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The Maxx (single issues) #6
The Maxx: Maxximized #6
After Laying on the couch and feeling sorry for himself, and being spied upon by some isz... Maxx plunges down the proverbial rabbit hole and encounters the "Crappon in the Hat," tries to save a fish, spills some beans, discovers a little girl (who is somehow connected to the Jungle Queen), and then finds himself on Julie's couch, confused and afraid... right back where he started!
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1993
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Sam Kieth
409 books270 followersKieth 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, with Kieth's assistance, into an animated series for MTV. Since then, as a writer-artist, he has gone on to create Friends of Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women and Ojo.
Ojo comprises the first and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original comic book limited series published by Oni Press. Loosely connected, the cycle will concern the intertwined lives of people with each other and sometimes with a supernatural entity known as the Mysterious Trout. Kieth has stated that other characters from The Maxx series will appear in this cycle of stories. My Inner Bimbo #1 was published in April 2006. Issue #2 was delayed past its original release date; It was finally resolicited in "Previews" in 2007 and hit the store shelves in November 2007.
DC Comics' Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue prestige format mini-series that started in August 2007, was written and drawn by Kieth. This was followed by 2009's two-issue prestige format mini-series Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian and featuring art by Kieth.
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, with Kieth's assistance, into an animated series for MTV. Since then, as a writer-artist, he has gone on to create Friends of Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women and Ojo.
Ojo comprises the first and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original comic book limited series published by Oni Press. Loosely connected, the cycle will concern the intertwined lives of people with each other and sometimes with a supernatural entity known as the Mysterious Trout. Kieth has stated that other characters from The Maxx series will appear in this cycle of stories. My Inner Bimbo #1 was published in April 2006. Issue #2 was delayed past its original release date; It was finally resolicited in "Previews" in 2007 and hit the store shelves in November 2007.
DC Comics' Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue prestige format mini-series that started in August 2007, was written and drawn by Kieth. This was followed by 2009's two-issue prestige format mini-series Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian and featuring art by Kieth.
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August 16, 2025
ANDDD WEREE BACKKK!!! Prefect issue, nice intro to the savage dragon character, PEAKKKK DREAM SEQUENCE. The Maxx loves their dream sequences and I’m all for it. It drips bits and pieces of lore.
With this issue it made me get like a biggg moment of realization, it should be obvious by now but clearly Julie is a victim of SA. It didn’t really hit until now I mean it did but not like how it did here. She dealt with her past trauma but only now am I realizing what is spawning from her trauma. We a in her dreams that there’s a little version of her maintaining her innocence. Now the “evil woman” we see in the dreams is violent more closed away visually contained.
Not only that but the maxx sees her dreams as well he is in them like his conscious. Which brings another major mind blow for me. I may be on to nothing with this one but all the information I’m getting I’m taking a leap by thinking js like the two other versions of Julie, The Maxx is just another figment of her trauma. A piece of her that is more ignorant, unaware but strong and resilient. That does bring the question why do other characters interact with both the maxx and Julie at the same time as two separate people so idk. If I’m right abt that, that only makes me wonder what the isz are. I don’t think the author would go that far but I’ve def heard some of my freinds ask why they look like “that”
Maybe I’m on to nothing and maybe there both soul tied and I’m being crazy. Just the fact this issue got me thinking that much warranted a five stars.
With this issue it made me get like a biggg moment of realization, it should be obvious by now but clearly Julie is a victim of SA. It didn’t really hit until now I mean it did but not like how it did here. She dealt with her past trauma but only now am I realizing what is spawning from her trauma. We a in her dreams that there’s a little version of her maintaining her innocence. Now the “evil woman” we see in the dreams is violent more closed away visually contained.
Not only that but the maxx sees her dreams as well he is in them like his conscious. Which brings another major mind blow for me. I may be on to nothing with this one but all the information I’m getting I’m taking a leap by thinking js like the two other versions of Julie, The Maxx is just another figment of her trauma. A piece of her that is more ignorant, unaware but strong and resilient. That does bring the question why do other characters interact with both the maxx and Julie at the same time as two separate people so idk. If I’m right abt that, that only makes me wonder what the isz are. I don’t think the author would go that far but I’ve def heard some of my freinds ask why they look like “that”
Maybe I’m on to nothing and maybe there both soul tied and I’m being crazy. Just the fact this issue got me thinking that much warranted a five stars.
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May 10, 2021
Aside from the fight with Marko, I'd say this is probably the best issue so far. This honestly feels like a gender critical essay on violence and women in media... if it were wrapped in a some Tim Burton esque nightmare.
Like- the whole thing is a deconstruction of narrative, media perceptions, gender and violence.
The amount of feminism in these books is consistently the most surprising but welcoming aspects of it.
That and there's something oddly comforting about these panels with rambling monologues over dark imagery. I must confess reality as a concept seems to only get stranger as I get older- and sometimes it's stuff like this that makes the most sense. I don't mean that in a flatulently, contrived nor kitschy way. (I recently found my thesaurus, forgive the big words), I mean it more in a literal sense. Sometimes the shit that don't make as much sense makes the most sense.
There's a scene where someone asks their inner self if she'll remember any of her dream when she wakes up- and the response she gets got me thinking about things that might be buried in myself or friends and family of mine. How much do we hide and how much do terrible experiences change us? How much do we hide to avoid being changed?
I'm gonna start rambling in a minute so imma cut this short. But I really do like this bizarre but socially conscious nightmare of a series.
Like- the whole thing is a deconstruction of narrative, media perceptions, gender and violence.
The amount of feminism in these books is consistently the most surprising but welcoming aspects of it.
That and there's something oddly comforting about these panels with rambling monologues over dark imagery. I must confess reality as a concept seems to only get stranger as I get older- and sometimes it's stuff like this that makes the most sense. I don't mean that in a flatulently, contrived nor kitschy way. (I recently found my thesaurus, forgive the big words), I mean it more in a literal sense. Sometimes the shit that don't make as much sense makes the most sense.
There's a scene where someone asks their inner self if she'll remember any of her dream when she wakes up- and the response she gets got me thinking about things that might be buried in myself or friends and family of mine. How much do we hide and how much do terrible experiences change us? How much do we hide to avoid being changed?
I'm gonna start rambling in a minute so imma cut this short. But I really do like this bizarre but socially conscious nightmare of a series.
September 17, 2018
It’s astounding to me all the layers Sam Keith is able to cram into the 21 pages of a single issue of “The Maxx.” In “The Maxx #6” there’s a cameo from Erik Larson’s Savage Dragon, a thoughtful critique of female agency, a hilarious metaconversation about violence in the media, an expansion of the Outback mythology, and - oh yeah - a rock-‘em-sock-‘em fight between the Maxx and the landshark mutant Mako. Keith uses, like, four different drawing styles (oh man, his Frazetta-y splashes are just incredible) and the plot is all over the place but, you know what? It works. I don’t know how it does, but it all works.
April 2, 2019
The art is timeless. The writing feels fresh and the fan letters make me laugh!
July 2, 2025
holy fuck
June 21, 2015
The continued strange adventures of one of the oddest multi-dimensional heroes.
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