this went live yesterday - the centerpiece is a massive essay about Star Trek, Akira, and the Transformers, called “Three Weeks in September.” it’s ready to be perused by you right this very moment, and filled to the brim with perceptive yet iconoclastic hot takes such as these:
October 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
this went live yesterday - the centerpiece is a massive essay about Star Trek, Akira, and the Transformers, called “Three Weeks in September.” it’s ready to be perused by you right this very moment, and filled to the brim with perceptive yet iconoclastic hot takes such as these:
Via FB: Rick Veitch has finished the artwok on True Man The Maximortal #4! Shooting for a November release!!
September 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Via FB: Rick Veitch has finished the artwok on True Man The Maximortal #4! Shooting for a November release!!
Written by Rick Veitch? Wild. I read his Maximortal, Brat Pack, and Swamp Thing books.
September 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Written by Rick Veitch? Wild. I read his Maximortal, Brat Pack, and Swamp Thing books.
As for Veitch's Maximortal (part of the King Hell Heroica), the book is a metatextual alternate origin that weaves together DC's treatment of Siegel & Shuster and the death of George Reeves with the development of the atom bomb and the advent of media capitalism, just to begin with.
September 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
As for Veitch's Maximortal (part of the King Hell Heroica), the book is a metatextual alternate origin that weaves together DC's treatment of Siegel & Shuster and the death of George Reeves with the development of the atom bomb and the advent of media capitalism, just to begin with.
Veitch deserves more credit for his superhero comics, particularly among that group of 'elevated' Superman writers that includes Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, where he really belongs. Maximortal should definitely be on your shelves if you've already got All-Star Superman and Supreme sitting there.
September 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Veitch deserves more credit for his superhero comics, particularly among that group of 'elevated' Superman writers that includes Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, where he really belongs. Maximortal should definitely be on your shelves if you've already got All-Star Superman and Supreme sitting there.
The recent Swamp Thing '89 series reminded me that Rick Veitch is responsible for three of the best Superman stories ever written, even though none of them actually happened inside a Superman-helmed title...
September 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The recent Swamp Thing '89 series reminded me that Rick Veitch is responsible for three of the best Superman stories ever written, even though none of them actually happened inside a Superman-helmed title...
i mean since we're talking Deep Cuts here, rick veitch (bratpack, the maximortal) never did get enough press and it seems ever more relevant to our era
August 24, 2026 at 5:12 AM
i mean since we're talking Deep Cuts here, rick veitch (bratpack, the maximortal) never did get enough press and it seems ever more relevant to our era
@denizcamp.bsky.social hello deniz, wanted to ask you, is the plot of the fifth issue of 20th Century Men inspired by Maximortal? Or is it based on some legend or story? Keep up the good work btw loved the first issue of both ACE and AMM!
April 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@denizcamp.bsky.social hello deniz, wanted to ask you, is the plot of the fifth issue of 20th Century Men inspired by Maximortal? Or is it based on some legend or story? Keep up the good work btw loved the first issue of both ACE and AMM!
Rick Veitch’s Boy Maximortal is part of his King Heroica epic but it reads well as a standalone book. Drugs, underground comix, a fictional version of 50’s-60’s Marvel, J. Edgar Hoover, Carl Yung, meta-narratives about reality and fiction. This book fucks.
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May 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Rick Veitch’s Boy Maximortal is part of his King Heroica epic but it reads well as a standalone book. Drugs, underground comix, a fictional version of 50’s-60’s Marvel, J. Edgar Hoover, Carl Yung, meta-narratives about reality and fiction. This book fucks.
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You want Yungian dream comics: Rare Bit Fiends! You want Carl Yung in a comic book: Boy Maximortal!
Rick Veitch sure knows his Yung
Rick Veitch sure knows his Yung
May 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
You want Yungian dream comics: Rare Bit Fiends! You want Carl Yung in a comic book: Boy Maximortal!
Rick Veitch sure knows his Yung
Rick Veitch sure knows his Yung
The Maximortal comics do what Flex Mentallo did with a meta-narrative about comic books as an art form and how they influence the readers as well as the creatives, and in a way that doesn’t require pages of fan-made annotations to make sense of the book. I love Flex Mentallo, but it’s a tough read
May 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The Maximortal comics do what Flex Mentallo did with a meta-narrative about comic books as an art form and how they influence the readers as well as the creatives, and in a way that doesn’t require pages of fan-made annotations to make sense of the book. I love Flex Mentallo, but it’s a tough read
You know, the Maximortal is sort like if Phillip Jose Farmer wrote one of his biographies about Superman.
