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Books Comic Books For Your Afternoon
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Last September I reviewed Scott McCloud's The Complete Zot!
Zot is a superhero from an alternate dimension who falls in love with a girl from our world named Jenny Weaver. Most of the conflicts in their relationship have to do with the fact that the man might as well be from Mars: Zot's home planet is an unbelievably optimistic earth high on the lasting effects of world peace and packed to the rafters with harmless adventure. This nearly 600-page collection of Zot! comics produced between 1987 and 1991 is surprisingly cohesive; the first half of the book consists of dumb superhero fun and the second half is a more thoughtful and (sometimes too) serious examination of the book's supporting cast. It exemplifies the problem that almost all comics creators—from Jack Cole to Jaime Hernandez—wrestle with over the course of their careers: In a medium that's especially good at fun, sometimes the creators' desire to be taken seriously can overwhelm the reader in issue-heavy drama.
Well, HarperCollins has just released 100 pages of Zot! for you to read for free. It's a fun collection of comics, and I recommend taking the time to read them. This should take you to about quitting time, I reckon.
(Via Robot6.)
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