Stabilization and Diversification
In the early sixties, Dupuis started with other activities, including the merchandising of its comic series (puppets, posters, ...), and the making of animated movies. Most of these weren't very successful but raised the visibility of their comics even more. Still, towards the end of the 1960s, the golden age of Dupuis seemed to be over. Some of the magazines were struggling, the merchandising activities were vastly reduced, and the movie studio didn't seem to get any successful movies. But the core business, the comics and the magazines, continued to be hugely successful, with a comics catalogue of more than 2000 titles available in French. Many of the series have been turned into animated movies in the 1990s, including Papyrus and Spirou et Fantasio, and are being sold as movies and as comics throughout Europe. Dupuis has also started producing computer games.
In June 2004, Dupuis was bought by Média-Participations, which now owns almost all major European comic book publishers, including Dargaud and Le Lombard.
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