# 6 – Creator Owned Comics
While most comic book fans enjoy reading about superheroes,
many like to read other types of stories as well. Until recently, the choices
we had were limited and relatively mainstream. Thanks to publisher like Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics, as well as a number of smaller publishers, the
landscape of alternative comic books has expanded dramatically.
One thing that has added to this growth is the greater
freedom that writers have to explore subjects and themes that would have never been
accepted or tolerated in the social climate of a decade or so ago. The current
state of our society is much more open and tolerant, and this atmosphere has
set free the imaginations of young comic book creators. Publishers like Image,
Dark Horse, Avatar and others are providing outlets for all sorts of characters
and story-lines, that would have never seen print a few years ago.
Furthermore, being completely unfettered by editorial interference,
seems to have unlocked a greater level of creativity among many of these young
writers. It is not unusual for some of them to be working on as many as three
or four different projects at one time.
The creative output of writers like
Jonathon Hickman, Cristos Gage, Tim Seeley, David Lapham, Geoff Johns, Scott
Snyder and Robert Kirkman – to name just a few – is just phenomenal, and the
quality of their work doesn’t suffer at all. There is a depth and complexity to
their plots. Their characters actions make sense and their dialogue is more natural
sounding. And the story-lines pull you in and take hold of your imagination, lingering in your head long after you have
finished reading.
If you are looking for something other than superheroes, you owe it to yourself to get your hands on some creator
owned comics today. You won’t be sorry.
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