Okay – I’m excited about
Okay - I'm excited about this, but I'm completely prepared to be the only one who is:
There's a comic called Zot! that was published a few years ago in two separate runs, the first in colour, then switching to black and white. It was created by Scott McCloud, and essentially told the story of a teenaged superhero from another version of Earth who came to this one, and the effect he had on the people he met here. I say 'essentially', because it's also 'about' loneliness, dreams, hope, despair, beauty, truth, the way an outsider's perspective on your world can help you see it more clearly yourself, the list goes on - it's one of the most thematically-rich comics I've ever read, beautifully written and drawn, and much missed by everyone who knew it. Except it's back. McCloud has created a new sixteen part, weekly-appearing, online Zot! story called Hearts and Minds. It's actually already finished being published, but I've only just found out about it!!!. I've only read the first part so far, but I'm looking forward to the rest, and I have enough faith in what has gone before to be recommending it sight-unseen. There's a full set of character profiles for the unitiated here, and the introductory page of Hearts and Minds is here.
So what are you hanging around here for?