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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud; ? (photograph)
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- Scott McCloud; ? (photograph)
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- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Scott McCloud (photo); Kurt Busiek (photo); Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows; Peabody; 9-Jack-9; Butch Weaver; Ronnie; Brandy; Spike; Terry
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- Scott McCloud
- Pencils
- Matt Feazell; ? (photograph)
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- Matt Feazell; ? (photograph)
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- Characters
- Matt Feazell (photo); Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Butch Weaver
Information on why two items were deleted from this volume, a two-part Zot story by Chuck Austen and Matt Feazell's issue #14 1/2 of Zot.
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- Discussion of a few artwork changes made for this printing.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Header page for the next section.
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- Scott McCloud ?
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Credits for the first two stories in this volume and two small cover reprints of Zot #11 and #12.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows (introduction); Peabody; Jenny Weaver; Teresa; Woody Bernstein; Butch Weaver; Dick Digger; Josh Hacker; Rook
- Synopsis
- Zot comes to Earth to visit Jenny. They go into the city with their friends and Zot is beaten by some purse snatchers.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows; Jenny Weaver; Butch Weaver; Teresa; Woody Bernstein; Uncle Max; Dick Digger; Josh Hacker; Vic Taylor; Peabody
- Synopsis
- Jenny travels to Zot's world to watch him battle Doctor Bellows. Zot and Jenny return to her world and Zot saves a child from a house fire but fails to save the child's father.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of my biggest challenges with Zot! cropped up as soon as I realized that the contrast between the two "Earths" - Zot's utopian world and our own tarnished home-
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud's thoughts on issues #11 and 12.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Includes small cover reprints of Zot #13 thru Zot #15.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Inks
- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Teresa; Jenny Weaver's mother; Butch Weaver; Uncle Max; Rudy; Ernie Cortez; Pedro Cortez; Zybox (introduction); Marco; Vic Taylor; Mr. Tyree
- Synopsis
- While visiting Zot's world, the robot Zybox decides to begin ignoring commands and travels to Jenny's Earth. On Jenny's world, Zot battles Zybox and saves Jenny but is captured in the process.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Zybox; Jenny Weaver's mother; Butch Weaver; Peabody; Uncle Max; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows (cameo); Vic Taylor; Floyd (cameo); Teresa; Dr. Wilson; Ernie Cortez; Lt. Bump; Mr. Harris
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- Zybox has taken over New York. Jenny escapes from Zybox's mind control but Vic and Zot are still under Zybox's influence. Uncle Max, Peabody and Butch arrive in New York to help Zot.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Zybox; Dr. Rios; Pedro Cortez; Uncle Max; Peabody; Butch Weaver; Lt. Bump; Floyd; Ernie Cortez; Vic Taylor
- Synopsis
- Ernie Cortez gives his life to allow Zot the opening he needs to stop Zybox.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The image of every man, woman, and child on Earth dancing half asleep to the ticking of a dead man's watch captivated me early on, but it was a bitch to draw-
Discussion of the previous storyline.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and a small cover reprint of Zot! #16.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Butch Weaver; Vic Taylor; Josh Hacker; De-Evolutionaries [Rudy; Joe-Bob; Stinky]; Chet Barton (reporter); Precinct Captain O'Hara; Lt. Roger Manly; Marsha McKeever; Floyd; Ms. Penelope; Charlie; Eddie; Lenny; Dudley; Sparky
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- The De-Evolutionaries transform Zot and his friends into monkeys.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tried to vary the tone from one Zot! story to the next.
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]
- Synopsis
- Scott discusses his thoughts about Zot! #16.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and a small cover reprint of Zot! #17 and #18.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Dekko [Arthur Dekker]; Dr. Glass; Uncle Max; Teresa; Woody Bernstein; Sid; Peabody; Rudy; Butch Weaver; Josh Hacker; Vic Taylor; Mr. Deguzman; Jack
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- Dekko is released from a mental health facility and crashes Zot's birthday party. Woody returns to school, changed from his time in France.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Dekko [Arthur Dekker]; Vic Taylor; Uncle Max; Dick Digger; Butch Weaver; Dr. Glass; Josh; Sarah; Russ
- Synopsis
- Dekko will destroy the universe when Zot finishes the chocolates that Dekko gave him for his birthday.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's been said that in the average superhero story, the villain is frequently the protagonist since their aspirations and actions typically launch the story and the hero only reacts.
