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De Noorman
where: Arnhem, the Netherlands
why: I've been buying my comics here for over ten years!
what: lots of comics. Mostly Image and Marvel, but also a fair amount of DC's, Dark horse (Star Wars) and some independents. Lots of back-issues. Also some 2nd hand comics. Also specialised in non-US comics, posters, statues and some action figures (Spawn & the incredibly detailed Movie Maniacs toys) and t-shirts. 
address: Koningstraat 43, 6811 DH Arnhem. Located across the central library.

Vandal Com-X
where: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
why: this is toy heaven!
what: recently they have opened a second store that only sells comics, since the toys in the original store were taking up a lot of space. The toy store has an incredible amount of, well, toys. McFarlane toys (practically everything!), loads of Star Wars (action-figures, vehicles and other collectibles), DC Direct toys, X-men, wrestling toys, it's all there! Also a huge amount of trading cards and collectible game cards. The other store (it's practically near the original store) has a fair amount of comics, special editions (i.e.. Gold logo's, alternate covers, etc.). Oh, they also have a collection of non-US comics and some cool statues! I haven't been there in a while, but it seems that they have gone back to just one store. The adress stays the same.
address: Rozengracht 31, 1016 LR, Amsterdam. Comic store: Rozengracht 51, Amsterdam. From Amsterdam Central Station take tram #17.  Stops at Rozengracht.

Atomik
where: Maastricht, the Netherlands
why: it's a nice shop
what: This small shop is located in the city centre, just a couple of minutes from the train station. This relatively small store has a good selection of comic books (Marvel, DC, Image+independents) including a fair amount of back issues. Also some special edition comics are sold there. They have a wide selection of Star Wars toys (mainly action figures), McFarlane toys and other (comic related) toys. Fans of non-US comics can also find a fair amount of  their favorite books there. They also sell statues, but not so many comic based statues!
address:  Wijckerbrugstraat 59, 6221 EB Maastricht. A couple of minutes away from the Maastricht Central Station.

Henk Lee Comic's & Manga store
where: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
why: a fantastic selection of comics (old & new), paperbacks, action-figures and manga stuff AND a very friendly staff!
what: LOTS of comics for such a small shop, there's some really old stuff available there! I bought some stuff I was looking for there including the Alien: Earth war issues done by Sam Kieth. The first issue was even signed by cover-artist John Bolton but I got it at cover price(!). Lots of Vertigo stuff there. If you want a wide selection of  action-figures, go there! It's one of the only shops I know that sell DC Direct action-figures. They have special deals on some of their stuff (I bought a Preacher action figure there with a 30% discount) and since they already have friendly prices and a friendly staff, this place is definetly worth checking out!
address: Zeedijk 136c, 1012 BC Amsterdam. Get there by subway from Amsterdam Central Station. It's the first stop (Nieuwmarkt).
 

currently:

I got into comics when I was very young. When I was about 4 years old, my parents bought me a comic book: the incredible Hulk; it was #21 (which was a dutch reprint of the US Hulk #206 & #207) and featured the green goliath taking on the Defenders. From that moment on I was hooked. The following 8 years I read almost all Marvel comics that were published by dutch company Juniorpress. Early favorites were Spider-man, X-men, Defenders, Star Wars, Rawhide Kid and the Avengers. Later on I started reading stuff based on cartoons like Transformers and G.I. Joe. I picked up the occasional special or one-shot, like Batman: the killing joke and Batman: the dark knight returns.
At the end of the eighties, I bought my first U.S. comic, X-factor #37. From that point I started to collect these US comics also. 
In the early nineties, I stopped collecting the dutch versions and focused only on American (Marvel) stuff. At that time, the most popular artists left Marvel comics (the biggest publisher) to start their own company: Image comics. At that point my favorite artists were jumping to Image (Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen and Marc Silvestri).
I tried to buy all the first mini-series that Image put out. At that point I almost turned into one of those investors, who only buy comics to sell them with profit. I bought all of those gimmick covered number one's like Bloodstrike, Brigade and more of that stuff. Comics that you can nowadays buy for a couple of cents.
Two series stood out for me:  Spawn and the Maxx, the later was created by Sam Kieth. The Maxx was the only Image comic I followed from beginning to the end. I was so impressed with Sam Kieth's art, I started collecting his older stuff as well.
Around 1998 I lost interest in the X-men and other comics. For a while I only bought Wizard: the guide to comics (which I've been reading since issue #12) and some mini series. 
An old friend of mine, who I used to trade comics with in school told me to pick up some DC comics stuff like the Spectre. I did that and I also picked up a comic that was getting a lot of good reviews: Preacher.
After just a couple of issues of Preacher I was hooked; Preacher was published by an imprint of DC comics called Vertigo. I started to pick up more of these Vertigo titles and nowadays, most of what I read is published by that imprint (100 bullets, Swamp thing, Hellblazer). These days I don't really care about the artwork that much anymore, I'd rather read a good story. Below is a small sample of my all-time favorite series, issues, etc.

