The gateway to Zot's world reopens in issue #36, the final chapter in the black-and-white collection. With his series' conclusion, McCloud would turn his considerable energies toward formalistic comics theory, writing three books about creating and understanding comics, calling the charge for web comics and other new storytelling delivery systems, generally providing a Zot-like voice of optimism for the future of graphic storytelling. While these critical works have provided some much-needed starting points for a serious discussion of the medium, this comic book reader, for one, can't help wishing that the man would step back into the storytelling biz. At the end of this collection, McCloud makes reference to an idea he's been nurturing since the Zot! days that would make a "great graphic novel." Perhaps this book reflects a first step back into that welcome creative direction?
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