Zot! and other stuff

Zot! was a comic series written by Scott McCloud. Scott wrote a book called "Understanding Comics" that I would recommend everyone who is interested in comics takes a look at. But today's post is about his work in Zot!

Zot! has a lot of emphasis on romance, so if you can't stand mushy stuff then don't bother with this. The comic isn't just a romance though. The titular character Zot is a superhero from another world. He kinda feels like a mixture of Adam Strange and Superman.

Zot's world is almost perfect, free from most crime and natural disasters. Every once in a while a supervillain will attack which is where Zot comes in to defeat them. Even the supervillains are almost supposed to be there just to keep people from being bored.

Zot suffers from some culture shock when he travels to our world and finds that it's not so perfect. The story focuses on his relationship with a Earth girl named Jenny who has some confidence issues and often thinks about living in Zot's world.

I bought the Zot! paperback trade. Some of the issues are just cheesy fun, but most of them deal with interesting psychological issues and Scott uses various art styles.

I have heard from SOMEONE, he knows who he is, that the Penny Arcade people don't like Scott McCloud. I think Scott may have some Quentin Tarintino qualities to him. He makes really good work, but he might think a little too much of himself. I don't let that sorta stuff get in the way of me enjoying things, but I'll leave that to your individual discretion.

On what happened in the last few days, I have yet to get that book from the bookstore. Tomorrow after class I'm going to go in there and if I don't get my book, I'm gonna ask to talk the manager. I'm never ordering a book from the bookstore either. I've got a lot of tests this week coming up so you'll have to forgive me if the blog is a little spotty.

I beat Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. My friend, SOMEONE, gave me some advice that really helped me beat the last level. I worked on some of the extra levels today.

And then...

I made the most angry face I could at Ash. As stated before, it was rather difficult to do this.

"I just had a nice, but rather lengthy, discussion with a nice old man for the Intergalatic Bureau of Investigation. They're on the lookout for the girl who killed the inhabitants of the people of Reeva."

Pause.

"You wouldn't happen to know who that is, WOULD YOU?"

"Listen Keelhaul, I know who killed Reeva, I think, but you don't and neither does the Bureau. I'll tell you who that old man is looking for. He's looking for my sister, Lee. But she wouldn't... didn't do this."

"Fine, but we have to wrap this up here, becuase I get the feeling that old man is going to plan a trip here real soon... with backup."

"Okay, but the last robot guarding the crystal is more dangerous than those last two. This robot is designed to use stealth to avoid intruders and perform quick killing blows."

"A robot-ninja? Great, number one killer of space-pirates."

"Like you said, we better hurry."

We began our march closer to the main power chamber. Even I could tell where we were going now. All the cables were leading into it. As we walked down the corridor, I snickered.

"What?"

"Ash and Lee? So together you're Ashley?"

"Yes, my parents thought it was funny too."

Just then the robot-ninja fell from the ceiling and severed Ash's head from her shoulders. The head dropped to her feet. Her legs gave way and her headless corpse fell into my arms.

I panicked. A little.

As I was screaming with my eyes wide open in horror. Her body crumbled into fine gray powder. Not a bad time for a relaxing trip back to Earth.

Until next time fellow pirates.