My favorite independent companies are Top Cow and Radical. Top Cow was actually the first company that I went to when getting into comics. I saw the Witchblade anime, thought it was cool, and wanted to see the comic that inspired it. Thanks to that, I've heavily delved into the Top Cow stuff. Very good. So yes, independent stuff is a great jumping on point. I didn't care to jump in on the whole super hero thing at first, and Witchblade, then Darkness was exactly what I wanted. Been a fan ever since.
Then after a while, I became more into Marvel, mostly street level stuff, because I was still trying to avoid the major super hero stuff. Eventually branched off and got into X-men and Avengers, and now Guardians of the Galaxy. Whatever works.
Then Radical came along. I was all cool about super hero stuff, but still craved something away from it. Radical artists are amazing, so that drew me in. The first series I picked up was Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead. It was cool, because it was like Witchblade, in the sense that the protagonist is a female cop, goin' after strange supernatural things, but different in the sense that it was all sci-fi. Was the coolest thing ever. From there, I checked out more of Radical's stuff. All sorts of good mini-series they have. Shrapnel, Caliber, and probably my favorite, City of Dust. I'm thinkin' of checkin' out their non sci fi titles, like Hercules and Aladdin.
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