Sam Kieth Biography
Sam Kieth is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl.Kieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner’s Mage, and a year later as the inker of Fish Police. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the “Preludes & Nocturnes” story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman’s celebrated series The Sandman and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in Secret Origins Special #1.
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 #368, 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. In 1995, The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV’s short-lived animation series MTV’s Oddities, which included Eric Fogel’s The Head.
After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests, Kieth created the series Zero Girl for DC Comics’ Wildstorm imprint in 2001. He followed that with the drama Four Women later that year and Zero Girl: Full Circle in 2003. In August 2004, he launched the Scratch series featuring a teenage werewolf.
He 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”.
Ojo comprises the first, and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original limited series of graphic novels published by Oni Press, which he dubbed “The Trout-a-Verse”. The cycle concerned the intertwined lives of Annie (Ojo), Lo (My Inner Bimbo), Dana, Nola, Otto, and others all connected by an encounter with an urban legend known as the Magic Trout.
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. IDW released the 48-page The Sam Kieth Sketchbooks: Vol. 1, followed by the second volume in August 2010.
10 Quick Facts About Sam Kieth
- Name: Sam Kieth
- Age: 56 years old.
- Birthday: 11 January
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Height: Average
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Comics artist and writer
- Marital Status: Married
- Salary: To be updated
- Net worth: To be updated
Sam Kieth Age
The American comics artist and writer, Sam was born on 11 January 1963, United States.As of 2019, he is 56 years old.
Sam Kieth Height
He stands at a fair height and fair body weight.
Sam Kieth Wife
Kieth began living with his future wife when he was 15 years old and she was 20 years older than him. Sam maintains a low profile, hence he has not mentioned his wife’s name. This information will be updated soon.
Sam Kieth Net Worth
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Sam Kieth Books
1996 The Maxx: Maximized, Vol.
2010 Arkham Asylum: Madness
2009 My Inner Bimbo
2014 Maximized
2006 Batman: Secrets
2020 Arkham Dreams
2016 The Maxx: Maxxed Out
2018 Batman: Ghosts
2013 The Worlds of Sam Kieth, Vol. 1
2010 Sketchbook #1
2002 Four Women
Secret Origins Special #1
2001 Zero Girl: Full Circle
2004 Ojo
2010 Sketchbook #2
2006 Absolute Sandman
2018 Eleanor and the Egret
1991 Aliens: Earth War
2011 Batman: Through the Looking Glass
2007 The Maxx: Maximized Volume 7
2011 The Maxx 3
2006 The Popbot Collection Ashley Wood
2014 The Maxx: Maximized, Vol. 2
2013 The Hollows Chris Ryall
2003 THE MAXX 2
The Maxx: Maximized #7
2011 Night, Again Joe R. Lansdale
1993 Wolverine: Blood Hungry!
The Maxx: Maximized #1
1997 Female War
2014 Mars Attacks: First Born Chris Ryall
The Maxx: Maximized #5
2019 The Maxx 100-Page Giant
2008 Complete Popbot
2012 The Annotated Sandman: The Sandman #1-20. Volume one Neil Gaiman
2015 The Maxx
2018 Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams #2
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