Independent
Just because a comics publisher isn’t a household name doesn’t mean that the stories they tell won’t change your life. From small houses with big dreams, these are the comics that help shape the future of the medium.
While DC and Marvel are the lifeblood of the comic industry, indie comics inject much-needed energy. Even if they don’t sell as much as most superhero books, people still cherish them—often buying them in trades […]
Though Marvel and DC Comics have both rebounded from the lockdown (mostly), the Indie comics community is still reeling from the shutdown. Sadly, some indie comics, and even entire publishers, are not likely to survive […]
It’s not very often that we have to cover a person in politics on a comic book website. However, today, we’re mourning the loss of one of our own who happens to be a member […]
For someone who teaches graphic novel literature and writing for a living, I’ve read embarrassingly too few manga stories. But for this Pride Month Spotlight, we’re looking at one of the most beautiful graphic novels […]
The state of America right now is beyond chaotic. Even Loki and the Joker would probably want things to settle down a little bit. After several days of protests, civil disobedience, and violent response from […]
In 2009, Duncan Jones made his directorial debut with the indie sci-fi hit Moon, with Sam Rockwell, launching a thematic trilogy. After Moon, he made the underrated Source Code, and the fan-loved Warcraft. It wasn’t […]
“Don’t kill Kippa.” If you know who I’m referring to and feel the same way, you are one of the many fans of Monstress, an Image series by writer Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda. […]
It’s hard to believe that we’re already voting for the 2020 Eisner Awards, the “Oscars of Comics.” Even though we don’t know who the nominees will be for the standard awards, we do have a […]
A few months back, Mike Deodato Jr announced that he was leaving Marvel after multiple decades, to work on independent comics. He left Marvel on a high note—his work on his last series, Savage Avengers, […]
While Marvel and DC both had a pretty good decade, the real winners were the indie comics, who delivered some of the best stories we’ve ever seen in this medium. It seems like “New York […]