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- Scott McCloud discusses the preceding story.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Recap of issues #19 and 20 of the Eclipse series. As those stories were not drawn by Scott McCloud they are not reprinted here but his original thumbnail sketches for these two issues are included here, in reduced form.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Title page for the next storyline. Includes small cover reprints of Zot! #21 and #22.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Peabody; Vic Taylor; Butch Weaver; Dick Digger; Josh Hacker; Woody Bernstein; the Blotch; Sluggo; Ms. Filbert; Mr. Douglas
- Synopsis
- Zot signs an endorsement deal with Bingo Pop, but unknown to Zot there is a clause that prevents him from making the new owner, the Blotch, look bad in public.
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
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- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- Bob Lappan (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Woody Bernstein; Teresa; Mrs. Veras; the Blotch; Butch Weaver; Peabody; Sulley; Red; Dick Digger; Roger Robot
- Synopsis
- Zot follows Blotch to his world and captures him and returns him to jail.
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I created Zot!, I wanted to highlight my characters' differences, both externally and internally.
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- Scott McCloud discusses the previous two stories.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Title page for the next storyline. Includes small cover reprints of Zot! #23-25
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; 9-Jack-9; Butch Weaver; Ronnie Davis; Elizabeth; Bob; George; Woody Bernstein; Uncle Max; Dr. Walter Bismark; Susan Gallo; Chester; Dave; Vinnie
- Synopsis
- 9-Jack-9 returns, looking to fulfill his contract on Susan Gallo. Zot and Jenny try to protect Susan but all three end up stranded in another universe.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; 9-Jack-9; Sergeant Lucy Chow (introduction); Susan Gallo; Captain Beckman; Woody Bernstein; Uncle Max; Bob
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- Zot is unable to prevent 9-Jack-9 from killing Susan.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; 9-Jack-9; Harry; Uncle Max; Sergeant Lucy Chow; John Sheers
- Synopsis
- Zot tracks down 9-Jack-9's operator and tries to stop them but accidentally causes the death of the operator, leaving 9-Jack-9 free to roam throughout the galaxy.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of all the Zot! stories, this is probably the darkest.
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- Discussion of the Ghost in the Machine storyline.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Title page for the next storyline. Includes small cover reprints of Zot! #26 and #27.
- Script
- Scott McCloud
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
- Inks
- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Peabody; Vic Taylor; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows; Floyd; Blotch; Dick Digger; 9-Jack-9; Dekko; Zybox; Butch Weaver; Teresa; Woody Bernstein; Uncle Max; Josh Hacker; De-Evolutionaries; Dave Dallit; Bob Berbax; Burt
- Synopsis
- Zot and Jenny walk home with the pie for Uncle Max's New Year's Eve party.
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This two-part story is the culmination of a long running joke in the letter pages about which character should be hit in the face with a pie.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; 9-Jack-9; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows; Blotch; Uncle Max; Butch Weaver; Woody Bernstein; Peabody; Dekko [Arthur Dekker]
- Synopsis
- Uncle Max and Woody try to figure out why it's always 1965 on Zot's world. Zot, Jenny and Woody are trapped on Jenny's world, unable to open a portal back to Zot's world.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the last time you'll see any of my crazy supervillains in this collection.
- Characters
- 9-Jack-9; Dekko; Zybox; Doctor Ignatius Rumbault Bellows; Blotch; De-Evolutionaries; Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Butch Weaver; Jenny Weaver; Peabody; Uncle Max; Teresa; Scott McCloud; Steve Gerber; Drufus; Floyd; General Shrapp; Vic Taylor; Dick Digger; Zarbim Borlock; Matt Feazell; Dan Wheeler; Cat Yronwode; Sparky
- Synopsis
- The story behind the last storyline, including the genesis of the pie in the face gag that started on the letters page.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and small cover reproductions for Zot #28 and #29.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Teresa; Woody Bernstein; Butch Weaver; George; Ronnie Davis; Brandy; Spike; Elizabeth; Barbara Weaver; Horton Weaver; Richard; Mr. Boynton; Monique
- Synopsis
- Zot spends the day at school with Jenny and her friends.
