Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"With a smart-looking trim size and a sharp design that includes cover flaps and a stark-but-beautiful cover, Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection is an admirable addition to one's bookshelf." Greg McElhatton, Comic Book Resources
Review
"[Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection] is full of little pure moments like that, skewering comic books by slavishly adhering to their logic, then using the corpse to build something fresh, deep, and most of all, fun. Honestly, comics just don't get any better than this." Gary Tyrrell, Fleen.com
Review
"Zot! remains a unique storytelling experience....McCloud's essentially humanistic take runs counter to the hard-boiled cynicism so prevalent in mainstream comics of its day. His art beautifully mirrors this." Blog Critics Magazine
Review
"These are vital comics works, as exciting as when they were first published, and this book should find thousands of eager readers across the country...I hope, particularly, that this makes it way into a lot of Young Adult collections, where it will be loved." Andrew Wheeler, ComicMix.com
Synopsis
From comics pioneer Scott McCloud, the complete black and white collection of Zot , featuring never-before-seen artwork and extensive commentary by the author
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.
Synopsis
The cult classic series Zot!, first created by McCloud in the mid-1980s, is back with an arresting collection of the entire black and white series (19871991) for veteran fans to enjoy once again and for new fans to discover.
About the Author
Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. Winner of the Eisner and Harvey awards, his works have been translated into more than sixteen languages. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called him "just about the smartest guy in comics." He lives with his family in southern California. His online comics and inventions can be found at scottmccloud.com.