Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig maxxgraphix.net. NS
Answer
maxxgraphix.net. 3 NS ns-285.awsdns-35.com.
maxxgraphix.net. 3 NS ns-849.awsdns-42.net.
maxxgraphix.net. 3 NS ns-1262.awsdns-29.org.
maxxgraphix.net. 3 NS ns-1745.awsdns-26.co.uk.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0