Sam Kieth is probably best known for his comic-series "The Maxx", which was published by Image comics in the nineties. The succes of the series spawned a award-winning cartoon on MTV, trading cards, a toy and even some statues. Because of the impact of that series, this bibliography will (hopefully) include everything on the Maxx (even stuff drawn by other artists, like the Gen13/maxx comic). If you have corrections/additions (I know, it's not totally complete!), please mail me!!!

Sam Kieth Bibliography: (Every modern Maxx comic/card/etc. can be found in the special Maxx section!)
Covers/pin-ups can be found in the Cover section (duh!). Links to other pages can be found in the links section at the bottom of this page.

1986:
* J. Quest #4, #9 by Comico. Pin-ups.
1987:
* Critters #21 by Fantagraphics. Isz cover.
* Spaced #8, 13 by Unbridled Ambition.
* Adolescent Radioactive Blackbelt Hamsters in 3-D #4. Wraparound cover.
1988:
* Verdict #4 by Eternity Comics. Cover.
1989:
* Nemesis #1-12 by Quality Comics. Covers
1990:
* Nightmare On Elm Street #2 by Marvel Comics. Back cover.
1991:
* Marvel Comics Presents #85-100. Covers. front only: #85-89. Front/back: 90-92, 94-100. Back: #93.
* Amazing Heroes #188, 195 by Fantagraphics. Cover.
* Marvel Tales #255 by Marvel Comics. Spider-man/Ghost Rider cover.
* Wizard: The Guide To Comics #6 by Wizard Press. Hulk cover. Two versions. One regular green version. One limited grey version ('limited' to 7000).
1992:
* Lobo's back #3 by DC Comics. Cover.
* Detective Comics annual #5 by DC Comics. Cover.
* Robin annual #1 by DC Comics. Cover.
* Marvel Tales #262, #263 by Marvel Comics. Spiderman/Hulk/Woodgod cover (#262), Spiderman/Hulk (#263)
* Strike Force America #! by Comico. Cover.
* Batman annual #16 by DC Comics. Joker cover.
* Toxic Crusaders #2, #3, #8 by DC Comics. Covers.
* Wizard: The Guide To Comics #16 by Wizard press. Image artists jam cover.
* Wolverine: Save The Tiger #1 by Marvel Comics. Cover.
* The Adventures Of The Thing #1 by Marvel Comics. Cover.
* Batman vs. Predator #2 by DC Comics. Pin-up.
1993:
* Wizard: The Guide To Comics #20 by Wizard press. Maxx cover.
* Marvel Comics Presents #117-122 by Marvel Comics. Covers.
* Zen Intergalactic Ninja Earth Day Annual by Zen Comics. Cover.
* Marvel Year In Review #5 by Marvel Comics. Cover.
* Detective Comics #654-658, 660, 662. Covers. Some were inked by Kelley Jones (657,658)
* PITT #1 by Image Comics. Pin-up.
* Madman Adventures Vol.1 by Tundra. Detail in jam cover.
* Pummeler #1 by Parody Press. Cover.
* Union #1 by Image Comics. Back cover (this is a never used cover for The Maxx #5)

1994:
* Cadillacs & Dinosaurs #1,2,3 by Man Eater. Covers.
* Shadowhark Gallery #1 by Image Comics. Pin-up (same as trading card).
* The Art Of Zen: Intergalactic Ninja #1 by Entity Comics. Pin-up (image is the same as Zen promo cards).

1995:
* Inside Image #26 by Image Comics. Cover (plus interview).
* Comic Talk #1 by ??. Cover (and interview).

1996:
* Gay Comics #24 by Gay Comics. Cover.

1997:
* Batman Chronicles Gallery #1 by DC Comics. Pin-up.

2001:
* Heroes by Marvel Comics.
2002:
* B-Sides #1-3 by Marvel Comics.

