false 2274750 2 <p> Long before manga took the American comics market by storm, Scott McCloud (<i>Understanding Comics</i>, <i>Making Comics</i>) combined the best ideas from manga, alternative comics, and superheroes into <i>Zot!</i>&#8212;a frenetic and innovative exploration of comics' potential that helped set the stage for McCloud's later groundbreaking theoretical work. </p> <p> 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&#8212;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. </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> Includes never-before-seen artwork and extensive commentary by Scott McCloud </p> 2280773 1 8 2008 Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Stories: 1987-1991 total:181|5:65|4:70|3:36|2:7|1:3| 181 730 292 41 5 1 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 02:03:41 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 07:27:09 -0700 2008
Zot, on the other hand, is like a Superman out of time, free of the need to appear in ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 14:19:34 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:07:46 -0700 2008 Understanding Comics, writer/artist Scott McCloud created the adventures of Zachary T. Paleozogr (aka Zot), a teenager from an alternate Utopian Earth in the "far-flung future of 1965." Zot discovers a portal to our consensus 1980s reality and explores our not-so-perfect existence. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 10:24:03 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:29:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 22:18:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 22:26:15 -0700 2009
Zot is a super hero from another dimension, with a planet called Earth that has all ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 05:44:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 05:44:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 28 11:27:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 11:49:54 -0700 2009
This wasn't really my thing, but ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:37:36 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:41:54 -0700 2009 1 Zot! as... charming. I was absolutely and undeniably charmed by the wistful, worldly Jenny and her friends on our Earth, and by her cheerful, clueless superhero boyfriend Zot (Zacha...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 11:00:17 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:10:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:12:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:39:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 17 18:54:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 18:54:24 -0700 2009 Truth...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:14:51 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:37:59 -0800 2008
Having that out of the way, I absolutely loved this book. There were some niggling issues I had with the pacing in the earlier issues (snoooooore) which contributed to the damned thing being too inconsistent to real...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:53:06 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:46:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:18:14 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 10:38:31 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 00:18:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 22 21:19:08 -0700 2008 Tue May 19 08:49:21 -0700 2009 Understanding Comics. In the mid-80s he launched Zot! as a manga-influenced, unapologetically-upbeat superhero comic book that was somehow both retro and forward-looking. And McCloud’s clean line-art and inve...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 20 06:10:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:54:29 -0700 2009
Although rela...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:38:48 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:42:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 17:47:16 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 18:36:36 -0700 2008 I agree with Scott McCloud; his greatest weakness is the art, especially with the people. Actually some of the visual contrasts between Zot's utopia and our world are really effective; the people, especially Jenny and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 13:47:50 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 18:40:06 -0700 2008
Would someone who'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 15:36:19 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 15:36:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 07 11:55:56 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:57:32 -0700 2009
I cute story, Zot & Jenny have their many (mis)adventures). A lovely way to spend a rainy afternoon!]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2274750