Nowadays the comic industry is divided between the hero books of the Big 2 and the hipster indie books of one or two bigger than small press publishers. It's like a warped, two-partyish system for comics. Like the same system in politics it's not only not fair, it isn't an honest representation of what's available. If it wasn't for the few zinesters out there and the solo folk printing their own comics, those who follow the self-publishing efforts of Dave Sim, there would be nothing on the shelves or in the market to interest me.
Back to the boxes at my LCBS. I found tons of fascinating stuff from Fantagraphics' Anything Goes! to the single issue, Viz-published manga of Rumiko Takahashi. In my opinion comics like these are to be treasured. These comics, instead of receiving a place in at least the back stock boxes alongside the billionth issue of X-Men or Detective Comics, were placed in what some may call the "junker" boxes. That's incredibly frustrating.
I can't complain too much though because if not for that mindset folks like myself who appreciate these old treasures would have to pay full price or mark up for them. I'll continue to enjoy my pocket change books that give some of the most interesting comic stories with the most peculiar characters and hope that one day my kind can take over the industry and put things right.
Until then it's back to the drawing board/image editing.
