Maxine: Yelling It Like It is: A Fine Whine with the Queen of Attitude

Maxine is a bona fide phenomenon. Since 1986, Hallmark has sold more than 200 million Maxine cards. Her likeness graces mugs, calendars, T-shirts, collectibles, and even a 2.5-foot doll. She's been hailed by the press as the 'Mother Lode of laughs' ( -- People magazine) and 'The queen of outrageous' ( -- McCall's). Maxine is fresh, funny, odd, and ever-so-deliciously twisted. For those who are not already among the many millions of readers devoted to the 'Crabby Road' syndicated cartoon in such cities as Dallas, Detroit, and Seattle, here is the Maxine primer.Maxine's creator, artist John Wagner, based part of his character's tell-it-like-it-is persona on his grandmother, mother, and maiden aunts. 'She's been a voice for a silent group of women that are glad that this cranky old woman is finally saying what she wants'. Maxine first emerged on Shoebox greeting card racks in fall 1986 and was an instant hit with consumers sick of sappy sentimentality. Most cartoon characters end up on greeting cards only after proving themselves on the funny pages, but Maxine made the opposite leap and now appears in 'Crabby Road', the cartoon panel published in more than 75 newspapers nationwide since 1995.The voice of Maxine comes out as: 'My soul's had enough chicken soup. It wants some chocolate'. 'My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle on my pizza'. 'I may be old, but people who look like me always win the lottery'.Includes all-new, never-before-published material, all in full-color. But warm and fuzzy she ain't.