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When you tell the story of comic books in the 1980's, you can focus heavily on the economics. By the mid-80's, the industry had shifted focus from newsstand distribution to the direct market, meaning publishers could carry out small press runs and sell directly to the most comics-engaged customers in dedicated stores. And, by the end of the 80's, the industry was embracing the trade paperback as a means of reprinting runs and reaching the bookstore market. What resulted was an explosion of title...
The introduction (penned by the editors) lays out the basic thesis around which the book is built: that there was a lot more to the 1980s in terms of comic books than the comic studies “canon” of Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns and Maus. The decade was diverse and rich in terms of its stories and creators, and academics would do well to spend a bit more time exploring creators and comics that have been “dismissed or ignored outright” by critics who have celebrated the literary merits of Moore
