The Maxx Maxxed Out: Volume 3

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Sam Kieth’s opus The Maxx is collected here in all its freshly-colored glory Taking remastered pages from The Maxx Maxximized this new volume collects the final issues of the series 25-35 Originally published by Image Comics starting in 1993 The Maxx became a cult hit of independent comics spawning a TV show on MTV The series follows its titular hero in the real world as a vagrant & in an alternate reality called The Outback where he sees himself as a superhero & protector of the Jungle Queen represented by Julie Winters a social worker & friend The series lasted for 35 issues & ended in 1998 Meet the Author Sam Kieth is a comic book writer & illustrator best known as the creator of The Maxx & Zero Girl Kieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner&s Mage & a year later as the inker of Fish Police In 1989 he penciled the first five issues (the " Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman&s celebrated series The Sandman & collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in Secret Origins Special 1 In 1993 Kieth created the original series The Maxx for fledgling publisher Image Comics The Maxx ran 35 issues all of which were plotted & illustrated by Kieth William Messner-Loebs scripted 1-15 & Alan Moore wrote 21 In 1995 The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV&s short-lived animation series MTV&s Oddities After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests Kieth created the series Zero Girl for DC Comics& Wildstorm imprint in 2001 He followed that with the drama Four Women later that year & Zero Girl Full Circlein 2003 In 2010 Kieth wrote & illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel Arkham Asylum Madness which spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list reaching number five in the category of " Hardcover Graphic Books"