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- Script
- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Woody Bernstein; Charlie; Chuck
- Synopsis
- Zot goes to New York City to find crime and gets a lesson in how things work on our world.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are nine Earth stories altogether, all of them 18 pages long except for the double-sized final issue.
- Synopsis
- Scott discusses the stories in Zot #28 and 29.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and small cover reproduction for the story in Zot #30.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Woody Bernstein; Barbara Weaver (Jenny's mother); Horton Weaver (Jenny's father; flashback); Butch Weaver; Mrs. Alexander; Dan Alexander
- Synopsis
- Jenny's mother thinks back to her courtship with Jenny's father and how much it all reminds her of Jenny and her friends Zot and Woody.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Autumn" was the first of five issues in a row in which I plucked a single supporting character and devoted a whole issue to his or her daily life.
- Synopsis
- Scott discusses Zot #30.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and small cover reproductions of Zot #31 and 32.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Howard Hughes
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Spike; Ronnie Davis; Woody Bernstein; Brandy; Elizabeth; George; Cindy
- Synopsis
- A day from Ronnie's perspective.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot and technical assist)
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Brandy; Danny; Rory; Gordie; Chris; Woody Bernstein; Ronnie Davis; Spike; George; Mr. Gibson; Mrs. Davis; Melvin Davis
- Synopsis
- Brandy's struggles and how she keeps it secret.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- I was riding on a bus to Harvard Square one day when a slightly shifty-looking older man walked past me and asked a girl with a young voice directly behind me if he could take the seat next to her.
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud discusses the stories from Zot #31 and #32.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and small cover reproductions for Zot #33.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot and technical assist)
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Harry Singer; Pamela Singer; Teresa; Jim Dorfman; Woody Bernstein; Brandy; Ronnie Davis; Spike; George; Ms. Marx; Tiffany
- Synopsis
- Teresa deals with her sexuality.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whatever its virtues or flaws as a story, "Normal" is the issue that left the most lasting impression on Zot's readers...
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud discusses the story from Zot #33.
Broken up into two parts, page one between pages 18 and 19 of Normal and page 2 following the story.
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Credits and small cover reproduction for Zot #34.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
- Inks
- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Woody Bernstein; Brandy; Ronnie Davis; Spike; George; Dougie Alexander; Pamela Singer; Teresa; Jacob Bernstein; Louise Bernstein
- Synopsis
- Woody writes a story for the school newspaper and incurs the wrath of the school bully.
- Reprints
Dougie's dialogue was toned down from the original publication.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As noted up front, I made changes to the bully Dougie's dialogue in this story.
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud discusses the story from Zot #34.
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- ?
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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Credits and small cover reproduction of Zot #35.
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- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
- Inks
- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver
- Synopsis
- Zot and Jenny discuss having sex.
- Reprints
- Script
- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a strange artifact this story is!
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud discusses the story "The Conversation" from Zot #35.
- Script
- Scott McCloud; Ivy Ratafia (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud
- Inks
- Scott McCloud
- Letters
- Bob Lappan
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zot [Zachary T. Paleozogt]; Jenny Weaver; Elizabeth; Ronnie Davis; Brandy; Teresa; Spike; George; Butch Weaver; Uncle Max; Peabody; Pamela Singer; Zoe (dog); Mr. J.; Woody Bernstein; Jacob Bernstein; Barbara Weaver
- Synopsis
- Zot is seriously injured by criminals on our world. Meanwhile Uncle Max finally figures out how to re-establish contact with Jenny's world and is reunited with Zot.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think it was my editor at Eclipse, cat yronwode, who described the ending of this story as my attempt at a defense of fiction, or at least the escapist variety that Zot! grew out of.
- Synopsis
- Scott McCloud discusses the story from Zot #36.
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Scott McCloud
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- Characters
- Scott McCloud
- Synopsis
- Scott discusses his work after Zot.