The Maxx Archives

The Maxx (in that form at least) first appeared in 1993's Darker Image, a black-and-white comic book published by Image Comics alongside founders Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld Jim Lee debuted his and Brendon Choi's character, Deathblow, a bit like The Punisher Rob Liefeld and his character Bloodwulf, a bit like Lobo And from Sam[...]

I have been rereading the most recent republication of The Maxx from IDW, also heartened to share the love and experiences creators and publishers had with him over the decades, or just their appreciation of his work More tributes have flooded out from other creators, talking about working with him, that I couldn't not do[...]

MTV taking a chance on The Maxx actually led them to looking at other weird comics like The Wretch It never went past initial discussions, but even that stage would not have been reached with The Maxx staking out the frontier. Sandman by Sam Kieth Chip Mosher: Sad to hear of Sam Kieth's passing He came through[...]

Tonight, it is my sad duty to confirm the death of legendary comic book creator Sam Kieth, creator of The Maxx, at the age of 63 Sam died on the 15th of March, after suffering from Lewy Body Dementia, a degenerative disease described as a combination of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's He is survived by his[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Apple TV+'s For All Mankind, Food Network's Kids Baking Championship, Channing Tatum/The Maxx, Kenya Barris' Richard Pryor docuseries, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Dave Chappelle/Katt Williams, AEW, Roz Kaveney's Rhapsody of Blood, Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen, Peppa Pig & Beavis, Disney+'s Skeleton Crew, NBC's[...]

When we mention Sam Kieth's The Maxx to folks, two things come to mind First and foremost, it's the comic book character that Kieth created – first appearing in Image Comics' Darker Image #1 (March 1993) before spinning off into his own title The series would go on to run for 35 issues, ending its[...]

This is the original artwork for The Maxx #1/2 by Sam Kieth from 1993 The Maxx was a comic book series he launched from Image Comics Kieth also created a 1/2 issue that was available as a promotional comic from Wizard Magazine And the cover artwork from that issue is up for auction from Heritage[...]

The Maxx is heading to the big screen, or possibly in a new series Channing Tatum is teaming with producer Roy Lee in a joint production from studios Free Association and Vertigo Entertainment (no, not THAT Vertigo) of the cult classic 90's comic No word yet on if the actor will also star in the[...]

When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. The Maxx #6…yeah I always used to "glue" my hands together after reading certain magazine when I was a teenager as well Never got interrupted by a humanoid shark though, thank goodness. G.I Joe Special Missions #14 – and yes, after last week's Community, I too feel the[...]