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Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Stories: 1987-1991
by Scott McCloud

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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2274750.Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Stories_1987_1991?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Stories: 1987-1991" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G7zgj-k6L._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2274750.Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Stories_1987_1991?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Stories: 1987-1991</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33907.Scott_McCloud">Scott McCloud</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28294273?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Before <i><a href="/search/search?q=Understanding+Comics&t=title">Understanding Comics</a></i>, 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. He befriends the teen Jenny Weaver and their adventures in both universes serve as the centerpiece for these delightful stories. Initially, the tales primarily revolve around Zot, who is a super-hero in his native land, and the colorful villains he encounters. About two-thirds of the way through this massive 575 page collection, the story focus changes dramatically as Zot gets trapped on our Earth and the stories begin to center around Zot and Jenny's friends. Basically, the series evolves into a high school drama with an exiled super-hero. The Earth Stories, the last sequence title, transforms an entertaining exploration of super hero and science fiction tropes into a superior dramatic comic book. Throughout, McCloud offers explanations and digressions into the individual stories through a series of commentaries and end notes. Perhaps most profoundly, this book grants an insight into the artistic evolution of one of comicdom's greatest ambassadors and educators. 
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Before 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. He befriends the teen Jenny Weaver and their adventures in both universes serve as the centerpiece for these delightful stories. Initially, the tales primarily revolve around Zot, who is a super-hero in his native land, and the colorful villains he encounters. About two-thirds of the way through this massive 575 page collection, the story focus changes dramatically as Zot gets trapped on our Earth and the stories begin to center around Zot and Jenny's friends. Basically, the series evolves into a high school drama with an exiled super-hero. The Earth Stories, the last sequence title, transforms an entertaining exploration...more

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message 1: by Noran

08/19/2008 07:53PM

Thanks for your most excellent review my friend!