25 years ago a bunch of Marvel artists left the Big Two and decided to form their company, with blackjack and hookers. This company would eventually become the closest to a third competitor for DC and Marvel (lol) and the best known creator-owned comic book company out there.
This week it's time to put the spotlight on the "second wave" series, those books that weren't created by the founders but still managed to be an important part of the company's history.
First up is the story that went against all expectations, Sam Kieth's The Maxx
Julian Allen
It's been fifteen years since I first came across Maxx and I STILL have no clue what the fuck is up with his face.
Christopher Sanchez
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Isaiah Hernandez
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Cameron Barnes
I think it's meant to be a cartoony kind of design. But yeah, I don't know either.
Jaxon Lewis
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Aaron Sullivan
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Benjamin Davis
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Anthony Smith
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Charles Stewart
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Levi Cruz
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Grayson Myers
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Logan Harris
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Easton Bailey
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Luke Campbell
>using the fuck you finger as weapon
Charles Fisher
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Mason Butler
>dat ass
Dominic Murphy
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Leo Moore
Fun fact: Sam Kieth's cousin is David Feiss, creator of "Cow and Chicken".
Brody White
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Jace Evans
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Sebastian Hill
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Grayson Howard
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Hunter Turner
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Sebastian Garcia
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Logan Collins
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Adam Butler
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Nathan Mitchell
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Isaiah Foster
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Liam Scott
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Liam Powell
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Liam Myers
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Nathan Bennett
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Blake Rivera
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Zachary Campbell
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Lincoln Campbell
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Evan Roberts
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Liam Powell
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Tyler Jones
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Ethan Baker
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Kevin Bailey
I remember seeing some article about Maxx's face mask and why it's so weird looking. From what I remember it was suppose to be a mask that would fit on a horse's face.
Henry Perez
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Hudson Price
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Samuel Perry
Did not know that
Brody Edwards
I held off on reading it when my friend lent me a volume because his face looked so goofy.
Blake Jackson
Will be interested to see what you pick for this week. What time period is it covering? All the way to Chew?
Josiah Miller
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Levi Powell
All the way to Invincible/TWD, but pretty much just mid 90's-late 90's stuff.
Nolan Allen
Anyway, if you want to spoil yourself, this is what I'll be storytiming this week: The Maxx Pitt Hellshock Astro City Witchblade Battle Chasers Tellos
Levi Bailey
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Joshua Jackson
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Kayden Fisher
Cool, a good mix of forgotten good stuff and big series.
Daniel Torres
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Aiden Phillips
It's funny how some of the forgotten stuff there was actually pretty big at the time, but for some reason ended up becoming obscure.
Eli Peterson
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Elijah Green
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Brandon Price
I think the thing with Image is that they became super uncool in the 00s so everyone just pushed all their 90s comics out of their mind. Unless it's still published today or got a revival in the 2010s (so, only the stuff by the founders) it got forgotten.
Angel Bailey
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Henry Bailey
Yeah true, which is why I decided to add another week from before 2012. There's a lot of good pre-Saga stuff that ended up forgotten.
Christian Perry
Alright, I don't know what's going on with my internet right now
Aaron Turner
He's actually a insane hobo in purple spandex wearing a lampshade on his head as his "mask"
There's a whole arc post-Mr-Gone where he "depowers" and is kind of just openly walking around as non-90's non-zany Max, and he's just... grubby. It's honestly pretty brilliant. The implication is that the gritty 90's look exists only in his head.
Ayden Diaz
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Asher White
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Andrew Rivera
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Camden Sanchez
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Ian Nguyen
is that a... Butthole Surfers shirt? This is fckn great
Anthony Ross
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Eli Garcia
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Carson Ross
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Nolan Long
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Justin Johnson
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Michael Thomas
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Grayson Carter
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Elijah Reyes
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Luis Flores
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Elijah Green
Nice thread OP, I was actually thinking of storytiming the Maxx but I never did 'cause I'm a lazy piece of shit. Are these the Maxximized recolours? They look a bit different from what I'm used to.
Dylan Cox
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Kayden Flores
These are (very good) scans of the Image originals. I considered running the Maxximized stuff but I want the Image logo.
