110. Maxx #1 ... Image ... Sam Kieth ...

I have no idea what Sam Kieth is doing these days but at the height of his popularity, he did some great mood-inspiring covers and some decent mini-series at Marvel with characters like Hulk and Wolverine (naturally)

So in the Image boom of the 90s, he contributed his own title called Maxx and what a unique title it is from artwork to storyline. Apparently this is related to something on the TV channels but as I don't have access to much TV during that time (I know, I know, shocking, right?) I am unable to verify

All I can say is that the artwork is so different from the masses that any new Maxx on the racks is a standout. When you flipped through, the action sequences and storytelling style is unique. So what's it about?

Well if you are reading this, you are going to be so confused that you may wish to re-read certain pages or the entire comic. We actually have scenes of a ditzy girl living a life that seemed to be in the real world and yet perhaps she is a dreamer or daydreamer or high on drugs. Then at the same time we are taken to a dessert scene in the outback ... and you have to wonder if this is her imagination or an alternative dimension or world where the characters are the same but behaved differently as if even from a different era ... and all the while you are left wondering what's the point of this series? Just a slice of life style of tale or something else?

Naturally with a cover like that you know there will be scenes in there that could be ... "in your face" ... and what is unique also is ... the cute-sy type of potential bad guys (little whites and little blacks) ... and one strange looking chap!

See?

A very mixed bag of messages in these pictures

Ratings: 6/10