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The Maxx
Series · 5 books · 1995-2006

Books in series

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#1

The Maxx, Vol. 1

1995

Presents the adventures of The Maxx, a homeless superhero who lives in a cardboard box, and his social worker, Julie.
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#2

The Maxx, Vol. 2

1997

Presents the adventures of The Maxx, a homeless superhero who lives in a cardboard box, and his social worker, Julie.
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#3

The Maxx, Vol. 3

2004

The third book in Wildstorm's collection of THE MAXX explores Julie Winters' separation from The Maxx as she plunges into denial, dyes her hair red, escapes into sexual excess—and gets pregnant! Maxx returns to the Outback and discovers who he is, while Julie is forced by Mr. Gone—who appears in a toilet bowl—to face her past.
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#4

The Maxx, Vol. 4

2005

The fourth volume of the MAXX trade paperback collection is a turning point, which starts with Sarah and a large horsy in the Outback. Okay, maybe it doesn't workMaxx/Homeless Dave is a bunny...not a horsebut Sam Kieth was bound and determined everyone should have a spirit animal and Sarah's was going to be a friggin' horsy. There are some bright parts to this "dimly lit" sequel. Alan Moore kicks it off with dialogue for the first chapter and the three secret agents, whom he created, pursuing Mr. Gone. This arc also features the everpopular exploding fairies and the selfhelpspouting giant yellow slug. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS.
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#6

The Maxx, Vol. 6

2006

The final volume of Sam Kieth's eclectic masterpiece collects a series of innovative stories known as “Friends of Maxx”. These tales mark a turning point for Kieth's artistic evolution as a storyteller, paving the way for later groundbreaking titles such as Zero Girl and Four Women.

Authors

Sam Kieth
Sam Kieth
Author · 20 books

Kieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's Mage, his brushwork adding fluidity and texture to the broad strokes of Wagner's early work at Comico Comics. In 1989, he drew the first five issues of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman, but felt his style was unsuited to the book (specifically saying that he "felt like Jimi Hendrix in The Beatles") and left, handing over to his former inker Mike Dringenberg. He acted as illustrator on two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' Epicurus the Sage and drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, among other things, before creating The Maxx in 1993 for Image Comics, with, initially, writing help from Messner-Loebs. It ran for 35 issues and was adapted, with Kieth's assistance, into an animated series for MTV. Since then, as a writer-artist, he has gone on to create Friends of Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women and Ojo. Ojo comprises the first and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original comic book limited series published by Oni Press. Loosely connected, the cycle will concern the intertwined lives of people with each other and sometimes with a supernatural entity known as the Mysterious Trout. Kieth has stated that other characters from The Maxx series will appear in this cycle of stories. My Inner Bimbo #1 was published in April 2006. Issue #2 was delayed past its original release date; It was finally resolicited in "Previews" in 2007 and hit the store shelves in November 2007. DC Comics' Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue prestige format mini-series that started in August 2007, was written and drawn by Kieth. This was followed by 2009's two-issue prestige format mini-series Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian and featuring art by Kieth.

William Messner-Loebs
William Messner-Loebs
Author · 14 books

William Francis Messner-Loebs (born William Francis Loebs, Jr.) is an American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his and his wife Nadine's unmarried surnames. In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote runs of series published by DC Comics, Image Comics, Comico, and other comics publishers, including DC's superhero series Flash and Wonder Woman among others. Additionally he has both written and drawn original creator-owned works, such as Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire.

Dave Feiss
Author · 1 books

David Feiss is an American animator. Feiss was born in Sacramento, California. He joined Hanna-Barbera around 1978 while still a teenager. He worked on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons, was a key animator on the Jetsons movie, co-animated the Ren and Stimpy pilot "Big House Blues", was an animation director on The Ren & Stimpy Show during its first season and created the Cartoon Network original series Cow and Chicken and its spin-off, I Am Weasel. On his shows, David directed every episode and also worked as a writer, his writing credits usually collaborated with Michael Ryan. Feiss co-directed the animated segments of The Adventures of Hyperman, a computer game released in 1995 by IBM. In issues #5 and #30 of his cousin Sam Kieth's comic book The Maxx, David showcased his work with The Crappon (which looks like the Warner Bros. frog mascot Michigan J. Frog), Fred Flower and Uncle Italian Moose, which had a very similar style to Cow and Chicken (they are reprinted in WildStorm's The Maxx Volumes 1 and 5 trades). Feiss also collaborated with Kieth on a story featured in Parody Press' 1992 one-shot comic book Pummeler, spoofing Marvel Comics' famous character The Punisher. In 2006, he was the head of story for Sony's first CG animated film, Open Season.

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