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Sam Kieth

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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox comics creator Sam Kieth (born January 11, 1963)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl.

CareerEdit

ComicsEdit

Kieth's first published work was "a story in the back of a Comico comic" when he was "about seventeen"; it was "about a killer rabbit named Max the Hare".<ref name=WizardNo2>Wizard: The Guide to Comics #2, October 1991; "Future Stars"; p. 121</ref> He came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's Mage,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a year later as the inker of Fish Police.<ref name="GCD">Template:Gcdb</ref> In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the "Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in Secret Origins Special #1.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He illustrated two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' Epicurus the Sage, drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, and drew The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #368,<ref name="GCD" /> which led to drawing numerous covers for Marvel Comics Presents.

In 1993, Kieth left Marvel to create the original series The Maxx for fledgling publisher Image Comics. The Maxx ran 35 issues, all of which were plotted and illustrated by Kieth. William Messner-Loebs scripted #1–15 and Alan Moore wrote #21.<ref name="GCD" /> In 1995, The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV's short-lived animation series MTV's Oddities.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests, Kieth created the series Zero Girl for DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint in 2001.<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 299: "Writer and artist Sam Kieth's tale of teenage alienation was both surreal and touching."</ref> He followed that with the drama Four Women later that year<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 301: "Writer/artist Sam Kieth's work had always been slightly edgier than most...This was especially true on Four Women."</ref> and Zero Girl: Full Circle in 2003.<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 308: "The follow-up to writer and artist Sam Kieth's cult classic was set fifteen years after the events of the 2001 series."</ref> In August 2004, he launched the Scratch series featuring a teenage werewolf.<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 313: "Writer and artist Sam Kieth presented a new hero for the DC Universe in the form of Scratch, a misunderstood teenage werewolf."</ref>

Kieth then wrote and drew the five-issue series Batman: Secrets, featuring the Joker, and Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue miniseries starting in August 2007. This was followed by 2009's Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian of the band Anthrax, and the painted story "Ghosts", which appeared in Batman Confidential #40–43. In 2010, Kieth wrote and illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel Arkham Asylum: Madness, which spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, reaching number five in the category of "Hardcover Graphic Books".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Ojo comprises the first, and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original limited series or graphic novels published by Oni Press, which he dubbed "The Trout-a-Verse". The cycle concerned the intertwined lives of Annie (Ojo),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lo (My Inner Bimbo),<ref name="GCD" /> Dana, Nola, Otto, and others all connected by an encounter with an urban legend known as the Magic Trout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the UK, he has contributed to 2000 AD's Judge Dredd and provided several covers for the Nemesis the Warlock reprint title. In 2011, Kieth began drawing IDW Publishing's 30 Days of Night series.<ref name="GCD" /> IDW released the 48-page The Sam Kieth Sketchbooks: Vol. 1, followed by a second volume in August 2010.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Other mediaEdit

In addition to co-producing The Maxx animated series for MTV, Kieth co-wrote "No Smoking", the pilot to Cow and Chicken (created by his cousin, David Feiss),Template:Sfn and directed the film Take It to the Limit (2000) for Roger Corman's Concorde-New Horizons.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

AwardsEdit

Sam Kieth received an Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BibliographyEdit

AfterShock ComicsEdit

Comico ComicsEdit

  • Primer #5 (writer/artist) (first published art) (1983)
  • Justice Machine #11 (inker) (1987)
  • Mage #10–15 (inker) (1985–1986)

Dark Horse ComicsEdit

DC ComicsEdit

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Piranha PressEdit

WildStormEdit

  • Epicurus the Sage TPB (2003)
  • Four Women #1–5 (writer/artist) (2001–2002)
  • Zero Girl #1–5 (writer/artist) (2001)
  • Zero Girl: Full Circle #1–5 (writer/artist) (2003)

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Eclipse ComicsEdit

Fantagraphics BooksEdit

  • Critters #7, 11–12, 23 (writer/artist) (1986–1987), #21 (cover art) (1988)

Fishwrap ProductionsEdit

Image ComicsEdit

  • Darker Image #1 (plotter/artist) (1993)
  • Friends of Maxx #1–3 (1996–1997)
  • The Maxx #1–35 (plotter/artist) (1993–1998)
  • Sam Stories: Legs (writer/artist) (1999)

Marvel ComicsEdit

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Oni PressEdit

  • Ojo #1–5 (2004–2005)
  • My Inner Bimbo #1–5 (2006–2008)

ReferencesEdit

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  • Sam Kieth at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
  • Sam Kieth at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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