r/altcomix Feb 09 '22

Discussion Updates to r/altcomix

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Hello! Over the past few weeks, u/Titus_Bird and I have made some updates to the subreddit.

Most significantly, we've expanded and rewritten the wiki, which can be found here. The aim with the wiki is to provide new readers some clarification on what alternative comics are, along with a bit of historical overview and recommendations of key works/creators. We've tried to be as neutral as possible and to avoid semantic nitpicking, as our priority is just to be informative and spread love for the medium. Feedback is more than welcome!

We've also made a number of other changes, namely:

  • Updated the Guidelines - this was completed a few months back
  • Cleaned up the 'flair' tags - this was completed a few months back
  • Created a moderation bot (u/comixbot) to automate a couple tasks
  • Created and updated the header
  • Cleaned up and sanitized the css for Old Reddit
  • Tweaked the look of the sub on New Reddit
  • Added u/Titus_Bird as a moderator

Our next project is to implement similar changes over at r/indiecomics.


r/altcomix Sep 27 '22

News 10,000 Subscribers

105 Upvotes

To celebrate r/altcomix hitting 10,000 subscribers, Sammy Harkham has allowed us to share a digital copy of the new anthology series he's editing, 'Los Angeles Times'. You can grab a copy here.


r/altcomix 1d ago

Altcomix LEGION X II - Greater Mercury Comics 1988

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19 Upvotes

r/altcomix 2d ago

Altcomix LEA

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15 Upvotes

r/altcomix 3d ago

Hauls/Collections Extremely rare zine! You’re Short, Bald and Ugly Charlie Brown, by Dr. Casey “Sparky” Finnegan (aka, Joe Matt, Chester Brown and Seth), 1991.

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166 Upvotes

r/altcomix 2d ago

Altcomix No Straight Lines | How Queer Comics Survived Censorship

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r/altcomix 3d ago

Discussion If you like big asses, you might like "Big Ass Comix" #1 😂

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I tell you, Robert Crumb was something! He didn't shy away from exposing his Id in comic form. He published two issues of his ode to the tush in his inimitable style.

Check out my look through issue one and let me know if you have this or the second issue in your collection. 🍑


r/altcomix 4d ago

Discussion murim/wuixa recommendations

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r/altcomix 4d ago

Altcomix LOLLAPALOOZA #5 / Nov. 1980 Alt Comic

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16 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

OC Sauna Conversations (P1)

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An excerpt from my book The Shifting Ground Vol 1 - The sauna stuff is a subplot in a bigger story but all the sauna comics are fully based in real observations/conversations I've had in the sauna at my local YMCA.

I'll post the rest of this lil story later.

I don't lay out my comics in a way that's easily chopped up for sharing but this one chopped up fairly well so here we go (part 2 is more awkward when chopped up).

https://joewalsh.studio/store/the-shifting-ground-vol-1


r/altcomix 5d ago

Crowdfunding Kickstarter for Tina and Ellie Take the Case [crowdfunding]

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Hey, everyone. I'll be launching the kickstarter for my third collection of Meeting Comics, Tina and Ellie Take the Case, relatively soon. Meeting Comics is a comedy soap opera comic strip.

Here's a sampling of strips that will appear in the book. I think you can read this book by itself with no problem, but there will be copies of my first two books available in the kickstarter as well: Meeting Comics, published by Adhouse Books, and Clocking In and Selling Out, published by me (Added Value Books).

There will be a deal for the first 24 hours of the campaign for books with free color drawings in them (see the last two images for examples in my two previous books), so sign up to be notified when the kickstarter begins if you don't want to miss that.

Here's the kickstarter link! Please check it out! There is more information about the book there. If you have any questions, get at me. Thanks!


r/altcomix 6d ago

OC Sauna Conversations (P2)

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110 Upvotes

An excerpt from my book The Shifting Ground Vol 1 - The sauna stuff is a subplot in a bigger story but all the sauna comics are fully based in real observations/conversations I've had in the sauna at my local YMCA.

You can really see in this one that I'm not making these comics in a way that's super compatible with chopping up panel by panel BUT I wanted to post the rest of this section of the book. I really like thinking in dynamic page layouts rather than a consistent grid of squares, so.. check out the book for the proper reading format I guess.

https://joewalsh.studio/store/the-shifting-ground-vol-1


r/altcomix 5d ago

Altcomix Pre-ACME Novelty Library Chris Ware - Floyd Farland

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52 Upvotes

r/altcomix 5d ago

Altcomix Swamp Preacher

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45 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

OC Wall of Noise 5, final pages

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60 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

OC Neighbours (OC)

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24 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

Hauls/Collections Wimbledon Green micro-comic, “Finds a Real Good One”. Seth, D&Q ‘05!

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27 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

OC Exposure Therapy #17

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13 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

OC [OC] Scam the Gods, Lie 7, Page 21

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4 Upvotes

r/altcomix 7d ago

Altcomix Bonk’d, and the return of great anthology books!

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35 Upvotes

r/altcomix 7d ago

Altcomix MEAT CAKE

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130 Upvotes

r/altcomix 8d ago

Hauls/Collections New Simon Hanselmann

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334 Upvotes

name a better feeling


r/altcomix 7d ago

Interview Diving In Feetfirst- Andy Brown talks about the 30th anniversary of Conundrum Press and building a support system for Canadian comics publishing. [Los Angeles Review of Books]

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r/altcomix 7d ago

Altcomix A peek into Gilbert Shelton’s retrospective exhibition in Austin, TX

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