It's not the publisher but the subject matter that makes this an off the beaten path book -- Dan Nadel's look back at what happened to outsider-type cartoonists before there was an alternative to mainstream comics avenues. They frequently published through mainstream comics avenues anyway. Guaranteed to melt the brain of anyone who views the history of comics through the lens of the surviving superhero comic book companies. Look for it in June, and I'll try to do a fuller preview before the month's out.