I think part of that is because the failure-mode of fandom is negligible ("oh noes, nobody commented"), where there's more investment from a publisher.
Not all of it, obviously, but I think it's a factor - art sans economic pressure is always more out there in little niche places all over the place (and in the weirdness) before the marketable world catches up.
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Date: 2013-02-03 08:03 pm (UTC)Not all of it, obviously, but I think it's a factor - art sans economic pressure is always more out there in little niche places all over the place (and in the weirdness) before the marketable world catches up.