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REVIEW: ‘The Maxx: Maxximized #35′ explains why Maxx matters

 
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Story by: Sam Keith
 
Art by: Jim Sinclair and Sam Kieth
 
Colors by: Ronda Pattison
 
Letters by: Kell-O-Graphics
 
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5/ 5


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The Maxx series started in 1993 in the newly established Image Comics. It was created by Sam Keith, the first artist of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman saga, and cover artist of several Marvel Comics Presents in the early 1990s. It originally ran for more than 30 issues and was categorized under the superhero genre. However, […]

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Posted September 16, 2016 by

 
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The Maxx series started in 1993 in the newly established Image Comics. It was created by Sam Keith, the first artist of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman saga, and cover artist of several Marvel Comics Presents in the early 1990s. It originally ran for more than 30 issues and was categorized under the superhero genre. However, The Maxx is more than just the “art over story-plot” stuff that characterized the zeitgeist of the 1990s comic industry. Instead, this one was highly cerebral, more substance and highly innovative, if not creative. Beyond the spandex, it defied the conventional superhero storytelling. It has “dream logic”, almost similar with Keith’s The Sandman, and even a non-linear delivery approach, just like many indie-creator-made comics right now. The Maxx was (and still is) an underrated but a seminal trailblazer in the comic medium. Good thing, IDW relaunched this a couple years ago under the banner The Maxx: Maxximized. This time around, it ends with The Maxx: Maxximized #35.
Under the Maxximized line, the colors are remastered, even the inks and shades, that further enhances the already haunting but heartwarming tale of lost, identity, dream, and most importantly, love. Keith’s pencils are still there nonetheless. Simply put, loose ends are dealt with. Retelling of the “bittersweet” endings of our cherished characters, particularly the bluish protagonist and his beloved femme fatale of sorts. Also, Keith has something to say as a way of thanking readers for the ride in the 1990s and the present.
Sure, new readers have to reread this finale a couple of times to make sense of this “dream logic” this series possesses. Furthermore, expect some mature contents along the way since this one is an adult-themed one. But that’s the beauty of The Maxx. The Maxx: Maxximized #35 shows once and for all why it still remains relevant in proving why superhero genre can go beyond the spandex and other silliness by incorporating many literary and other mind-bugling stuffs to the narrative.

 


Paul Ramos

 


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