I occasionally read Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! as a kid, and given the secret identity of Sam Kieth's The Maxx, it amused me to pair the character with funny animal cartoonist Scott Shaw! (decorative exclamation point his, as in Elliot S! Maggin.) Aside from his 18 issues on that title, the majority of Shaw's work has been outside the big two, on licensed properties like The Simpsons, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Shreck. As for his qualifications as an indie comics pioneer who predated the Image boys, Shaw goes all the way back to 1974's Comix Book #1. If Marvel's involvement with that project makes you look askance, there's always You-All Gibbon in 1976's Quack, 1977's The Barn of Fear, and his contribution to Jack Kirby's lawsuit fund against Marvel in Destroyer Duck #1. Anyway, Mr. Shaw was having a good time at the con, and drew the Maxx while I waited.
