http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/zot/ reading material to get excited about Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/zot/comment-page-1/#comment-54121 Rod Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:47:13 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3862#comment-54121 I remember that hobby store! Does McCloud have a woody for all things Abe Lincoln? I recall someone dressed as him in some party scene in ZOT! I remember that hobby store! Does McCloud have a woody for all things Abe Lincoln? I recall someone dressed as him in some party scene in ZOT!

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/zot/comment-page-1/#comment-53977 Brian Winkeler Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:37:53 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3862#comment-53977 I'm one of the original fans of ZOT! in both of its incarnations (I lucked upon most of the original color run at a hobby store in now-defunct Shepherd Mall in the early '80s). I recommend this book without question, and suggest anyone who reads it also track down a copy of the collected color run (last published by the also now-defunct Kitchen Sink, I believe). It's a damn shame that McCloud has mostly turned his back on narrative comics, though his last non-academic book, involving Abraham Lincoln coming to life in the '90s, left a LOT to be desired (and featured McCloud's clumsy attempts to weave Photoshop work into his art). But ZOT! will always be one of my top 10 books of all time. I’m one of the original fans of ZOT! in both of its incarnations (I lucked upon most of the original color run at a hobby store in now-defunct Shepherd Mall in the early ’80s). I recommend this book without question, and suggest anyone who reads it also track down a copy of the collected color run (last published by the also now-defunct Kitchen Sink, I believe). It’s a damn shame that McCloud has mostly turned his back on narrative comics, though his last non-academic book, involving Abraham Lincoln coming to life in the ’90s, left a LOT to be desired (and featured McCloud’s clumsy attempts to weave Photoshop work into his art). But ZOT! will always be one of my top 10 books of all time.

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/zot/comment-page-1/#comment-53942 Jerry Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:03:00 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3862#comment-53942 You mean someone actually sold b&w comic books and made money at it? And I quit doing them when I graduated from high school. At a nickle a book, I figured there were better ways to make a living. Who knew? You mean someone actually sold b&w comic books and made money at it? And I quit doing them when I graduated from high school. At a nickle a book, I figured there were better ways to make a living. Who knew?

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