I have a confession: I love every aspect of 1980s post-apocalyptic fiction. From movies to comics to music videos, it’s one of my absolute favorite genres. Classics like Escape from New York or Mad Max? Of course I love them. That’s a no-brainer. I also love weird, cheesy epics like Slipstream, Cherry 2000, and Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.
For comics, I’m a sucker for Tim Truman’s Scout, and Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy’s Slash Maraud…and probably half a dozen other comics with that same aesthetic that I’m forgetting right now.
I’m delighted by every cornball set piece and costume design from 80s music videos. Tom Petty’s You Got Lucky? You bet. Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself? Of course. The Police video for Synchronicity? How could I not? But also Rick Springfield’s Bop ‘Til You Drop, The Warrior by Scandal, Duran Duran’s Wild Boys, Screaming in the Night by Krokus, and a whole lot more goofiness.
So all of that is in the DNA of Maximus Wrecks.
I’ve wanted to dive back into webcomics for years, and this has been the project that I want to do it with.
Thanks for joining me!