Greatly influenced by the work of Astro Boy creator and "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, McLoud created "Zot!" more than two decades ago at the tender age of 23, making it the first manga-inspired American comics ever. Zachary T. Paleozogt, popularly known as Zot is a blond haired, blue eyed teenage hero from an alternate Earth - this alternate reality is a retro-futuristic technological utopia where flying cars, robots and interplanetary travel are common and nearly all of its inhabitants benefit from peace, prosperity and a marked lack of conventional social ills.Jaunting back and forth between the two worlds seems exciting for Zot at first, but there are subtle differences in the essential nature of the two planets that take some getting used to. On Zot's world, events naturally favor the "good guys" in any conflict, while on Earth, Zot is a less successful hero, reflecting the fact that our world clearly does not conform to the same rules as his. Nevertheless, Zot eagerly takes on Earth's challenges with the most amusing outcomes. The series is particularly notable for its imagery which is reminiscent of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, its energetic visual design and its meta-fictional underpinning. This newly revised cult classic is not to be missed!

Product Description: Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. In Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today...read more

Explains how digital revolutions are affecting the comic strip business, from the artist's creation of the comic strips to the distribution of the finished product to the consumers.

Product Description: The challenge: create an entire 24-page comic book in 24 consecutive hours.Hundreds of cartoonists have taken this challenge, turning out works that wereamazing, amusing, or revelatory. Four-time Harvey Award and Eisner Award winnerScott McCloud, comicdom's top theoretician and inventor of the 24-hour comic,explains the concept and presents nine of the best...read more

Collects a series of adventures of the superhero group with members including Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl, with some of the stories dealing with what it is like to be a superhero.

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Product Description: By Scott McCloud. Introduction by Kurt Busiek. The first ten issues of the classic superhero series in full color.

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Traces the 3,000-year history of storytelling through pictures, discussing the language and images used.