Drew Maxey is a writer
@drewxdeficit.bsky.social
Writer of comics, video games, lyrics, and this social media bio.
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Demo 2025
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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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Hey WB! It should be against the rules to release a 4K without director’s commentary. Neither Superman nor Sinners (which I’m especially bummed about) have them!
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey WB! It should be against the rules to release a 4K without director’s commentary. Neither Superman nor Sinners (which I’m especially bummed about) have them!
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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...
The operant word there would be "meaningful." If it doesn't fit the story, it shouldn't be there. That's true of all elements of writing.
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The operant word there would be "meaningful." If it doesn't fit the story, it shouldn't be there. That's true of all elements of writing.
There are characters I love, but more than that, I love what they can do for their respective stories, especially when utilized in ways I wouldn't always agree with. Sometimes I don't like it, and other times I do. But I always want the creators to have the freedom to do it their way.
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are characters I love, but more than that, I love what they can do for their respective stories, especially when utilized in ways I wouldn't always agree with. Sometimes I don't like it, and other times I do. But I always want the creators to have the freedom to do it their way.
It's the Last Jedi-fication of comics: a refusal to look at the whole of the fiction because one aspect isn't catered to your specific tastes, and it's baffling because you're missing out on so much of what makes one of the greatest American artforms so beautiful.
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's the Last Jedi-fication of comics: a refusal to look at the whole of the fiction because one aspect isn't catered to your specific tastes, and it's baffling because you're missing out on so much of what makes one of the greatest American artforms so beautiful.
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.
And one of them is another 100 Bullets? Double hell yeah.
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
And one of them is another 100 Bullets? Double hell yeah.
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?
Dating me is like kryptonite. It looks like home, but it’s gonna drain the life out of you.
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dating me is like kryptonite. It looks like home, but it’s gonna drain the life out of you.
Dating me is like DC Comics. When it gets too difficult, we can just reboot.
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dating me is like DC Comics. When it gets too difficult, we can just reboot.
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.
Batman would have to be just one of many. Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, The Question (both of them), Roy, Mr. Terrific, Wildcat--they need people of various talents, intellect, socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, creed, etc. to ensure they have all of humanity's interests in mind.
September 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Batman would have to be just one of many. Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, The Question (both of them), Roy, Mr. Terrific, Wildcat--they need people of various talents, intellect, socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, creed, etc. to ensure they have all of humanity's interests in mind.
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.
Hey thanks! That's all the artists on these poetry comics. They're doing magic.
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hey thanks! That's all the artists on these poetry comics. They're doing magic.
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