Drew Maxey is a writer
@drewxdeficit.bsky.social
Writer of comics, video games, lyrics, and this social media bio.
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And for anyone who wasn't at C2E2, I have digital versions of the 2025 Demo Tape comics I took with me. Find it here:
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New "How to Report ICE" zine:
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
St-Louis-SALUTE-zine-11-8-.pdf
drive.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New "How to Report ICE" zine:
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
I feel bad for the people who read comics solely as a way to consume their favorite character and not as a way to enjoy storytelling. Inevitably, a creator will interpret a character in a way that you don't like, and the latest online craze is to loudly call that person a bad writer.
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I feel bad for the people who read comics solely as a way to consume their favorite character and not as a way to enjoy storytelling. Inevitably, a creator will interpret a character in a way that you don't like, and the latest online craze is to loudly call that person a bad writer.
I spent a significant amount of my day off from teaching creating a presentation on the main reasons I think The Last Jedi is a top-tier Star Wars flick. Will I be sharing it with people? Who's to say?
October 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I spent a significant amount of my day off from teaching creating a presentation on the main reasons I think The Last Jedi is a top-tier Star Wars flick. Will I be sharing it with people? Who's to say?
"25 Things You Didn't Know About Batman!"
Fuck you, YouTube. You don't know what I know. You don't now my life.
Fuck you, YouTube. You don't know what I know. You don't now my life.
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"25 Things You Didn't Know About Batman!"
Fuck you, YouTube. You don't know what I know. You don't now my life.
Fuck you, YouTube. You don't know what I know. You don't now my life.
TEN new Vertigo titles? Hell yeah.
NYCC ’25: DC Comics announces 10 new titles for Vertigo revival
DC Comics has announced a list of titles and creators for the revival of the publisher's legendary Vertigo imprint.
DC Comics has announced a list of titles and creators for the revival of the publisher's legendary Vertigo imprint.
NYCC ’25: DC Comics announces 10 new titles for Vertigo revival
DC Comics has announced a list of titles and creators for the revival of the publisher's legendary Vertigo imprint.
www.comicsbeat.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TEN new Vertigo titles? Hell yeah.
This is me pitching to DC my story about Fire fighting against immoral and unjust American immigration practices called Fire vs. ICE.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is me pitching to DC my story about Fire fighting against immoral and unjust American immigration practices called Fire vs. ICE.
Posted late last night because I was thinking about this. Just a little short exercise in Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' mirror technique from Watchmen in the tone of Busiek's Astro City. I love sentimental superhero stories, and I really hope to write a full-length one day.
"The Golden Age"
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Posted late last night because I was thinking about this. Just a little short exercise in Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' mirror technique from Watchmen in the tone of Busiek's Astro City. I love sentimental superhero stories, and I really hope to write a full-length one day.
"The Golden Age"
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
September 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"The Golden Age"
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
Art by Andrew Brown
I love writing superheroes doing normal, everyday stuff, liking trying on an old suit while reminiscing. Maybe I'm too influenced by Astro City?
The “Dating Me is Like…” prompt on Hinge perplexes me because I only know how to be a self-deprecating nerd.
“Dating me is like seeing the Millennium Falcon: I may not look like much, but I’ve got it where it counts.”
“Dating me is like seeing the Millennium Falcon: I may not look like much, but I’ve got it where it counts.”
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The “Dating Me is Like…” prompt on Hinge perplexes me because I only know how to be a self-deprecating nerd.
“Dating me is like seeing the Millennium Falcon: I may not look like much, but I’ve got it where it counts.”
“Dating me is like seeing the Millennium Falcon: I may not look like much, but I’ve got it where it counts.”
In 1997, my dad took me to see the Special Editions as they were released in theaters. It felt like a massive, monumental thing at the time. I was 9 years old, and it sparked a lifelong obsession. I was already into storytelling, but Star Wars made me want to study storytelling.
When did you first fall in love with Star Wars?
I’ll start. 1997 🙌
I’ll start. 1997 🙌
September 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In 1997, my dad took me to see the Special Editions as they were released in theaters. It felt like a massive, monumental thing at the time. I was 9 years old, and it sparked a lifelong obsession. I was already into storytelling, but Star Wars made me want to study storytelling.
It’s baffling to me the number of grown people who believe in their hearts that writers of comics sometimes dislike a character so much that they attempt to deliberately harm the public’s perception of that character—instead of accepting that someone has an interpretation they just don’t like.
September 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It’s baffling to me the number of grown people who believe in their hearts that writers of comics sometimes dislike a character so much that they attempt to deliberately harm the public’s perception of that character—instead of accepting that someone has an interpretation they just don’t like.
Catch me deadnaming the FUCK out of the Department of War.
September 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Catch me deadnaming the FUCK out of the Department of War.
Hey, friends (and non-friends, but preferably not enemies). What’s your favorite cryptid? Maybe this is for comics writing purposes.
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hey, friends (and non-friends, but preferably not enemies). What’s your favorite cryptid? Maybe this is for comics writing purposes.
My take on the "Why is Batman in the JLA??" question has always been: the JLA need people without powers to remind them what humanity is like. How can gods, aliens, time travelers, etc. make decisions for regular human mortals? They need human representation to keep them grounded.
Felt like "Batman has a plan" was created to counter "if the JLA is made up of the most powerful DC heroes, then what does Batman bring to the table?"
