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The Swinging Light

Keep The Light On

Sam Kieth

Author

Sam Kieth

11 January 1963 – 15 March 2026

Sam Kieth was a native Californian who broke into the comic book business by getting attention for co-creating and illustrating ***The Sandman*** for DC Comics. Kieth went on to work for Marvel Comics, where he illustrated ***Wolverine*** covers and stories for *Marvel Comics Presents*. In 1993 Kieth created ***The Maxx***, for Image Comics. ***The Maxx*** was adapted into an animated series for MTV’s Liquid Television in 1995 and went on to win an Annie award for Best Animated series. More recently, Kieth produced the critically acclaimed ***Zero Girl*** for DCE’s Homage Comics imprint. **Image**: leagueofcomicgeeks

Bibliography

Books

30 books

Sandman cover

Sandman

2020

Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, J. H. Williams III, Chris Bachalo

The Maxx cover

The Maxx

1995

Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs

Sandman cover

Sandman

1990

Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones, Chris Bachalo

Ojo cover

Ojo

2005

Sam Kieth