Madman!!

Madman by Michael and Laura Allred was one of the great and creative comics done in our time. This was a fun and unique creation where they slipped fun comic stuff into every issue and page. At a time when every comic was striving to be the most dramatic and the most intense, Madman was striving ... well... it wasn't striving for a darn thing. It was a laid back smorgishboard of senseless fun and visual delights that went nowhere, and that was the good part.

It seemed like a sideway Rocky Horror Picture Show, with loving rendering sprinkled with comic magic

[IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/comics/2018_oct/madman_1.jpg[/IMG]

This particular issue has a flip show on the corner. Obviously these were books designed to be read and tossed into the corner to be read again, and not collected. But collect them I did.

[IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/comics/2018_oct/madman_2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/comics/2018_oct/madman_3.jpg[/IMG]

In my opinion. this book displayed the highest level of cartooning since Ditko's Spider-Man

[url]https://www.cbr.com/mike-allred-madman-25-anniversary/[/url]

I will say that this article doesn't, IMO, give enough attention to Laura. Madman was a Laura and Michael collaboration

[IMG]https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/61625/1358835-mike_and_laura_allred_5.jpg[/IMG]

random cameo

[img]https://www.zipcomic.com/img/s4/war-of-the-independents/4/20.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=marshal88;4399895]random cameo

[img]https://www.zipcomic.com/img/s4/war-of-the-independents/4/20.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]Any idea where this appeared (aside from the zipcomic website)?
Of those I can recognize are:[indent]* Too Much Coffee Man[SIZE=1] (guy with coffee cup on his head)[/SIZE]
* Toxic Avenger[SIZE=1] (green bumpy guy with mop)[/SIZE]
* The Maxx[SIZE=1] (purple-and-yellow guy with big white teeth, created by Sam Keith)[/SIZE]
* Mr. Spook[SIZE=1] (with yellow trident, from [I]Tales of the Beanworld[/I])[/SIZE]
* Felix the Cat[SIZE=1] (black cat with yellow bag of tricks)[/SIZE][/indent]
but is the "jungle girl" Julie from [B][I]The Maxx[/I][/B] or a different female?

i don't think it was ever completed , war of the independents was a crossover comics of indie characters, there's also reid fleming, world's toughest milkman in the first panel.

yeah , that's the leopard queen julie

[img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/0f/69/810f69026e1bd931a99d7c21cc78da85.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=MajorHoy;4400307]Any idea where this appeared (aside from the zipcomic website)?
Of those I can recognize are:[indent]* Too Much Coffee Man[SIZE=1] (guy with coffee cup on his head)[/SIZE]
* Toxic Avenger[SIZE=1] (green bumpy guy with mop)[/SIZE]
* The Maxx[SIZE=1] (purple-and-yellow guy with big white teeth, created by Sam Keith)[/SIZE]
* Mr. Spook[SIZE=1] (with yellow trident, from [I]Tales of the Beanworld[/I])[/SIZE]
* Felix the Cat[SIZE=1] (black cat with yellow bag of tricks)[/SIZE][/indent]
but is the "jungle girl" Julie from [B][I]The Maxx[/I][/B] or a different female?[/QUOTE]

It's from War of the Independents. It's a mini that's been coming out sporadically for several years now. An issue will show up after a couple year delay, and the storyline progresses. The delays are maddening, but it's been a great way to see all these indie characters, some of whom haven't been seen in years.

That issue involved all the more humorous heroes, and had a Bone vs Cerebus arm wrestling match I never knew I wanted to see 'til I saw it.

I never have read any Madman and I was an active 90s reader.

[QUOTE=Captain Craig;4404389]I never have read any Madman and I was an active 90s reader.[/QUOTE]

Then it‘s time to rectify this immediately.