Sam Kieth, a comic book cartoonist who created The Maxx, a surreal series about characters leading dual lives — in the real world and in a subconscious realm — and who cocreated the popular series ...

Kieth would help introduce one of the most acclaimed comics in the industry when he co-created Sandman with Neil Gaiman, and Kieth would pencil the first five issues of the series. Sandman would go on ...

A cocreator of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, he dreamed up The Maxx as a homeless character in the real world and a superhero in a subconscious realm. It was adapted for an MTV series. By George Gene ...

Sam Kieth in 2013 at a retrospective of his work at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. His bold art aesthetic and exploration of mature themes gave an adult edge to his comic book characters.