Sam Kieth, the comedian e book creator of “The Maxx” and co-creator of “Sandman,” died March 15. He was 63.
Kieth’s lifelong good friend and collaborator Scott Dunbier confirmed that the artist died of Lewy Physique Dementia to Bleeding Cool.
Born on January 11, 1963, Kieth started his profession in comics on the age of 17, publishing his first work with Comico. He labored on quite a few tasks, together with “Wolverine” in Marvel Comics Presents and “The Hulk.” In 1993, he created a collection exploring themes of identification and actuality for Picture Comics titled “The Maxx,” which was later tailored into an animated collection for MTV’s “Liquid Tv” and have become globally acknowledged. Kieth’s work on the collection additionally led to a line of motion figures produced by Todd McFarlane.
In collaboration with Neil Gaiman, Kieth co-created “Sandman” and illustrated the primary 5 points for DC Comics. His work additionally appeared within the comics “Zero Woman” and “4 Girls” for Wildstorm, and “Ojo” and “My Inside Bimbo” for Oni Press. Kieth additionally helped create “No Smoking,” a pilot for “Cow and Hen,” and directed the movie “Take It to the Restrict” for Roger Corman’s Concorde-New Horizons.
Kieth’s later works included “Batman: Secrets and techniques,” “Batman/Lobo: Lethal Critical,” and “Lobo: Freeway to Hell.” He additionally created the Batman/Maxx crossover, “Arkham Goals,” for DC Comics. He additionally made contributions to “Decide Dredd” for 2000AD and “30 Days of Night time” for IDW.
Kieth retired from mainstream comics after the publication of “Arkham Goals” because of well being points.
He’s survived by his spouse of 43 years, Kathy Kieth.
