Max Douglas

Max Douglas (born September 15, 1970) is a Canadian comic book creator. Since approximately 1996, he has worked under the pen name of Salgood Sam which is derived from a reverse spelling of his name.

Published works

''Early Career''

Douglas started drawing in his late teens, producing zines. His first formally published work appeared in a co-created black-and-white comic book for Caliber Comics, titled ''Nature of the Beast''. It was written with Al Roy who also penned a short story that Douglas drew called ''Captain Censored Vs. Dr. Goingtofar'

for ''True North 2'', published by the Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund.

''1992–2000''

In 1992, Douglas started working at Marvel Comics on Clive Barker's ''Nightbreed'' No. 20, from the company's Epic Comics imprint.

After that he was hired to draw ''Nightbreed'' No. 23, and then assigned '' Saint Sinner'', a new title under the short-lived Razorline imprint, created for Marvel by Clive Barker. Douglas designed the characters, penciled and inked the first four issues of the title, and collaborated on the series until issue No. 5.

For Marvel he also worked on ''Morbius, the Living Vampire'' No. 25, a 10-page story titled "Drainage System", scripted by Karl Bollers; '' Dr. Strange'' No. 63, "Song of the Blood Opal", by David Quinn; and a Spider-Man 2099 story in '' 2099 Unlimited'' No. 8.

He drew the DC Comics character Bloodwynd in '' Showcase '94'' No. 5 (May 1994), before switching to animation for work during much of the latter 1990s, working at Nelvana in Toronto, and CinéGroupe in Montreal.

In the mid-1990s, he also started to sign his art Salgood Sam, a pen name based on the mirror image of his given name and returned to experimenting with self-published zines again as well, publishing a few pamphlets titled ''Cigarette Smokin’ Coffee Drinkin’ Cafe Chicks'' & ''Scrach Scrach'


In 2000, he worked for DC under the pseudonym Salgood Sam, Douglas' art appeared in ''Real Worlds: Wonder Woman Vs. the Red Menace'' with authors Allan Neuwirth & Glen Hanson.

''2001–2010''

In 2002 Douglas returned to Marvel briefly to work on '' Muties'' No. 1 & No. 6.

In 2003 he worked as an inker on Goran Parlov's pencils for '' Terminator 3: Before the Rise'', published by Beckett Comics.

Douglas then self-published the comic ''RevolveЯ One'' in late 2004. A collection of short stories written by Douglas, A.J.Duric, and John O'Brien. It was nominated for Best Emerging Artist by the Doug Wright Awards the following year.

Douglas teamed with Kieron Dwyer and Rick Remender in 2005 to create '' Sea of Red'', a monthly series from Image Comics.

In early 2006, Douglas contributed art to '' Revolution on the Planet of the Apes'', published by Mr. Comics.

In 2007, he drew '' Therefore Repent!'', a graphic novel written by Jim Munroe, published by No Media Kings in Canada and IDW Publishing in the US.

In 2008 he contributed to '' Comic Book Tattoo'', an anthology comic book of stories based on or inspired by songs by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, published by Image Comics.

In 2009, he illustrated the story ''Widows'', written by Rantz Hoseley, in '' Awesome 2: Awesomer'', an anthology published by Top Shelf Productions in support of a student scholarship for the ''Center for Cartoon Studies

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