The Maxx is am american comic book series created by Sam Kieth in 1993, originally published monthly untill 1998 by Image COmics for 35 issues. The comic book series spawned a 13-episode animated series on MTV that originally aired April-June 1995. From November 2013-2016, the series was republished by IDW as The Maxx: Maxximized with new colors and improved scans.
It stars an eponymous purple-skinned hero named Maxx, and his adventures between two worlds: The real world and an alternate reality named the Outback.
In reality, Maxx is a "homeless man living in a box", while in the Outback, he is a hero and protector of the Jungle-Queen, who is the Outback counterpart of Julie Winters, a freelance social worker who often bails Maxx from jail.