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There's been a lot of confusion lately over which of my "Maxwell Silver Hammer" comic strip characters are which - I've seen Tina mistaken for Katy, Katy mistaken for Michelle, Aaron mistaken for Joel's non-existent brother, etc. So to finally iron it all out regarding who's who, here's the first of two character lineups I've made - along with some quick profiles of the cast, so folks can get to know 'em a bit better too.Joel Maxwell
Age: 16
Role: Central character of the strip; junior at Walter Mondale High School; lead guitar player for the garage band Westworld
Favorite Movies: Naked Gun, UHF, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pulp Fiction, Tommy Boy, The Big Lebowski
Favorite TV Shows: "The Simpsons", "Mystery Science Theater 3000", "The Ren and Stimpy Show", "Animaniacs"
Favorite Musical Artists: Nirvana, Aerosmith, Green Day
Katy Maxwell
Age: 14
Role: Joel's sister; freshman; frequent mall-visitor
Favorite Movies: The Little Mermaid, Edward Scissorhands, Beethoven, Mrs. Doubtfire, Interview with the Vampire, Varsity Blues
Favorite TV Shows: "Beverly Hills 90210", "Friends", "The Real World", "Melrose Place", "Dawson's Creek", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Favorite Musical Artists: Mariah Carey, the Spice Girls, Hanson, the Backstreet Boys
Tina Maxwell
Age: 36
Role: Joel and Katy's mother; elementary school teacher; Maxwell family censor
Favorite Movies: Fried Green Tomatoes, Free Willy, The Lion King, Babe
Favorite TV Shows: "Supermarket Sweep", "Mad About You", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "ER"
Favorite Musical Artists: Boyz II Men, Hootie and the Blowfish, Joan Osborne
William Maxwell
Age: 39
Role: Joel and Katy's father; insurance firm drone; avid golfer
Favorite Movies: Major League, Dazed and Confused, The Santa Clause, The Fifth Element
Favorite TV Shows: "Home Improvement", "Seinfeld", "The Drew Carey Show"
Favorite Musical Artists: Billy Ray Cyrus, Blues Traveler, Toni Braxton
Aaron West
Age: 16
Role: Joel's best friend; high school star athlete; founder and lead singer of Westworld
Favorite Movies: White Men Can't Jump, Clerks, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Billy Madison, Fight Club
Favorite TV Shows: "Martin", "Beavis and Butt-Head", "South Park", "Futurama"
Favorite Musical Artists: The Spin Doctors, the Presidents of the United States of America, the Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer
Michelle Hsien
Age: 16
Role: Joel's girlfriend; computer science major
Favorite Movies: Beauty and the Beast, A League Of Their Own, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Ed Wood, Run Lola Run
Favorite TV Shows: "Quantum Leap", "MTV Unplugged", "SeaQuest DSV", "Daria", "King of the Hill"
Favorite Musical Artists: En Vogue, the Cranberries, No Doubt, Jewel
Steve Nelson
Age: 16
Role: Drummer for Westworld; frequent participant in Joel and Aaron's activities
Favorite Movies: Falling Down, Natural Born Killers, The Usual Suspects, Independence Day
Favorite TV Shows: "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "The X-Files", "Duckman", "Models Inc.", "Farscape"
Favorie Musical Artists: Pearl Jam, Blind Melon, Pavement, Sublime
More to come soon!
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I love your comics and your characters.Β
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What a cool bunch of characters for your future comic strip!
Hello! I'm Nickolas (autistic 18-year old big-hearted dreamer)! How's today? How are you? What can I call you? Care to see my profile and journal if you'd like?
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I saw this googling "maxwell's silver hammer" in reference to the beatles song
is this related or should i move along
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It's a comic strip I draw, though it's called Forever 16 now. Has nothing to do with the Beatles, but feel free to stick around and read if you want
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I just stumbled upon this--it looks really neat! Like it could've aired on Fox Kids in the 90's.
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Specially adorable and ramarkable cutes the girls and the lady!+
Congratulations and rgards! I try find the particular references about those cutties! Lovely way and styles for drawing them! You just forgot the likes and dislikes about them! Out of that the linearts and profiles as this is something what I likes it and collect!
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Thank you, though for what it's worth, this piece is five years old now. Like just about everything else I drew before 2011 or so, I consider it pretty abominable to look at - definitely not my best work at all. You'd be better off checking out my more recent Forever 16 stuff, now that I've actually learned how to draw my own characters.
