World Famous Comics: The Maxx Volume 1 (Wildstorm/DC Comics))
The Maxx Volume 1 (Wildstorm/DC Comics))
By: Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs Publisher: Wildstorm Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Wildstorm Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: September 01, 2003 Release Date: September 01, 2003
Awesome Comic! As usual, Sam Keith proves that he is an artistic genius with this gripping story of one of the most unusual superheros ever created.
What I like about this story is that it shows how the world would really react to a superhero. It also shows that even with superpowers, we are all still human by showing the characters' imperfections.
A definite must-read for any superhero fan!
Especially those who like urban superhero stories as opposed to science fiction superhero-type stories!
I reccomend this very highly!
Other Books A big purple monster type guy protects a girl that is trying to help others. A nasty bad guy and his hordes of creepy little black chomping demon type things try and get to her.
That is, if most of this isn't just some demented dream or other. Entertaining, but maybe a little wayward.
"Ya got any toast?" The Maxx is a masterpiece. It's that simple.
Personally, I found The Maxx through watching the MTV Liquid Television show. I was very young, and very confused. Once I got older, though, I found a renewed interest in The Maxx and Sam K.'s work.
If you liked the show, and you know how to read, this is a no-brainer. Even if you've never seen the show, the various art styles, deep story and astounding, true-to-life dialog (Thanks to Messner-Loebs) will suck you in. This series honestly changed the way I look at life. You can see the specifics on the story in other reviews. I just wanted to share what The Maxx means to me. Which is a lot. Thank you, Sam Kieth.
Best comic reading experience The first three volumes of the Maxx are by far the best experience in reading comics I have ever had. Seeing how the story unfolds and the mystery of all this crazy stuff unravels is awesome. Sam Kieth does an excelent job of dropping hints and little visual clues along the way without giving plot points away to soon. this was an excelent comic and sam keith's visual style is so neat.
Tana I do not read comic books. I got the first volume of The Maxx because I enjoyed the cartoon so much - and volume 1 is almost exactly like the cartoon. The same is with the first half of volume 2 - then it starts to expand in strange and interesting rhelms!
Now - I can't help it, I'm ordering volume #3, I'm hooked.
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