the mainstream of the market. Among them, Jiangsu Children Publishing House is the most representative publishing house. Since the introduction of this format in the mid-1980s, hundreds of varieties have been published and tens of millions of copies have been printed, which has produced extensive influence and popularity in the children's book market. Some books have been copyrighted in Hongkong, Taiwan Province, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions, and are welcomed by local small readers.

Compared with the prosperity of 24-year-old comics and the decline of 64-year-old comics, 32-year-old comics, as a "rising star", seem to better reflect the development of the comic market. This form not only retains the original flavor of traditional comics, but also facilitates the display of bookstores and the insertion of bookcases, so it has become a fashion. Since 1992 published four classic novels, Hunan Children's Publishing House has published 32 key topics of cartoons every year. After several years of success, the agency has formed a relatively mature operating model in 32 comic book markets. Except for a single cartoon, such as Thirty-six Plans and How Steel was Tempered, all other series adopt a set of four books for binding.

In addition to a single cartoon, there are many books, and this trend reached its limit after the 1980s. Among the books with multiple volumes, there are two volumes, three volumes, dozens of volumes and dozens of volumes. 1957, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House published 60 volumes of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 50 volumes of Stories of Eastern Zhou Countries, 25 volumes of Li Zicheng, Romance of the Western Han Dynasty 16, Dream of Red Mansions 16 and Flying Tigers16. However, the quality of comic books cannot be evaluated by their length. Although Song Wu Da Hu, The West Chamber and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon are all short stories, they all left a place in the history of comics. Some long masterpieces published after the 1980s, whether bound or bound, strive for luxury, but are forgotten and lost in the long river of history.

Printing is how many sizes of paper a book uses. For example, 1974 The Three Jujube Trees painted by Shi Dawei has 62 pages and the title page has 64 pages, so this book has 64 pages and one printed page; Another example is Li Shaoran's "In Hongfengling", with 78 pages, 80 pages in the title page and 64 pages in the book. Using the mathematical formula: 80 divided by 64 is 80/64, so the number of printed sheets is 1 18/32, which can also be written as 1.25.

Version and version

The so-called version is a cartoon with the same content published by different publishers, different painters and different binding forms. For example, because of the good theme, many publishing houses have organized different artists to create and publish different forms of cartoons, forming different versions. Through the collection and research of different versions, we can understand the painting styles of different painters and the artistic level of scripts, and we can also appreciate the artistry of various styles. The more versions there are, the more readers will like and demand them than the theme.

The so-called version is the second edition of the same book. The first edition is called the first edition, and the second and third editions are called the second edition. There is a new version, a new version. The print run is the number of times each version is printed. Generally speaking, cartoons with good themes and excellent painters are very popular with readers. If one edition is in short supply, two, three or even dozens of editions may be printed. For example, the printing number of the Flying Tigers reached double digits, and the printing number exceeded several million. However, for collectors, one edition and one print are generally valued, because the picture is clear, and it is issued for the first time and has high collection value. The market price of the current edition of the book is very different. For example, the quality of the old version of "Tianbian" reached thousands of dollars. Several hundred yuan were reprinted after the Cultural Revolution, and only a dozen yuan were newly printed in the 1980s and 1990s. Due to the needs of the situation, many old editions added or deleted many contents and pictures when they were reprinted, which was different from the first edition. For collectors and appreciators, collecting different versions, editions and prints can fully understand its changes in the times.

Books on the market, circulation and book prices

From folio, we can know the size of the book, and from the number of printed pages, we can know the thickness and quantity of the book. Similarly, from the circulation and existing quantity of books, we can predict the approximate prices of various book collection fields. At the beginning of each book's publication, the book price is generally not affected by the artist's artistic attainments. Today, when comic books enter the collection field, there is a huge difference between the original book price and the modern book price. Specific performance in:

(1) Famous paintings and non-famous paintings;

(2) Small circulation and large circulation;

(3) Good appearance and poor quality;

(4) there are many, there are few;

(5) First and second editions of books, etc. ;

This is a natural phenomenon after comics enter the collection field. Big books open comic books, usually famous paintings, with a small circulation. In particular, the number of cartoons selected for the preparation of art exhibitions is even smaller, usually only about 1000. Due to the small circulation of famous paintings, the market price is high. Due to the long release time span of large sets of books, the number of prints of each book is different, which leads to the phenomenon that the survival of each single book in the set is different. Because of the competition for each other's purchase and matching, the price difference has been opened, which is also a natural phenomenon, even hidden.

The popularity of comic book collection shows that comic book publishing is cold and the market is weak. Which work of art becomes a collection means which work of art becomes history. The history of an art has begun to be reviewed, and the form can be summarized, at least indicating that its development has been quite slow and the variables will not be great. Jiang Weipu's Complete Works of Modern Fine Arts in China. Comics were published in chinese comic Publishing House in June 1998. The publication of comics, including 24-format, 32-format and large-format, is only a partial highlight and a sporadic flicker, which cannot cover up its overall gloom and disappointment.