Independent Comics Are The Way Forward
The two big comic book companies, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, rule the comic book market and have done so for decades. But their reign right now is largely due to inertia and for decades comic boo…
The independent scene has gotten stronger lately, but it's still a shadow of what it was back in the 80s. In fact, you could argue that Image is no longer technically indie, they're right up there with Marvel and D.C.
But back in the 80s we had Eclipse, Pacific, First, Comico, Eagle, this was before even Dark Horse and Valiant came along.
I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that independent comic creators are spread out over multiple publishing companies and not just a few independent imprints. You have Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics and a whole host of others that publish smaller, indie graphic novels. There are also a lot of traditional book publishers that publish graphic novels now too. There's a lot out there, but it's not under any one umbrella like it was back in the 80s/90s.
I think the old independet comics scene was just different, not better or worse. It'd be great to see more 80s style indie comics made again, but I wouldn't want them to replace what we have now.
Relevant video about the history of Elfquest, which was one of first underground/self published comics to "get big"
This article isn’t really so much pro indie as it is anti Marvel and DC superheroes. A bunch of the books mentioned are Image or Dark Horse, who I wouldn’t call indies these days. Image is still creator owned (which is a good thing) and Dark Horse has been part of Embracer for awhile (which is not great). I’m genuinely surprised an article about indies doesn’t mention Bone too; that is the poster child for amazing work.
Saga is so fucking good. I’m really mad that I got caught up in a week
Which is the first one in the preview pic?
Saga
The best comic in print.
So, I only know about Invincible because of the Prime Vídeo TV Show, which of these new comics would you recommend me?
