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<div class="lede">This is where you'll find original material about Max, written for this site, the Max Headroom Project and other publications. It's the real future of Max.</div>

Articles by other authors will be found on [[Max: Writeups & Retrospectives | this page]].

* '''18, 19... 20: The Creation of Max Headroom'''
:: The convoluted story of how Max Headroom came into being.

* '''UK Telefilm vs. US Extended Telefilm vs. US Pilot: What's Different, and Why?
:: A comparison of the changes — some minor, some interesting — between the Channel 4 and Cinemax versions of the origin telefilm, and the pilot episode of the ABC series.

* [[Max: The Subliminal Credits | '''You Didn't See That: Max Headroom's Subliminal Credits''']]
:: From the opening credits of the first-season ABC episodes to the various names and lists flashed during the shows, Max Headroom was loaded with hidden messages and subliminal credits. Here's a complete list... so far.

* [[Max: The Details of Max's World | '''Bits, Bytes, Blanks and Boxes: The Details of Max's World''']]
:: Every episode of the ABC series contained strange, wonderful and bizarre concepts - some virtual or cultural, many physical and electronic. Here's an ongoing listing and discusssion of them.

* [[Max: The Lost Episodes | '''The Lost Episodes: Remnants of the ABC Series''']]
:: The ABC series was canceled abruptly, leaving several planned episodes in unfinished limbo. Here's what's known about them.

* '''And Now a Weird from Our Sponsors...'''
:: Max's commercial break intros, from the mild to the nuclear.

* '''Max's Handicap: the Whole Golf Thing'''
:: From his first minutes as a show host, Max was off on an extended ramble about golf. Explorations of the running joke.

* '''Max Attack: The Chicago TV Piracy Incident'''
:: In 1987, sophisticated tech pirates broke into two Chicago TV station broadcasts with their own video feed, featuring a performance by a bizarre, Max-masked figure.

* '''21 Minutes Into the Future: Does Max Headroom Have a Future?'''
:: There has been talk of continuation, reboot and restart since the ABC show abruptly vanished from the airwaves. None have come close to becoming reality. Will Max ever return?