Ghost rider (1992) Comic Images
Details:
- 3 cards in the regular set. One chase card.
- Cards are: #11 ("Oldtimes",cover Marvel Tales #255), #46 ("Undead",cover Marvel Comics Presents #90),#75("Taking a human life",cover Marvel Comics Presents #94 ) and a chase card: G-9("Cable", cover Marvel Comics Presents #91)

Wolverine "From then 'till now" II (1992) Comic images
Details:
- 8 cards in the regular set. Most of the art comes from Marvel Comic's presents. Some cards also have a small image on the flipside. Two cards also feature comments from Sam on Wolverine. 
- Cards are: #5, #17, #20, #21, #82 (Both sides + comments), #84 (Back only), #86 (Both sides + comments) , #87(Both sides). 
- Other featured artists include Marc Silvestri and Todd McFarlane. 

Star Wars galaxy (1993) Topps
Details:
- 2 cards in the regular set.
- Cards are: #104 (Jabba the Hutt) and #105 (Salacious crumb)
- Topps issued a soft cover book based on this series. In here you'll find (among others) a rundown of all the artists involved in the series. A larger version of the image of card #104 can be found in this book along with info on what materials Sam used on this piece. There was also a very limited slipcase version available, which was signed by some of the artists, including Sam.
- There were some of the most influential and best artist ever featured in this very high quality set, people like Steve Ditko, Dave Dorman, Gil Kane, Mike Mignola, Moebius, George Perez, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ken Steacy, Charles Vess and Al Williamson created images that were sometimes incredibly beautiful.

Zen: Intergalactic ninja (1993) Maxx cards
Details:
- This was suposed to be a full set, but it never got any further than some promo's. 3 of which were drawn by Sam (all are chromium cards!).
- All three promo's featured the same art. The difference in the three is the color (of the logo).
- Cards are: one dealer promo. This one has a blue Zen logo and a light blue Zen image. A second promo which was inserted in the comic book "Young Zen #1" (published by Entity comics). It has a green logo, and the overall color of the card is slightly darker. It's "limited" to 30,000. There is also a third promo, which was inserted in "Zen: the hunted #1" (also published by Entity comics).
- The image on the card is the same image featured in the Zen pin-up book called "The art of Zen: intergalactic ninja" (yes, also published by Entity comics).

Jim Lee's Wildcats: Covert action teams (1993) Topps
Details:
- Three cards in the regular set.
- Cards are: #65 (Maul), #85 (M'Koi) and #98 (Warblade).
- Other artist contributing to this set were: Brian Bolland, Jae Lee, Dale Keown and more.

Larry Stroman's Tribe (1993) Presspass
Details:
- Cards in set are: #82-90 (1 big image)

Satans Six (1993) Topps
Details:
- promo #1 ("Frightfull")
- Inserted in Satan's Six #2.

The Simpsons (1994) Skybox
Details:
- One card in the set: Arty Art Card #2 ("Bart",1 in every 5 boxes!). Good luck finding one!

Mars Attacks (1994) Topps
Details:
- One card in the regular set. #88 ("portrait of a Martian") 

Shadowhawk (1994) Image
Details:
- One card in the regular set. #18 ("Shadowhawk",also on promosheet) 

Wildstorm Set1 (1994) Wildstorm
Details:
- One card in this set. #C-7 ("Troika",also as sticker on box)

Dracula (1994) Topps
Details:
- Card: Vlad the Impaler promo #2 
- Vlad the Impaler promo #2 was included with Dracula:  Vlad the Impaler #1.  It appears that these were just puzzle cards included with the 3 issue series "Vlad the Impaler." 

Spawn (1995) McFarlane
- Card in set:#7("Everybody loves a Clown")

Images of Groo (1995) Wildstorm
Details:
- One chase card in this set:  #5.

Vampirella Galery (1995) Topps
Details:
- One card: #34 (Vampirella)

Star Wars (1995) Topps
Details:
- One card: #8 (1 of 10 cards, with candy)

Savage Dragon (1997) Wildstorm
Details:
- One card in this one: #72 (the Dragon)
 
 

Sam also directed two feature films: Megan (1998) and Take It To The Limit (2000)

Other Maxx related comics:

*Darker Image #1 (1993) Image comics.
Details:
- Originally this was meant to be a three issue mini-series. The other two issues never appeared. Besides the first (modern) Maxx appearance, this issue also featured first appearances by Deathblow (Jim Lee) and Bloodwulf (a cheap Lobo rip-off by Rob Liefeld). The cover was done by Sam.
- The regular version was bagged and available in three different versions; one with a Bloodwulf card, one with a Deathblow card and one with a Maxx card, done by Sam.
- There were two limited edition versions of this comic. For every 100 ordered, dealers would receive a special silver logo variant. The interior was black-and-white as opposed to the regular color version. There is also a gold logo version. Both are hard to find.
- There was also a limited ashcan available.

