Sam Kieth

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born

January 11, 1963 in The United States

gender

male

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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Kieth 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, w...more

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Average rating: 4.34 · 38,302 ratings · 1,807 reviews · 44 distinct works

	The Maxx, Vol. 1 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs, Dave Feiss 4.26 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Maxx, Vol. 2 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs 4.41 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	The Maxx, Vol. 3 by Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs 4.44 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	The Maxx, Vol. 5 4.41 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Maxx, Vol. 4 4.37 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Maxx, Vol. 6 4.32 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Zero Girl 3.68 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Arkham Asylum: Madness by Sam Kieth, Michelle Madsen (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) 3.26 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Batman: Secrets 3.37 avg rating — 168 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Four Women 3.89 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2002	My rating: