I have come to the conclusion that indy fans are not nice people, its allways “waah waah, they dont devote half of Wizard magazine to my favorite obscure comic”. There seems to be a strange obsession with talking about how much they hate superhero comics instead of what is good about indy comics. Probably why i dont purchase any

I don’t know if all indy fans hate superhero comics, they probably just want there to be more of a mix in the comics presented. I mean, I like mob movies, but I don’t want every single movie to be a mob movie. The frustration comes from comic fans not supporting anything but superheroes which can lead to resentment. Nowadays, even superhero comics are failing if they don’t feature characters that have been around forever. Look at all of DC’s new superhero line…most are spectacular failures while Superman and Batman and JLA sell well. Brilliant plays on the superhero concept like Gotham Central are basically non-starters. It’s kind of sad and shows that comics as an artform are going to be doomed sooner rather than later if it keeps up.

The best thing for comics as a whole is diversification. Let’s see outlandish sci-fi, great crime dramas, westerns, love stories, horror comics AND superhero comics. It would bring in more readers, more diverse readers, and help to sell comics to the mainstream as something other than Superman’s latest adventure. Look at the success of the movie versions of 300 and Sin City to see how the artform can lend itself to genres other than superhero.