July 31, 2026 at 3:42 AM
You know, the Maximortal is sort like if Phillip Jose Farmer wrote one of his biographies about Superman.
Rick Veitch is one of the greats. If he had a larger Big Two career, we would absolutely be talking about Brat Pack, The One and The Maximortal as the best superhero deconstructions.
May 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Rick Veitch is one of the greats. If he had a larger Big Two career, we would absolutely be talking about Brat Pack, The One and The Maximortal as the best superhero deconstructions.
Oh, and Rick Veitch's Maximortal
December 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Oh, and Rick Veitch's Maximortal
I give Rick Veitch shit for being a 9/11 Truther (and I will continue to do so), but I was reminded that he is a pretty good Kirby imitator, especially in 1963.
Were stuff like the Big One and the Maximortal similar in that regard?
Were stuff like the Big One and the Maximortal similar in that regard?
December 1, 2024 at 6:04 AM
I give Rick Veitch shit for being a 9/11 Truther (and I will continue to do so), but I was reminded that he is a pretty good Kirby imitator, especially in 1963.
Were stuff like the Big One and the Maximortal similar in that regard?
Were stuff like the Big One and the Maximortal similar in that regard?
NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses the inclusion of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in True-Man the Maximortal Comics #3. ncse.ngo/new-12-year-... #indiecomics
A new 12-year-old comic about the Scopes trial | National Center for Science Education
William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, from Rick Veitch and Steve Conley's "The Scopes Monkey Trial."
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August 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses the inclusion of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in True-Man the Maximortal Comics #3. ncse.ngo/new-12-year-... #indiecomics
The Maximortal is arguably one of my fave superhero deconstructions because it is *not* refuting the *idea or values* of Superman and superheroes, but rather the exploitation *of* them under capitalistic greed.
May 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Maximortal is arguably one of my fave superhero deconstructions because it is *not* refuting the *idea or values* of Superman and superheroes, but rather the exploitation *of* them under capitalistic greed.
It's the same reason I like Maximortal - that doesn't directly deconstruct the genre of superheroes or the character of Superman, but does a metacommentary about the reality behind Supes' creation and how Siegel and Shuster and how they were fucked over. But it ends up reconstructing the idea of-
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's the same reason I like Maximortal - that doesn't directly deconstruct the genre of superheroes or the character of Superman, but does a metacommentary about the reality behind Supes' creation and how Siegel and Shuster and how they were fucked over. But it ends up reconstructing the idea of-
Probably the closest I will get to a proper "crossover" for this fanfic project is adapting an idea Moore had for his (never to be) third year of Supreme: Supreme, Miracleman, True-Man (from The Maximortal), Captain Marvel and Superman going on a metaphysical journey to discover the "source-
Realizing the setup afforded by 1963's Alternity provides ample opportunity for crossover stuff, which is my usual bread-and-butter...buuut I wanna limit the Awesomeverse stuff to Image primarily.
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Probably the closest I will get to a proper "crossover" for this fanfic project is adapting an idea Moore had for his (never to be) third year of Supreme: Supreme, Miracleman, True-Man (from The Maximortal), Captain Marvel and Superman going on a metaphysical journey to discover the "source-
King Hell Heroica grawlix-style t-shirts ad featuring deceased celebrities with art by Rick Veitch. Published in MAXIMORTAL #1-7 (1992). ladythatsmyskull.tumblr.com/post/7527608...
June 8, 2024 at 11:31 PM
King Hell Heroica grawlix-style t-shirts ad featuring deceased celebrities with art by Rick Veitch. Published in MAXIMORTAL #1-7 (1992). ladythatsmyskull.tumblr.com/post/7527608...
It has been waaaaay too long since I read it (possibly not since last century), but it’s absolutely fantastic. I remember liking the Maximortal too.
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It has been waaaaay too long since I read it (possibly not since last century), but it’s absolutely fantastic. I remember liking the Maximortal too.
you've read veitch's "the maximortal" then or nah
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
you've read veitch's "the maximortal" then or nah
veitch's "maximortal" explores this too, from other direction
August 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
veitch's "maximortal" explores this too, from other direction