 With the mid-1990s bursting of the speculation bubble, combined with the decline in demand for comic books, in general, in conjunction with an untenable situation with a large corporate distributor, Skulan decided to close the storefront.FantaCo's mail order operations continued.In 2016 FantaCo Publishing was revived with the publication of "Smilin' Ed Comics", in honor of FantaCo co-founder Raoul Vezina.