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Section 19 · Books & comics

Comics & indie

Alternative comics are a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement, and developed as an alternative to the mainstream superhero comics that Marvel and DC dominated, controlling over 80% of the American comic book market during the 1970s. They span a wide range of genres, artistic styles, and subjects, but often stray from the superhero-based mainstream style and instead take a more realistic approach, sometimes twisting mainstream topics or genres to create new meaning. Source

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The essentials

Checked against Alternative comics. Source

Alternative comics

American comics since the 1980s

Underground comix

late 1960s and early 1970s movement it followed

Marvel and DC

controlled over 80% of the US market in the 1970s

Robert Crumb's Zap #1

released 1968, prominent underground comix

RAW

anthology founded by Spiegelman and Mouly, 1980

Weirdo

magazine started by Crumb, 1981

Cerebus the Aardvark

Dave Sim, self-published from 1977

Elfquest

first issues February 1978 by WaRP Graphics

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

black & white Mirage Studios series, peak of the black and white boom

Bone

Jeff Smith's self-published series with a planned end

Indy – The Independent Comic Guide

Dan DeBono magazine, 18 issues from 1994

"Real mainstream"

term used by Oni Press, coined by Stephen L. Holland