Comic Advice Needed

[TonyStarkFan]

This is my first post in some time, except the few here and there in the Comic Selling Thread. After selling off my entire collection 5 months ago and taking a break from comics in general, I have decided to take up collecting again. As most of you know I loved collecting Iron Man and superhero comics, but now I want to shift my focus. I primarily want to collect independent/underground comics from the 70's and early 80's and romance comics. I already have begun getting together quite a nice run of Flaming Carrot comics and have a title in the romance genre that I want to collect. My question is: Can all of you, with your vast comic knowledge, suggest some independent/underground comics to collect? I prefer high grade as I want this to be a challenge. Any advice would be helpful.

[OldGuy]

Welcome back buddy!

 

Comicwiz is by far one of the best resources on these boards (or any where) for undergrounds. He knows more about the topic then jast about anyone I know. Be sure and send him a PM.

[Pirate]

cherry poptart

[TheWatcher]

Anything drawn by R. Crumb (thumbs u

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Knew you'd be back

[Jungle_Junkie]

For indy superhero you can't get any better than the Miracleman run

 

welcome back too

[alecholland]

This is a good visual guide to Underground Comix on the web. A little confusing to navigate though. Click on the alphabet letters in the box and you can check out some titles and covers that way.

 

Underground Comix guide

[seank]

Zap (60s)

Freak Brothers (60s but still great today)

Raw (70s, early 1980s)

Weirdo (1980s)

Zot!

Grimjack

Scout

Eclipse Dave Stevens covers

 

[toro]

TMNT #1 first print!

 

The Tick was fun.

 

And every other B+W from the 80's so I can sell you mine in the selling thread!

 

Welcome Back!!!! (thumbs u

[Wally's Comics]

Collecting a HG Cerebus run could be a challenge.

 

 

Welcome back!

 

 

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[sterlingcomics]

Guk. Glakk.

[mister_not_so_nice]

"The Tick" would be good and a great read

"Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children" would be a challenge in high grade

[OrangeNemesis]

welcome back... i second the cerebus collecting,.

[HouseofComics.Com]

I like the Cerebus idea. You'll like 1-100 or 1-125 or 1-150.

[Karma23]

Miracle Man is great as is Nexus, and early American Flagg

Can't go wrong with The Tick either, and Flamming Carrot is a great choice to start off with!

 

Welcome back!

 

Oh, and Concrete by Dark Horse (thumbs u

[ft88]

I second Eclipse Dave Stevens covers and Cherry Poptart.

 

Maybe venture into the realm of magazines. They are pretty cheap and some are tough as nails to get in high grade. Skywalds for instance are very difficult.

 

Another fun set of runs are the 70's Charlton Horror/Sci Fi books. Tough in high grade but common in midrange. Nice Ditko and Kulata art in many. Pretty inexpensive overall unless you want 9.8's. Ditto for Red Circle books.

 

 

 

[jonjesper]

Grendel...

no one mentions the great one...

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[mica]

Superman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[divad]

Anything by the following artists, to name just a few:

 

• R. Crumb
  
• Gilbert Shelton
  
• Bill Griffith
  
• Art Spiegelman
  
• S. Clay Wilson
  
• Greg Irons
   
  

[143ksk]

There are a lot of Indies that are worth collecting (I should know I have around 4K of them ). I think you've gotten lots of good choices so far. My favorites are:

 

Airboy

Jonny Quest

Crossfire

Bone

Cerebus

Zot

Nexus

Concrete

Flaming Carrot

Elementals

Xenozoic Tales

 

What romance books are you looking at?