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We jump ahead in time and find a 25 year old Sara (formerly Sarah) living in a very small and very strange apartment with a guy named Steve. Due to a change in the law Sara is no longer eligible for social assistance and must find her father (Mr. Gone) since the new law states that he is responsible for her welfare. After talking to her mother, Sara heads to Seattle and finds her dad Their she finds him living happily with a girlfriend. Sara and Gone (now simply calling himself Artie Pender) talk. Artie hints that Mr. Gone was only a representation that Sarah somehow manifested when Artie used his magic to communicate with her. Sara is upset by him not taking responsibility for Gone and leaves stating that she does not want his money. During this whole ordeal Sara is being followed by 3 C.I.A. agents carrying an urn and looking for Artie. That night these three agents find him. Although we are not privy to how he did it, Artie made short work (killed?) these agents and is now in possession of the urn. At the same time Sara has a dream of this occurrence but in her dream the agents kill her father. Sara goes back to see Artie the next day but still cannot find it in herself to forgive him.

The Maxx (1993)

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The Maxx, originally a 35-comic-book series, is a superhero parody whose costumed crusader is a caring but insecure man, his "Gotham City" the inexplicable world of sex and violence that adolescents find both attractive and repulsive. The Maxx is a full-bodied man in purple, with yellow claws and a set of gleaming upper chompers. When down, he is homeless in a dumpster or a box. But, up or down, he is often with hottie Julie Winters, playing the role of boyfriend, protector, or pet. This clever setup matches up with angst-drenched teen fantasies and how teen relationships can look to an outside observer. The Maxx fights a never-ending battle with Mr. Gone and the Isz – eyeless ovoids with needle teeth – and a delusion that he is in "the Outback", an alternate reality that complicates everything. Kieth says a common reaction to The Maxx is "I just don't get it." He doesn't say (as with adolescence) "not getting it IS getting it", or that his weird, kaleidoscopic-y artwork makes it harder to get, but glorious at the same time.

The Maxx was an off-beat "superhero" series and more a universe of its own, rather than sharing the Image universe. The Maxx developed such a cult following, it was adapted into an MTV show: The Maxx.

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