Context: From the 1980s, mainstream sensibilities were reasserted and serialization became less common as the number of comics magazines decreased and many comics began to be published directly as albums. Smaller publishers such as L'Association that published longer works in non-traditional formats by auteur-istic creators also became common. Since the 1990s, mergers resulted in fewer large publishers, while smaller publishers proliferated. Sales overall continued to grow despite the trend towards a shrinking print market.

Question: Serialization of comics became less popular when?
Answer: 1980s

Question: How were comics published when serialization became less common?
Answer: as albums

Question: Which small publisher published in formats that were not traditional?
Answer: L'Association

Question: Comics continue to thrive regardless of the decrease in what market?
Answer: print market

Question: Serialization of comics became more popular when?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Serialization of newspapers became less popular when?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How were comics published when serialization became more common?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which major publisher published in formats that were not traditional?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Comics continue to decline regardless of the decrease in what market?
Answer: Unanswerable