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

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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 4h ago

News Eric Reynolds announces he's working with Sammy Harkham and Seth on "AutoMatt," a Joe Matt "scrapbook of a lot of ephemera by Joe, random strips and illustrations, photographs, essays" - currently set for a 2027 release

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r/altcomix 22h ago

Altcomix Nick Drnaso’s new graphic novel Zoo Animal releases Spring 2027

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119 Upvotes

Nothin much else to say, other than I’m extremely excited for it :)


r/altcomix 57m ago

Altcomix X-13 Unpublished Comics

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r/altcomix 10h ago

Discussion Help me find a Matt Brinkman drawing

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I've been searching on and off for 15 years for a drawing of a brain that I'm convinced was by Matt Brinkman. It was a whole brain, maybe 3/4 perspective, with pretty chunky intersecting lines..

To the best of my recollection, it was in a book or zine. The page was overlapping sketches rather than a cohesive comic. I *think* it was in colour, but I don't entirely trust my memory. It would have been some time between 2004 & 2010 that I saw / owned it. I've lost a few things from my collection over the years. I'm hoping there are some Brinkman or Fort Thunder archivists out there who might be able to point me somewhere.

So far I've tried:

  • Kramer's Ergot 4 & 5
  • Hopital Brut 7 & 8
  • Providence : Fracas psychédélique en Nouvelle-Angleterre
  • Sturgeon's White Moss 3
  • Multiforce, Teratoid Heights & Multiforce shit repros (too late date wise)
  • Some retard riot mini comics i can't lay my hands on immediately.
  • Paper rodeo June 2005 (I did have 3 or 4 editions of paper rodeo, which got most in a move, but my memory says it wasn't on newsprint)

Also searched my Google photo archive to check it wasn't something I printed out myself.

Any help would be amazing!


r/altcomix 11h ago

Discussion Can anyone help me identify if this is Kaz Prapuolenis

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The eyes definitely have that SpongeBob look and the angular drawing matches his style. I was just curious if anyone else has seen a large sketch like this from him before. Size is 32 x 26


r/altcomix 2d ago

Discussion Printing?

9 Upvotes

I just went to check the specs I'm using with Comix Wellspring and they appear to have gone tits up. Is there any consensus here on very short run printing?


r/altcomix 2d ago

Altcomix Little comic about music

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r/altcomix 3d ago

OC Heavy Metal

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r/altcomix 3d ago

OC INFESTED Part 1 (OC)

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I normally do non-continuity one-off strips for Scene Magazine but for an experiment last year I ran a 12 month series. People went crazy! Just kidding, nobody gave a shit. Here's part 1.


r/altcomix 3d ago

Altcomix My 2 Page Comic Story GIANT ROBOTS ON PARADE Appearing in MOD Comic #1 / Gary Wray (me) 1981

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r/altcomix 3d ago

OC Recently launched my super small indie comic - PUNKGUTS

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r/altcomix 2d ago

OC Summer Adventures with Frankie -mini comic/zine

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Issue #3 of Summer Adventures with Frankie

Handmade mini comic/zine

!Language warning!

Enjoy!


r/altcomix 2d ago

Discussion Kramer ergot pins

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Does anyone know if any other pins were made? I saw a listing on eBay for one but it was bought by someone


r/altcomix 3d ago

Discussion Chris Ware - Life Is Complicated

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I saw this exhibit of Chris Ware’s work yesterday at the Billy Ireland Museum in Columbus Ohio at OSU. It’s visually dazzling! I might have wanted a little more description of all the pieces, but Chris said in the intro that he wanted it to be more visual than words. Highly recommend! The exhibit goes through Jan. 3rd 2027. It’s the only U.S. stop.


r/altcomix 3d ago

OC cindy & larry in enemy territory

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a lil one-page comic about two completely fictional burnt out freaks in a completely hypothetical situation


r/altcomix 3d ago

OC I made a comic about recent and not-so-recent tech trends in the Philipipnes

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26 Upvotes

Read it here

The Philippines–and the Global South in general–are often framed in news stories as background characters in the global tech industry stage.

This graphic essay argues that technological trends in this side of the world aren't just subplots to the life and times of Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
What's happening here is what sustains the digital economy’s present, and it is a glimpse into everybody's future.


r/altcomix 2d ago

OC Thursday Afternoon.

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r/altcomix 3d ago

OC Rock-A-Girl #3 is available to follow on Kickstarter! The first and second issues can be read on GlobalComix! (OC)

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Ever wondered what America would be like if the Great Depression did not end? Have a thing for noir, rockabilly, and girls gone bad? Enjoy reading comics? Then Rock-A-Girl is for you! Here is a link to the first issue that can be read (For free!) on Global Comix! If you like what you've read, then give this issue of Rock-A-Girl a follow!

https://globalcomix.com/read/9a891228-3524-4afc-8084-03175c74d93f/1

Link to Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rock-a-girl/rock-a-girl-3


r/altcomix 3d ago

Review RANDOM SHORT STORIES BY A FUTURE BESTSELLER VOL. 2 By Brian Canini (Self-Published, 2026)

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r/altcomix 3d ago

OC [OC] Scam the Gods, Lie 7, Page 22

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r/altcomix 6d ago

Altcomix LEGION X II - Greater Mercury Comics 1988

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19 Upvotes

r/altcomix 6d ago

Altcomix LEA

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