I'm 40 and I've been collecting comic books since I was about 9. My favorite characters are Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman. I like a lot more but when it came to modern day comic books I got to the point where I only read those three, but I've reached a point where I have decided with Marvel and DC to just read back issues and luckily there are a ton of back issues that I haven't even touched yet. For instance I recently found a bunch of 70s Conan comic books in a bargain bin.
My question is does anyone have any indie/Manga recommendations? It seems like Marvel and DC for the most part want to hire people who are clueless about or hate comic books (the lady doing the She-Hulk show as well as the guy hired to do the Superman movie come to mind). I think I may start supporting Alterna Comics as well.
Thanks in advance.
Having read through at least 15 volumes of this, I'm calling bullshit on that manga being referred to as dark.
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How about messy? That work better?
I guess? My baseline for "messy" or "dark" is Berserk. Alita is downright bubbly a lot of the time and the mess is just robot parts flying apart rather than mortal injuries.
In a series where multiple characters have various bullshitty ways of cheating death (none more so than Alita).
Come to think of it, Five Star Stories has that same problem.
You might enjoy Now and Then, Here and There. It's dark and horrible in a good way. Some guy said it gave him serious depression.