The Maxx was a strange and somewhat disturbing delve into not only the violence, conflict, and triumph of superheroes, but also the depths of the human mind and the delusions it can create to deal with trauma. This book is absolutely wild and takes the reader into a strange world where heroes aren’t good, villians commit heinous acts of darkness and get away with them, and the world around the characters are completely messed up illusions of reality. Let’s take a look at Sam Kieth’s the Maxx!

00:00 Introduction
00:23 Image Comics Excess
00:34 Delving Into The Maxx
00:58 Delusion, Trauma, and the Outback
01:30 What it’s Really About
02:09 Psychological Struggle
02:30 Julie Winters
03:16 Who is the Maxx?
03:59 Mr. Gone
04:17 The Lie That Makes the Maxx
05:05 Sam Kieth’s Writing
05:38 Psychedelic Art
06:04 Why the Maxx Matters
06:38 Takeaways and Outro

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