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The Maximortal. Comics visionary Rick Veitch marries the larcenous history of the comics business to the outrageous themes and characters of his infamous Brat pack universe, creating one of the most startling and uncompromising visions of the superhero archetype ever put to paper.
Veitch followed Brat Pack with The Maximortal (1992), a phantasmagoric riff on Superman. He returned to the latter character with a new series inaugurated in 2017, Boy Maximortal . The series has been called his masterpiece.
Feb 1, 2018 · Originally released in 1992, Rick Veitch’s series The Maximortal masterfully deconstructs both the idea and creation of Superman in a black-and-white tale that is at once righteously angry...
Nov 24, 2023 · Rick Veitch has self-published the complete Boy Maximortal, the new book in his King Hell Heroica graphic novels which began in 1990.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Rick Veitch. Seven years before The Amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay, Rick Veitch married the larcenous history of the comics business to the outrageous themes and characters of his infamous Brat Pack universe, creating one of the most startling and uncompromising visions of the super-hero archetype ever put to paper.
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Rick Veitch, a tall, soft-spoken man of 71, stood staring toward his house and the nearby pond, both adorned with wildflowers and other plantings cultivated by his wife, Cindy. Perhaps...
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Jan 4, 2023 · On today's episode, Dr. Ben Anthony joins me to discuss Maximortal by Rick Veitch!One of the greatest cartoonists in comics delivers a twisted re-imagining a...