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William looks like Maxwell Madison from Phantom 2040 o.o
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I've been looking at these comics in consecutive order from way back in your gallery, and I'd like to say that I'm really enjoying it so far. 
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Michelle is hot. 
I love how the geeky looking guy with the glasses is a High School athlete.
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Aaron likes Futurama huh? Well, technically Futurama did appear in the late nineties, so I'll let this one pass
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March 28, 1999 - that's pretty early in the year. This strip latches onto pop culture very quickly. (And besides, I recently expanded it to include the 2000s anyway.)
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Oh yeah, forgot about that. Well, it's still very cool Aaron likes the show
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Isn't Willliam's mustache a reference to Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters?
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lol!! it so looks like it
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Actually, it's a reference to my own dad's mustache. He shaved it off this past year, but I always considered it to be one of his trademarks, so it "lives on" through William.
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Why did you name your comic Maxwell Silver Hammer?
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It's in the same vein as "FoxTrot" - a title that works as a pop culture-referencing pun and also includes the name of the central characters. (And also, it's a pretty good song.)
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Michelle is by far my fav - I think it's the hat more than anything lol
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Very nice characters! And very interesting bios. I would love to read your comic.
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The name is from that Beetle's song, right? I'm pretty new to this, but from what I can see, pretty good line up and character study.
It's always good to do something like that once in a while.
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Good to see some flesh on dem bones, but I find it odd that nobody shares any favourite shows or movies.
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Oh, they do - I just chose to highlight the ones that they don't have in common, so that there'd be more variety. For instance, Joel and Aaron both thought [i]Tommy Boy[/i] was genius, and Joel and Michelle both enjoyed [i]Pulp Fiction[/i] to the point where they quoted it endlessly on one of their dates.
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Hey... have you ever thought of drawing them in the present day, i.e., if they gotten older OR they stayed the same age, but their interests and such reflected the present? If not, that should be neat to see...
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Hey, they say to write what you know...
The whole Maxwell family is based on my own, really. Tina is a bit more exaggerated than my own mother in her efforts to censor what her kids watch and listen to, but other than that, I drew straight from my own experiences.
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This will deffinently make it easier to follow the series.
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You know I think William's face frankly resembles the beatles' Ringo
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Awriiiiight!
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If I was to say Steve's probably my least favorite character because one of his favorite movies is 'Natural Born Killers', would that make me a dick?
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I feel like I've seen these characters around before. Are they an actual comic strip or something you've only posted on dA? Great lineup
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These guys are DA exclusives right now, although I've drawn them plenty of times before - they first showed up in my gallery back in January 2007.
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I see. Any chance of seeing them elsewhere? Or do you intend to have them stay on dA?
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Well, the plan is to set up a website where I'll upload a new comic every day. When that'll happen, I don't know yet...
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Good luck with that, then
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Nice work on all of them, and um... I see that Michelle has a different last name from when I first saw her... any, um, explanation?
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I just thought the first one I gave her didn't sound very authentic, given that her family's supposed to be from Singapore and everything.
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Ah.
I guess I can change the info on that one thing I did for you, then. "Amano" did sound cute, though.
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NONE OF THEM LIKE MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN?!? WTF MAN?!? IT'S THE GREATEST SITCOM EVER!!!
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Heh, William Maxwell doesn't look like the type that would like Toni Braxton. Go figure.
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It's a "guilty pleasure" for him. I based William on my own dad, who openly admits that he likes Toni's music (he's even seen her in concert) - I figure it'll make for a good story.
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I like the inclusion of the music and movies.
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I just noticed how similar Joel's taste in movies is to mine. Also, I see Michelle's last name has changed.
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Yep, I decided that "Amano" didn't fit her all that well, so I researched some genuine Singaporean names and found one that I thought looked better.
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"Amano" sounds vaguely familiar; was it from something?
I don't know how to pronounce "Hsien" but it actually looks better.
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The only place I've heard "Amano" before was Jeff Amano, the principal cover and poster illustrator for "Beckett PokΓ©mon Collector" magazine in the late '90s and early '00s.
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It's a good choice. The name "Amano" had led me to believe that Michelle was of Japanese ancestry.
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Saaaay, now that's a pretty good set of character bio's there. Very interesting how you mention their roles and fave things. Jolly clever work there. Hope to see the rest of the cast very soon
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