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The term "alternative comics" typically, are authored
independently by a single creator; they are
aimed at adult readers and are often formally
experimental. Sometime have been labelled "post-underground,"
"independent," "small press," "new wave," or
"art comics." "minicomics".
Alternative comics present an alternative to the
"mainstream" comics which in the past have
dominated the US comic book industry and are often published in small numbers in
any way the author(s) deem fit or based on what
the author can afford financially as many
alternative comics are self published. By being
focused on the more specialized audiences, it
often allows the production of material which
may at times be found obscure or offensive by a
general audience.
Notable alternative comics
2 Many Parakeets , Acme Novelty
Library,Astrothrill , Angry Youth Comix,
American Splendor , Bad Boys,Belly Button , Bear
,Blab ,Bipolar ,Bone , Centrifugal Bumblepuppy ,
Cerebus the Aardvark, The Crow , Curbside,
Doofus , Dork , Donkey Head,
Dirty Plotte , Drawn and Quarterly ,Dykes to
Watch Out For , Eastman and Laird's Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles,Eightball , El Muerto: The
Aztec Zombie , Epileptic,
The First Kingdom , Frank, Flaming Carrot Comics
, Grendel ,Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd,
Hopeless Savages , Hutch Owen , Inside
Vineyland ,Johnny The Homicidal Maniac ,
Juicy Mother, King-Cat Comics , Legal Action
Comics , Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl ,
Love and Rockets ,The Magic Whistle , Maus ,
Meatcake ,Meathaus ,Milk and Cheese ,
Mind Hunter Omega, Nemesister , Naughty
Bits, Nightmares & Fairy Tales,NON ,
Optic Nerve,Palookaville,Palestine ,Peepshow ,
Persepolis, PIGMEN of the Press,
Pop Gun War , Prime Cuts, Quackup , Real Stuff ,
RAW ,Serenity Rose,
Schizo, Shrimpy and Paul and Friends ,676
Apparitions of Killoffer, Sonambulo ,
Spaced-Flight , Steven,Stickboy ,Strangers in
Paradise, Taboo, Tank Girl, Underworld ,Weirdo ,
Yummy Fur ,Zero zero ,Zot! .
The term "underground comics" is sometimes used
more loosely to also include some contemporary
alternative comics. |
