Since the 1980s, many comics are published exclusively as albums and do not appear in the magazines at all, while many magazines have disappeared, including greats like _Tintin "wikipedia:Tintin (magazine)"), _À Suivre, Métal Hurlant and Pilote.
Comics are often published as collected albums after a story or a convenient number of short stories is finished in the magazine. It is common for those albums to contain 46 or 62 pages of comics. Since the 1980s, many comics are published exclusively as albums and do not appear in the magazines at all, while many magazines have disappeared, including greats like _Tintin "wikipedia:Tintin (magazine)"), _À Suivre, Métal Hurlant and Pilote.