I read the collection of the latter part of this series a few years back. It was wonderful, but I always harboured some curiosity as to what the pre-revamp Zot! was like.
Now I know, and I totally get why Scott McCloud shifted directions. It's not so much that Zot!'s not good, just that it's kind of usual. There was only one moment that really leapt out at me in this issue, and it was when Dekko, the villain of the piece, starts having a breakdown - the way McCloud uses the page and panels to depict this breakdown is quite amazing. But the rest of the comic was a bit flat. Zot is a superhero from another version of Earth. These are his adventures, accompanied by Jenny, a girl from our Earth. The series gets much more interesting when Zot decides to come and live on our Earth when Jenny goes home.
I'll get to the graphic novel one day. It's a weighty tome, definitely a commitment of time. When do we get more of that, btw?
More to come...
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