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Sam Kieth, Creator of The Maxx and Sandman, Has Died, Aged 63 (bleedingcool.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by FauxPseudo@lemmy.world to c/comicbooks@lemmy.world

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Sam Keith changed my life. I had given up on comics. Everything was looking the same. The stories were the same.

A friend came into art class one day and plopped down a copy of Darker Image and said "Look at this." A preposterously proportioned human male and a cartoonish woman with a bit of a belly that was obviously inspired by Frank Frazetta. The variations on 9 panels were completely shattered by bizarre organic and inorganic framings.

It was radically different from anything else. Then I started reading it. I had no idea what was going on. And that is a wonderful feeling.

In the Maxx comic you would read the issue and just have to sit back for a bit and figure out what you just read. The letters column was like reading dissertations from psychology majors. The whole Sam Keith package was multiple layers from art, story telling, and psychology all wrapped up in a very not easy to open package.

Sam Keith changed me. He changed the comics industry. He will be missed.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 day ago

I recently watched the animated The Maxx. It was an experience. I highly recommend

[–] trijste@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the News. I didn’t know. I too love the Maxx.

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Woah. Be careful or someone might confuse him with Neil Gaiman.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

One is not alive and not cancelled. The other is in hiding and alive.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

All credit to Keith for his amazing artistic contribution of pencilling the first five issues of The Sandman, but calling him The Sandman's creator is a massive oversimplification.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Agreed

[–] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The Maxx was amazing and revelatory for me. I came for the crazy wildman, but stayed for the character depth and compassion. Have fun roaming the Outback Sam.

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online -2 points 1 day ago

Damn I spanked it hard to Julie Winters she was my Lola Bunny.