{"name": "Sam Kieth", "personal_name": "Sam Kieth", "key": "/authors/OL1399676A", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "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\u2019s 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\u2019s Homage Comics imprint.\r\n\r\n**Image**: leagueofcomicgeeks"}, "birth_date": "11 January 1963", "death_date": "15 March 2026", "alternate_names": ["Kieth, Sam.", "Kieth, Sam, 1963-....", "Sam Kieth American comics artist and writer (born 1963)", "\u05e7\u05d9\u05ea', \u05e1\u05dd", "Kieth, Sam, 1963-", "Kieth, Sam", "Keith, Sam", "Kieth", "Sam Kieth (American comic artist)", "Sam Kieth (Amerikaans striptekenaar)", "Sam Kieth (fumettista, illustratore e regista statunitense)"], "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q1132235", "goodreads": "13359", "storygraph": "b74e8a6d-26e8-4590-99e0-f9912d947099", "librarything": "kiethsam", "amazon": "B001K7LIDU", "viaf": "19734963", "isni": "0000000063050241", "gnd": "1026495520", "lc_naf": "n92051276", "imdb": "nm0452663", "isfdb": "216050"}, "links": [{"title": "Sam Kieth - Blogspot", "url": "http://samkieth.blogspot.com", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "Sam Kieth - Grand Comics Database", "url": "https://www.comics.org/creator/11823/", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "Sam Kieth - DC Comics", "url": "https://www.dc.com/talent/sam-kieth", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "photos": [15200905], "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-03-24T13:49:43.546658"}}