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Drew Maxey is a writer

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Writer of comics, video games, lyrics, and this social media bio.

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Apr 14

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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Demo 2025

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 10d

"25 Things You Didn't Know About Batman!"

Fuck you, YouTube. You don't know what I know. You don't now my life.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 12d

And one of them is another 100 Bullets? Double hell yeah.

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 12d

TEN new Vertigo titles? Hell yeah.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 12d

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.

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

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 18d

This is me pitching to DC my story about Fire fighting against immoral and unjust American immigration practices called Fire vs. ICE.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 24d

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 25d

"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?

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · 25d

"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?

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 17

Dating me is like kryptonite. It looks like home, but it’s gonna drain the life out of you.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 17

Dating me is like DC Comics. When it gets too difficult, we can just reboot.

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 17

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.”

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 15

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.

QG Jenna 🖤 @quigonjenna.bsky.social · Sep 14

When did you first fall in love with Star Wars?

I’ll start. 1997 🙌

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 6

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 5

Catch me deadnaming the FUCK out of the Department of War.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey, friends (and non-friends, but preferably not enemies). What’s your favorite cryptid? Maybe this is for comics writing purposes.

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

Charles Sydnor Jr. @charlessydjr.bsky.social · Sep 1

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?"

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey thanks! That's all the artists on these poetry comics. They're doing magic.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 1

Posted this late last night. A page from my comics & poetry collection that I'm really jazzed about. You might like it!

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 1

Piercings
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Sep 1

Piercings
Words by me
Pencils, inks, letters by Andrew Brown
Colors by Mariam Yasser

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Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Aug 8

It legitimately reminds me of the kind of horror that you do. I think you and he operate within a similar space, and I think it's badass.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Aug 4

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.

1980/1985 News @40yearsago.bsky.social · Aug 3

[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

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Aug 3

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Jul 28

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Jul 22

"All the Way Teeth" is hands-down my favorite industrial album of the 90s.

Dan Watters @danpgwatters.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hell yeah, they're figuring out how we can regrow teeth. I wanna be all the way teeth.

A New Scientist article by Michael Marshall about tissue engineering teeth

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Jul 20

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.

Drew Maxey is a writer @drewxdeficit.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hey look! Now there’s a picture to tell you about it!