Sorry to any of the Zot! completists out there.

§ April 9th, 2025 § Filed under from the vast Mikester comic archives § 4 Comments

So the Final ’90s Countdown will continue shortly…probably another installment on Wednesday, and entries will continue on a once-or-twice-a-week schedule ’til I’m done.

In the meantime, here’s a comic that also came out in the 1990s (1994, specifically)…or rather, a 24-page comics digest/mini-comics thingie, from Scott McCloud, titled (inhales) All new NEver Before Seen Artificially Manufactured Collector’s Item Special Gold Edition:


Yes, that’s a gen-you-ine gold starburst sticker affixed to the cover there. And as promised by the blurb, no appearances of Zot! here aside from the cover. There are various drawings and sketchbook work and other experimental cartooning-type stuff. There’s also a text intro with Scott explaining how he’s been busy with Understanding Comics and its promotion, which, y’know, understandable.

It’s also a limited edition, my copy being #234 of 250:


…and it’s handsigned at the bottom of the inside cover. Scott his own self brought these, along with several other mini-comics, to my previous place of employment for us to sell. As I recall, the Gold Edition was priced at $6.66 by Scott, you rascal.

For an example of the contents, here’s a short excerpt with abstract portraits of various comic creators:


This is a neat item, and I imagine hard to find. There is one currently on the eBays for $50 which, honestly, feels kinda low for how actually rare this is, but there you go.

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