Indie Edge: 5 Alternative Comics On The Fringe

by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Every month, Indie Edge brings the ever-evolving, ever-diversifying world of independent, creator-owned comics straight to you. If you’re looking for titles right on the fringe of the mainstream -- outside the borders of conventional taste – then dive into the INDIE EDGE headfirst into independent thought.

Here are 5 small press titles from the March PREVIEWS that are available to pre-order at comic shops now!

Walk Through Hell #1

Over at AfterShock, Garth Ennis (Punisher MAX, Jimmy’s Bastards) has returned with a new series that promises to be a “horror story for modern America”.

Something unsettling awaits FBI Agents Shaw and McGregor in the warehouse district of Long Beach. A mysterious storage building has already had its way with local police and their tactical units. What’s inside? Agent Shaw (the burnout) and McGregor (the idealist) are about to Walk Through Hell (MAR181064) to find out.

Check out an early preview HERE.

2021 Lost Children #1

It’s 2021 and Detroit is under the control of a supernatural evil whose completely cut the city off from the rest of the U.S.A. Who will be the saviors of Motor City? Four super-powered children whose unique abilities force them to age. As they degenerate while saving the city, they are being pushed closer and closer to death.

2021 Lost Children (MAR181925) comes from Titan Comics’ Statix Press imprint, a line of titles brought to American comic shops from some of Europe’s top talents.

Blackwood

You’ve seen Evan Dorkin’s work in titles like Milk and Cheese and Beasts and Burden. Now the Eisner-winning creator is teaming up with Veronica Fish for a magical murder mystery. 

Blackwood College is considered to be the top school for the dark arts, and their newest enrollees find themselves embroiled in a ghastly murder. It’s magic, mayhem, and math class in BLACKWOOD #1 (MAR180038).

Akissi: Tales of Mischief

From Marguerite Abouet, the writer behind the Aya series of graphic novels comes Akissi: Tales of Mischief (MAR181782). Similar to 2013’s Akissi: Cat Invasion, Tales of Mischief serves as an amusing slice of life inside Côte d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). This go-round the youthful Akissi finds herself way in over her head as she tries to break free of the mundane existence of life in West Africa.

Alien Toilet Monster

A diner owner reunited with the love his life. A future where physicist have figured out how to travel through multiple dimensions. A reality where consumer culture has wasted that scientific discovery on television programming. And a chance encounter with a species from another dimension just waiting to happen. Welcome to the Eric Barnett and Carol Zara's “nihilistic satire”...Alien Toilet Monsters (MAR181783) that looks into the bowl of humanity to find out if we alone in the universe!

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Troy-Jeffrey Allen is the consumer marketing digital editor for PREVIEWSworld.com and the DCD family of sites. His comics work includes BAMN, Fight of the Century, and the Harvey Award-nominated District Comics.