*Gen13/The Maxx one-shot. (1995) Image comics
Details:
- Written by Bill Messner-Loebs, art by Tomm Coker (pencils) & Troy Hubbs (inks).

*Friends of the Maxx (1996) Image comics
(3 issues)

*The Maxx mini comic (1995) Wizard press.
Details:
- Exclusive supplement to Wizard #51. Contains sketches and art.

The Maxx (1996) Wildstorm
details:
-99 foil-stamped cards in the regular set. Most of it done by other artists like Matt Groenig, Kelly Jones, Jae Lee and Simon Bisley, some were done by Sam. These were: #25 (Malachi), #26 (Dicant), #27 (Mr. Gone)
- there were 9 embossed cards (approximately 1:9 packs) and9  painted cards (approximately 1:12 packs) with new art by Sam.

Other Maxx trading cards:

The Maxx (1993) Image comics
see Darker Image #1 ("Other related Maxx comics") for details.

The Maxx (1993) Wizard press
details:
-two different versions; one outback card (for the European market), one "city" card (for the US market)
-"city" card was also available in a gold logo version.

The Maxx (1993) Advance comics
details:
-special insert in a 1993 issue of Advance comics.
- "#6 of 12". Series included cards of what some might consider cool comics.

Wildstorm CCG (1995) Wildstorm
details:
- Black border Maxx chasecard

MTV Animation (1995) Fleer Ultra
details:
- some Maxx cards in this set #120-144 plus 2 holograms. From the Maxx cartoon.
- A 9 card, uncut promo sheet was produced by Fleer. Includes some Maxx images.

Wildstorm CCG (1996) Wildstorm
details:
- some Maxx cards in this set.

Maxx art portfolio (1993) Image comics
Details:
- This was a limited edition portfolio. Only 5000 numbered and sealed portfolio's were produced. It included 6 (6" by 9") color prints.

Maxximum sound (1994) Animated Alligator
Details:
- This is an audio version of the first couple of Maxx comics. I don't have it. Help!!!

The Maxx video tape (1996) Paramount
Details:
-On this tape allmost all episodes from the Maxx cartoon (from MTV) can be found.
- One episode was left off: the one where the Maxx battles Mako.
- Included with (my European) version was a free Beavis & Butt-head card (oh joy!).

The Maxx action figure (1996) McFarlane toys
Details:
- Incredible toy! Maxx packed with Pangea head-dress and "bonus bendy Isz figure"
- Isz came in three colors. One regular white, one limited black and one extremely limited red version, which could only be obtained from Mcfarlane toys fan club.

The Maxx sculpture (1997) Clayburn Moore
Details:
- Cold-cast porecellain sculpture.
- Hand-painted. Ltd. 1500

The Maxx christmas ornament (199?) Moore creations
Details:
- Cold-cast porcelain.

The Maxx bust (?) Legends in 3 dimensions
Details:
- Cold-cast porcelain.

Alan Moore
(famous for his work on Watchmen, Batman & Swamp thing and so much more)
Alex Ross
(one of the best comic book painters ever!)
Bill Sienkiewicz
(Also one of my all-time favorite artists. Recommended!) 
 Diamond comics
(check out what's coming in comics, video's, toys & more)
DC Comics/Vertigo
(home of the Swamp thing, Preacher & Hellblazer)
Fantasy Art Gallery:

(art by HR Giger, Frank Frazetta, Julie Bell, Michael Linsner, Boris Vallejo and more. Check this one out; it's great!)
Frank Frazetta
(Art gallery that features work from this world-famous fantasy artist)
Iconsplus.com
Marvel comics
(home of icons like the X-men, Daredevil & the Punisher)
Preacher
(one of the greatest comic books of all time!)
Sam Kieth
(my favourite comicbook artist. Mostly known for the Maxx.)
Sam Kieth.com
(official homepage. Finally up and running!!)
Sam Kieth interview!
(part of the Indevelopment.org E-zine)
Swamp Thing
(a site dedicated to this classic DC comics character) 
Todd McFarlane Productions
(he's the guy that created Spawn and used to draw it. That was long ago!)
View Askew productions
(home of great movies like Clerks & Dogma)
Wizard: the guide to comics
(#1 comic's magazine!)
Wolverine
(the X-men's very own tough guy!)
Words & Pictures museum

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