Max Be Like

Logo used for Volume 6

Max Be Like is a webcomic series created by Unlucky. The comic was originally under the titles *The Adventures of Max* (2015-2017) and *Max and Friends* (2017-2019) before it was renamed to *Max Be Lik*e in 2021 after Val jokingly called the comics that, and Unlucky unironically liking the name. The comic features stick characters named Max, Willow, and Aiden, who are roommates in a house that apparently exists in a white or grey void. Unlucky ended the series in 2022 after having no motivation to continue the series. Emmitt originally succeeded Unlucky as the artist of the series, but after no content was made for half a year, Unlucky decided to end the series permanently.

## History

Max originated in a "book" titled *The Adventures of Max: A Minecraft Adventure*, made sometime in late 2014. The "book" featured Max, waking up in the middle of plains biome, wondering how he got there. The "book" is apparently so unbelievably cringe that Unlucky refuses to post it. It also features a bonus comic titled *Resting* that is featured at the end of the book. A full sequel to the book was planned, with the first few pages even being drawn, before the project was eventually scrapped.

Inspired by the Big Nate comic books, Unlucky returned to the characters used in the Minecraft book in late 2015 and made a new comic series similarly titled *The Adventures of Max*. He would make these comics non-stop for almost two years, with 2015 having 13 comics, 2016 having 47, and 2017 having 31. The series was renamed to *Max and Friends* in early 2017.

2018 saw the comics slow down dramatically, with only 5 comics made that year. Unlucky wanted to move on from the stick designs the characters had and wanted to give them proper human-like bodies. Concepts for these human-like designs were made, but never came to fruition due to looking terrible, and the comics soon fizzled away with him losing interest in making them.

September 2019 saw Unlucky's interest in making comics somewhat reemerge due to him obtaining both an iPad and a stylus pen from his school and seeing an opportunity to return the comics, with them now being made digitally (2019 did see two of the last comics made on paper however, with the first being a comic called "Storm" and the second being a remake of the comic "Rainbows.") 21 comics were made before he once again lost interest in November of that year. The series would disappear for almost a year and a half, with 2020 being the first year since the creation of the series to see no new comics whatsoever.

March 2021 saw Unlucky discover old early 2016 comics that were thought to have been lost in a home closet while rummaging through stuff. This discovery led to an idea to revive the comics, but never really got around to it, until a voice call with others led him to sharing the comics with them (the first time they probably have ever been seen by someone other than Unlucky himself). Sharing these comics led to him deciding to make a joke comic titled *Car* (which was renamed *Totem* after the original Car comic was discovered) and sharing with the Cool Hotel server on April 2, 2021. The series was then renamed to *Max Be Like* after Truffle jokingly called the series that.

By March 2022, Unlucky had become increasingly sick of the series, and initially announced that he was to end the series once and for all on comic #200. However, he later announced that the series would instead continue under a different artist. Right after comic #200 was released, Emmitt was initially revealed as Unlucky's replacement, but after nothing was made for half a year, Unlucky called it quits on the series permanently.

## Characters

The years by each character's name represents when they appear in the series.

### Main

* Max Arloft
* Aiden Mandsager
* Willow Reese

### Supporting

None of the supporting cast (with the exception of Old Man Ollie) are featured in any comics made after 2017 and were largely unused. The characters are listed in order of when they first appeared.

* Carly Drezner (2016-2017)
* Old Man Ollie (2016-2022)
* Cat Litter (2016-2017)
* Quentin Fenderson (2017)

### Minor / Cameos

This list includes characters that are exclusive to a comic or two, don't serve much of a purpose, or are featured as a cameo appearance. The characters are listed in order of when they first appeared.

