Artemus Pender

Stepping out of the wild, surrealist pages of Image Comics' The Maxx, Artemus Pender made his entrance in 1996 — right in the thick of one of the most imaginatively unhinged series the Modern Age had to offer. With a debut co-created by the visionary Sam Kieth and the legendary Alan Moore, this character arrived with serious creative pedigree behind him. Across his 12 catalogued appearances, Pender shares a deeply strange world with the likes of Maxx, Julie Winters, the unsettling Mr. Gone, and the eerie Isz — as eclectic and boundary-pushing a cast of characters as you'll find anywhere in '90s comics. If you're diving deep into The Maxx's layered, dream-logic storytelling, Artemus Pender is a name worth knowing.