Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Anthony & Doc travel to the Outback to visit the world of THE MAXX! This 90s comic is so trippy, and its inhabitants so off-the-wall, that it takes the entire episode to break down 4 characters. So grab a lampshade and get inside a cardboard box - listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Shoutout to the Wrestle Special – Travis and an assortment of guests talk wrestling and not-wrestling.  Background (06:30) Created by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair – debuted in Primer #5 as Max the Hare, but the Maxx as we know him debuted in Darker Image #1 (March 1993) Story told through full use of the medium – flashbacks, changing art style depending on location & POV Julie Winters, a free spirited social worker, is beaten, raped, and left to die by a man she helps – she copes by hiding in her subconscious in a place called the Outback – there, Julie is the Leopard Queen, a powerful goddess A few weeks later, she hits a homeless man (Dave) with her car, and instead of helping him, she leaves him in an alley and