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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780061537271
ISBN: 0061537276
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: August 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 98720
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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Long before manga took the American comics market by storm, Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Making Comics) combined the best ideas from manga, alternative comics, and superheroes into Zot!—a frenetic and innovative exploration of comics' potential that helped set the stage for McCloud's later groundbreaking theoretical work.
Zachary T. Paleozogt lives in 'the far-flung future of 1965,' a utopian Earth of world peace, robot butlers, and flying cars. Jenny Weaver lives in an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises—the Earth we live in. Stepping across the portals to each other's worlds, Zot and Jenny's lives will never be the same again.
Now, for the first time since its original publication more than twenty years ago, every one of McCloud's pages from the black and white series has been collected in this must-have commemorative edition for aficionados to treasure and new fans to discover.
Includes never-before-seen artwork and extensive commentary by Scott McCloud
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Rating: - Those who teach can also do
Today Scott McCloud is best known as the author of Understanding Comics - an in depth analysis of how and why comics work. Understanding Comics and its sequels established McCloud as one of the premier comic book scholars. He really understands how sequential art (comic books, manga, comic strips etc) can work and can be made better.
But before all that, he was a struggling independent comic creator slaving away on Zot.
This is a love story between a fearless adventurer ... Read More
Rating: - Something that doubtlessly will stand the test of time
I remember watching Castaway many years ago. It was the scene where Tom Hanks, now a lank savage figure, argued with Wilson the volleyball and then tearfully found him floating on the beach. It was light-hearted and serious at the same time. Most importantly, it had DEPTH. I felt the stranded years that were skipped over in the film heavily in how desperately Hanks held on to his friend. Never again, Wilson. Never again.
Reading Zot! gives me such an experience. As other examples ... Read More
Rating: - A long-overdue collection of a comic masterpiece
Zot!, in my opinion, is one of the true masterpieces of the 80s, one that deserves to be mentioned right alongside Watchmen and Maus. If for no other reason, he deserves credit for being one of the few artists to successfully combine manga-style storytelling with an unmistakeably American drawing style. But beyond that, the character portraits he created toward the end of the series are simply brilliant, among the best stories of their type ever produced. I can't recommend this collection highly ... Read More
Rating: - Finally, a complete reprint of the B/W Zot issues!
(H. Bala gives a good detailed review, so won't repeat what he says).
I first encountered Zot! back when it was published by Eclipse during its color phase and got all the color issue (was initially put off by the comic until I really checked it out and liked what I saw).
When it went into hiatus and came back in black & white, I got it. Great stuff.
Then Kitchen Sink started to collect the comic in trade paperback (I think Eclipse had gone under by then). ... Read More
Rating: - McCloud Understands Comics
The old quip is that those who can't do, teach. It's a witty enough remark, but does it really hold true? The case I want to look at is Scott McCloud. He is best known for writing the classic Understanding Comics, which goes into the nuts and bolts of what makes comics work (along with the near classic Making Comics and the less memorable Reinventing Comics). But can he actually write comics? Zot! shows he can.
Zot! covers issues 11 to 36, all written and drawn by McCloud (an earlier ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780061537271
ISBN: 0061537276
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: August 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 98720
Studio: Harper Paperbacks