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The further along you explore the topic of alternative comics, the more you come to find that there are an endless number of possible options and detours for those who take what amounts to an offbeat path in comics, as opposed to a more buttoned-down professional path.Īlternative comics, no doubt, encompass an enormous number and variety of works. And there will always be artists who start small and maybe need to stay small. Even if an indie cartoonist rises to a certain level of notoriety, that doesn’t mean that his or her sensibility has changed. The idea of alternative comics is what it is. And, of course, not all indie creators care to follow that career path. It’s sort of like when you followed your favorite indie band to stardom and being signed by a major label. Given the opportunity to be known to a larger audience, alternative comics can, and do, appeal to more readers. It would seem like it only attracts a select audience but that is debatable. While you can find work of exceptional quality in any market, you will find a high concentration of literary, artful, and experimental work in the alternative category. And this market, mind you, is really small compared to other markets, like the “young adult” novel market. You’ve got Spider-Man, X-Men, Superman, Batman, all your big league superhero characters. This comes from your “Big Two” publishers, Marvel Comics and DC Comics. These are comics that, in general, are out of the “mainstream.” And what is the “mainstream,” really? Well, it’s what is out there that the general public consumes in relatively mass quantities. Think of “alternative” comics as the evolution of “underground” comics. Let’s say that we want to work with the term and use it as a guide. No one need take it that way although there will always be some out there who will, be they critics, so-called experts, or some other form of malcontent. Yes, it is essentially suggesting that it is an “alternative” to superhero comics but superhero comics publishers and creators don’t generally take that as a slight. Now, the term “alternative” is meant in a positive way. There are those who don’t want to deal with the “alternative” term but it is useful in many ways including as a jumping off point. Arguably, there are two broad categories: alternative and superhero. There are a wide variety of genres, subjects, and styles. Here at Comics Grinder, I write about all kinds of comics.