Sam Kieth was born in 1963 started his professional career when he was seventeen. Later on he sold some work to DC Comics and Marvel, where he illustrated Wolverine. In 1987 Kieth drew the first five issues of Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN and went on to create his own comic series called THE MAXX, which was published by Image comics from 1993 until 1998. The success of the series spawned an award-winning cartoon on MTV, trading cards, a toy and even some statues. This work is currently in print as graphic novels from DC's WildStorm imprint. Keith's work includes also includes Wolverine/Hulk for Marvel Comics and BATMAN: SECRETS and SCRATCH for DC Comics. He has also created several other creator-owned properties that have been published by WildStorm including EPICURUS THE SAGE and ZERO GIRL.