Taschen is publishing books. The publishing house was founded by Benedikt Taschen . He founded the company in 1980 , when he was looking for a way to get his own comics publishing.Benedikt Taschen also founded a shop in Cologne, where he is artistic literature could sell. He was 18 years old. The store was only 25 square meters. In addition to his publications, he also sold other comics. Sally Forth was the first album by Taschen.