Moreover, self - imposed or external stigmatisation is expressed as formal and thematic constraints that have generated specific and complex cultural phenomena, including types of texts (newspaper strips, periodical comic books, graphic novels),
genres (
superheroes, political satire, humour, horror,
romance, pornography, crime, biography, reportage, etc.) and dedicated «subcultures» - there must be a better term — around them.
The selection covers a lot of
genres —
romance, sci - fi, war comics, Westerns, even
superheroes — but the offerings tend to be on the lesser - known side of the comics spectrum.