In the year 1980, BenediktTaschenopened a comic book shop in his native Cologne to sell and trade from his massive collection.Starting in the late 1980s, his company established subsidiaries around the world and continued to cement its reputation as a publisher of excellent-value art books, and TASCHEN brand has grown into one of the most successful and unique publishers in the global market, distributed worldwide in over twenty languages.TASCHEN enriched the world of books by offering a colorful variety of lavish limited editions, affordable titles, and now even e-books, with choices for many tastes and budgets.