Sam Kieth (Author of The Maxx, Vol. 1)

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Sam Kieth

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in The United States

January 11, 1963

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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, w ...more

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	The Maxx, Vol. 1 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs, Dave Feiss 4.21 avg rating — 3,724 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maxx, Vol. 2 4.38 avg rating — 1,241 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maxx, Vol. 3 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs 4.41 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arkham Asylum: Madness 3.45 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maxx, Vol. 4 by Sam Kieth, Alan Moore (欧宝娱乐 Author), William Messner-Loebs 4.34 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Secrets 3.53 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The MAXX: Maxximized Volume 1 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs 4.06 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero Girl (Zero Girl #1) 3.59 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The MAXX: Maxximized Volume 2 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs 4.07 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ojo by Sam Kieth, Alex Pardee, Chris Wisnia 3.76 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Sam Kieth

The Maxx (6 books)
by

Sam Kieth,

Alan Moore (欧宝娱乐 Author),

William Messner-Loebs

4.24 avg rating — 7,902 ratings

The Maxx: Maxximized (7 books)
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Sam Kieth,

Ronda Pattison (Colorist)

3.98 avg rating — 1,938 ratings

Zero Girl (2 books)
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Sam Kieth,

Scott Dunbier (Editor)

3.65 avg rating — 665 ratings

The Maxx (single issues) (35 books)
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Sam Kieth

4.26 avg rating — 534 ratings

The Maxx: Maxxed Out (3 books)
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Sam Kieth

4.17 avg rating — 228 ratings

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Quotes by Sam Kieth (?)

“it's the lies that get us through life, right?”
― Sam Kieth, Arkham Asylum: Madness

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“I can hear the bunny all the time now. Even when I'm outside, under my tree.
I'm mad at the bunny for being sick and bothering me.
For being...alive.”
― sam kieth, The Maxx, Vol. 2

tags: comics, sam-kieth, the-maxx

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“This country makes a man younger than his birthdays.”
― Sam Keith, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

tags: alaska, memoirs, richard-proenneke

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