By Kevin Winter
[Note added 10.05.2012: Warning: This title is for Mature Readers and contains graphic content of an extreme nature. Before purchasing, we recommend you flip through the book, so that you can make a well-informed decision.]
[Note added 10.05.2012: Warning: This title is for Mature Readers and contains graphic content of an extreme nature. Before purchasing, we recommend you flip through the book, so that you can make a well-informed decision.]
As a reader of independent comics, I am used to comic books that push the boundaries.
Independent Comic Books Push Boundaries
Independent comics generally push the line in ways that more mainstream comics will not, and at times, cannot. Were mainstream comics to push the envelope like independents, then the mainstream books would lose readers. The independents have the freedom to push the line, to bring us closer and closer to the edge. They are not afraid of losing readers, since they start off with so few to begin with. They are allowed that artistic and creative freedom that are denied the writers and artists at DC and Marvel.
The Original Crossed Comic Book Pushes BoundariesStill, at what point does a comic book go over the line? Does a comic become something so over the top that it pushes the line too far? In a way, Yes and No.
Independent Comic Books Push Boundaries
Independent comics generally push the line in ways that more mainstream comics will not, and at times, cannot. Were mainstream comics to push the envelope like independents, then the mainstream books would lose readers. The independents have the freedom to push the line, to bring us closer and closer to the edge. They are not afraid of losing readers, since they start off with so few to begin with. They are allowed that artistic and creative freedom that are denied the writers and artists at DC and Marvel.
Jacen Burrow's Crossed Volume 1 Cover
The Original Crossed Comic Book Pushes BoundariesStill, at what point does a comic book go over the line? Does a comic become something so over the top that it pushes the line too far? In a way, Yes and No.
