The Maxx #11

The Maxx #11 brings Sam Kieth's signature painted-style cover work to an unsettling close-up: the Maxx himself — that massive purple figure with his distinctive white bone mask — curled inward in an attitude of raw anguish, his massive form hunched over a glowing yellow light source against a fiery, textured background. Kieth's cover pencils and inks capture something genuinely affecting here, suggesting a character caught between strength and vulnerability in a way few superhero books dared in 1994. With a story titled "Julie Leaves" and the creative team of Kieth and Bill Messner-Loebs at the helm, this issue promises the same emotionally charged weirdness that made The Maxx one of Image's most distinctive titles.