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My take on the "Why is Batman in the JLA??" question has always been: the JLA need people without powers to remind them what humanity is like. How can gods, aliens, time travelers, etc. make decisions for regular human mortals? They need human representation to keep them grounded.
Posted this late last night. A page from my comics & poetry collection that I'm really jazzed about. You might like it!
Piercings
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Posted this late last night. A page from my comics & poetry collection that I'm really jazzed about. You might like it!
Piercings
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
September 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Piercings
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser
There's a universe in which Jack and Alan collaborated on something, and that universe doesn't have any of the problems that we currently face.
[August 3rd, 1985] Alan Moore received the Jack Kirby Award for Best Writer for his work on "Swamp Thing" from Jack Kirby himself at the San Diego Comic-Con, held at the San Diego Convention Center
August 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There's a universe in which Jack and Alan collaborated on something, and that universe doesn't have any of the problems that we currently face.
One of my favorite bits of V For Vendetta that was left out of the film is the romantic love that Adam Susan (the fascist leader of the Norsefire Party) feels for Fate, the supercomputer that controls the media because it perfectly satirizes how fascists need the media to spread their agenda.
August 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
One of my favorite bits of V For Vendetta that was left out of the film is the romantic love that Adam Susan (the fascist leader of the Norsefire Party) feels for Fate, the supercomputer that controls the media because it perfectly satirizes how fascists need the media to spread their agenda.
Big shoutout to everyone involved with making my first time at #SDCC so sick: @thekeegshow.bsky.social, Randy at DC Interactive, @jakebrianwilliams.bsky.social and Bobby Curnow at @idwpublishing.com, my pal Dave Baker, and so many more rad people. This was hands down the coolest con. Hell yeah.
July 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Big shoutout to everyone involved with making my first time at #SDCC so sick: @thekeegshow.bsky.social, Randy at DC Interactive, @jakebrianwilliams.bsky.social and Bobby Curnow at @idwpublishing.com, my pal Dave Baker, and so many more rad people. This was hands down the coolest con. Hell yeah.
"All the Way Teeth" is hands-down my favorite industrial album of the 90s.
Hell yeah, they're figuring out how we can regrow teeth. I wanna be all the way teeth.
July 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"All the Way Teeth" is hands-down my favorite industrial album of the 90s.
It's true I made this account just to talk about my endeavors as a comic writer, but I really just need everyone to understand how badass of a song "Don't Fear The Reaper" is.
It's at least 9 on the badass scale.
It's at least 9 on the badass scale.
July 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's true I made this account just to talk about my endeavors as a comic writer, but I really just need everyone to understand how badass of a song "Don't Fear The Reaper" is.
It's at least 9 on the badass scale.
It's at least 9 on the badass scale.
Hey look! Now there’s a picture to tell you about it!
July 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hey look! Now there’s a picture to tell you about it!
I’m still so proud of that script. I’m glad it’s resonated with so many people. I was especially proud of Superman roasting Batman for not liking the suburbs.
After coming home from seeing Superman, I decided to finally play my copy of the perpetually discounted Justice League: Cosmic Chaos (seriously, this game is always $10-20). The art style might turn off players but DC fans should absolutely play this. Awesome banter, and SO MANY deep cut references.
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’m still so proud of that script. I’m glad it’s resonated with so many people. I was especially proud of Superman roasting Batman for not liking the suburbs.
I want to write:
1. Wild Dog
2. Firestorm
3. Shazam
4. Superman
5. Poison Ivy
6. (more) Secret Six
7. Deadpool
For one of these, I have a pitch ready to go when DC is ready for me again.
1. Wild Dog
2. Firestorm
3. Shazam
4. Superman
5. Poison Ivy
6. (more) Secret Six
7. Deadpool
For one of these, I have a pitch ready to go when DC is ready for me again.
There are only a few “bucket list” characters/properties I have not gotten to draw professionally. I would make time for the following:
1. Ninja Turtles
2. Star Trek
3. Silver Surfer
4. The Hulk
5. Aquaman
That’s pretty much it. What are yours?
1. Ninja Turtles
2. Star Trek
3. Silver Surfer
4. The Hulk
5. Aquaman
That’s pretty much it. What are yours?
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I want to write:
1. Wild Dog
2. Firestorm
3. Shazam
4. Superman
5. Poison Ivy
6. (more) Secret Six
7. Deadpool
For one of these, I have a pitch ready to go when DC is ready for me again.
1. Wild Dog
2. Firestorm
3. Shazam
4. Superman
5. Poison Ivy
6. (more) Secret Six
7. Deadpool
For one of these, I have a pitch ready to go when DC is ready for me again.
If you've ever been curious about how I used comics like Watchmen, Maus, and @therightram.bsky.social's The Many Deaths of Laila Starr in my classroom, I'll be discussing it with @thekeegshow.bsky.social and other teachers at #SDCC! Check the details below:
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wiD/...
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wiD/...
Comic-Con 2025: Comics for Education
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July 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you've ever been curious about how I used comics like Watchmen, Maus, and @therightram.bsky.social's The Many Deaths of Laila Starr in my classroom, I'll be discussing it with @thekeegshow.bsky.social and other teachers at #SDCC! Check the details below:
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wiD/...
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wiD/...