* Rainbow Thing (2016): I honestly don't really know why this character exists, it just does. Appeared in comics #18 and #52.
* SpongeBob (2016): Appeared in comic #19.
* Unlucky (2017): The creator of the series who makes a few cameo appearances. Appeared in comics #86 and #136, although his design is different for both appearances.
* Teacher (2017): Yep... she's a teacher alright. Appeared in comic #86.
* Bernie Sanders (2019): Appears on TV to tell the public that he will obliterate cancer if he were to become president. Appeared in comic #108.
* Thanos Donkey Kong Bongo Sans Peachette Puppy TikTok Boobs (2019): Became a massive meme surrounding Max Be Like because of how bad *Future* is. Appeared in comics #109, #114, and #114.5.
* Creeper (2019): So way back in the mine, got our pickaxe swingin' from side to side (side to side). Appeared in comic #115.
* Weird Pink Thing (2021): Still have no clue what that thing is supposed to be (a soap dispenser?). Appeared in comic #134.
* Joe Biden (2021); Unlucky thinks Joe Biden isn't a good president. Can't wait for the far-left to get mad at that statement. Appeared in comics #143 and #144.
* FNF Boyfriend (2021): No comment. Appeared in comic #150.
* JayPlaysGames27 (2021): Unlucky loves toast, especially the "JayEatsToast" kind. Appeared in comic #171.
* Gumb (2021): and Fish Limbs. Appeared in comic #173.
* Fish Limbs (2021): and Gumb. Appeared in comic #173.
* Gadget Man (2021): Go go gadget ~~death~~ life beam. Appeared in comic #174.
* The Hand (2021): Stanovacuum. Appeared in comic #174.

## Comics

All comics were written by Unlucky, with Emmitt contributing to comic #130, and Jay contributing to comics #170 and #171. #186 was the first comic not written by Unlucky, instead being written by Emmitt.

### Unreleased

* The Adventures of Max: A Minecraft Adventure (2014; unreleased): The previously mentioned Minecraft book featuring both Max and Aiden's debut. The book remains unreleased.
* The Adventures of Max II (2015; scrapped): A sequel to the original book that took place in a new, more dangerous world. The book was scrapped in favor of the comic series in late 2015.
* Original versions of comics #1-13 (2015; lost): The versions of these comics that were released on Discord are actually 2021 remakes of the 2015 versions that are considered lost. This makes *Busted*, the 14th comic, the oldest surviving Max Be Like comic.
* Goodbye (2015; lost): Goodbye was supposed to be a parody of the final Peanuts comic strip that was released back in 2000. The comic is completely lost.
* Sally (2016; unreleased): Sally was the original incarnation of Willow, with this comic being the introductory comic for her. This doesn't really make much sense however, since she had already appeared in numerous comics in 2015 before this comic was made. The comic still exists, but remains unreleased, with *Carly* being made in place of it.
* Funny Movies (2016; unreleased): Funny Movies is a Flipnote Studio animation featuring eight shorts varying in length, from 2 to 10 seconds. The characters in the animation are bald and have no way of telling each other apart. A ninth 30 second short was made a few weeks after the first eight to act as an extension of the original due to how short it was, with all nine shorts being redubbed in 2019 for no particular reason. The nine shorts remain unreleased due to how terrible they are.
* Apocalypse (2017; scrapped): Apocalypse was going to be the third and final arc in Volume 2. The story of the arc would've been that Max, Aiden, and Willow would have to survive in a zombie apocalypse, while meeting new people in the process. Only one comic was ever made before the arc was eventually scrapped due to Unlucky not knowing how to progress the arc further. The page that originally contained the first comic to Apocalypse now contains *Prank* instead*.*
* Other unreleased books (2017-2018; unreleased): Three other books in the Max Be Like canon exist, but are so bad that even their names remain private. They will most likely never be revealed to the public.
* Crossover (2018; scrapped): Originally a planned crossover comic between Max Be Like and an unknown character or franchise (probably Animaniacs though lets be honest). The comic was scrapped, probably because Unlucky can't draw for shit.
* Volumes 1-3 Remastered (2019; scrapped): Intended to be a series of remakes of ***all*** comics from the first three volumes, totaling up to 97 remakes. Only two were made from this series however, that being *Something* and *Snow.*
* Paper Volume 5 (2020; scrapped): Volume 5 was originally going to return in October 2020, being made on paper but with markers instead of pencils. Unlucky never got around to making the new volume until April 2021, where it was decided to make it digitally instead of using markers and paper, similar to Volume 4. This was the only point in which Max Be Like content made in 2020 was possible.
* The Adventures of Max: The Comic Book Remake (2021; scrapped): A planned remake of the original *Adventures of Max* book in comic form. The comic book was scrapped due to Unlucky realizing how dreadful the original book was and decided to continue the regular comics with a 6th volume instead.
* 25 Days of Trivia (2021; scrapped): Originally a subseries where the entire gimmick was that, in December, on days that didn't have a regular comic, a fun fact in the style of a comic would be posted instead, for a planned total of 18 pieces of trivia. The idea was scrapped when the Cool Hotel Wiki was created, and a good majority of the facts already being revealed there.