What do you think?
Rate this book
Zero Girl #2
Zero Girl: Full Circle
ZERO GIRL: FULL CIRCLE is a surreal tale about love and family that explores the issue of coming to terms with death.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2003
68 people want to read
About the author
Sam Kieth
409 books272 followersKieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's Mage, his brushwork adding fluidity and texture to the broad strokes of Wagner's early work at Comico Comics. In 1989, he drew the first five issues of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman, but felt his style was unsuited to the book (specifically saying that he "felt like Jimi Hendrix in The Beatles") and left, handing over to his former inker Mike Dringenberg.
He acted as illustrator on two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' Epicurus the Sage and drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, among other things, before creating The Maxx in 1993 for Image Comics, with, initially, writing help from Messner-Loebs. It ran for 35 issues and was adapted, with Kieth's assistance, into an animated series for MTV. Since then, as a writer-artist, he has gone on to create Friends of Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women and Ojo.
Ojo comprises the first and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original comic book limited series published by Oni Press. Loosely connected, the cycle will concern the intertwined lives of people with each other and sometimes with a supernatural entity known as the Mysterious Trout. Kieth has stated that other characters from The Maxx series will appear in this cycle of stories. My Inner Bimbo #1 was published in April 2006. Issue #2 was delayed past its original release date; It was finally resolicited in "Previews" in 2007 and hit the store shelves in November 2007.
DC Comics' Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue prestige format mini-series that started in August 2007, was written and drawn by Kieth. This was followed by 2009's two-issue prestige format mini-series Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian and featuring art by Kieth.
He acted as illustrator on two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' Epicurus the Sage and drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, among other things, before creating The Maxx in 1993 for Image Comics, with, initially, writing help from Messner-Loebs. It ran for 35 issues and was adapted, with Kieth's assistance, into an animated series for MTV. Since then, as a writer-artist, he has gone on to create Friends of Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women and Ojo.
Ojo comprises the first and My Inner Bimbo the second, in a cycle of original comic book limited series published by Oni Press. Loosely connected, the cycle will concern the intertwined lives of people with each other and sometimes with a supernatural entity known as the Mysterious Trout. Kieth has stated that other characters from The Maxx series will appear in this cycle of stories. My Inner Bimbo #1 was published in April 2006. Issue #2 was delayed past its original release date; It was finally resolicited in "Previews" in 2007 and hit the store shelves in November 2007.
DC Comics' Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious, a two-issue prestige format mini-series that started in August 2007, was written and drawn by Kieth. This was followed by 2009's two-issue prestige format mini-series Lobo: Highway to Hell, written by Scott Ian and featuring art by Kieth.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 15 of 15 reviews
September 20, 2014
La secuela de Zero Girl trae una nueva generación de conflictos, más concentrados en el poder de las relaciones que en la fantasía. Las segundas partes - en este caso - sí son buenas.
April 20, 2020
As always the art is well done. The story has several levels and leave you wondering just what is real and what is psychological fantasy by the character in order to cope with past issues.
Very interesting but preferred the first in the series.
Very interesting but preferred the first in the series.
May 10, 2025
I remembered that I had read this before, but not when, and certainly not the majority of what happens. What parts did I remember?
Rat getting . Or, maybe not her SPECIFICALLY, but certainly . Which is interesting, since Rat is almost deliberately drawn not like a real human, unlike the sometimes *photorealistic* depictions of the other characters?
I guess I also sort of remembered Amy and Tim, which is strange to me given the ending of the first book, like Kieth had regrets about that and wanted a Mulligan. Or maybe it was a commentary about ? I don't know. I don't feel like this one lands as well as the first one, which felt like a complete story, warts and all. This addendum not only relies on the context of the first one fairly heavily (otherwise, the circles, squares, and foot water make even less sense than they could) but doesn't really come to a conclusion the same way the first one does... Nikki befriends the pillbug from earlier?
There's an amount also that it's the criticism about Ralph Breaks the Internet: There's no enemy except Nikki herself, or Nikki's own insecurities or something like that... (unless you count that her insecurities are manifesting as the ghost of her own mother but with a geometric-shaped head)
Like, I'm not 100% sure what the "meaning" of the first Zero Girl was supposed to be. Does it need one? Nope, just a (RATHER BIZARRE) tale about an age-mismatched romance that ended with the guy chickening out! This one? is... a closeted lesbian teen hitting on her would-be stepmother.
Hmm.
I've generally been pretty forgiving of Kieth's work, since it's both beautiful and bizarre, but a lot of that appreciation stemmed from a time when I dove heavily into escapism, before Being an Adult took a lot of that escapist desire away. (Not so much the desiring to escape, but where to.) I'm... holding onto it for now, but I think the next (third) time I read this won't actually be the charm.
Recommended only after reading the first book—by itself is too weird.
Rat getting . Or, maybe not her SPECIFICALLY, but certainly . Which is interesting, since Rat is almost deliberately drawn not like a real human, unlike the sometimes *photorealistic* depictions of the other characters?
I guess I also sort of remembered Amy and Tim, which is strange to me given the ending of the first book, like Kieth had regrets about that and wanted a Mulligan. Or maybe it was a commentary about ? I don't know. I don't feel like this one lands as well as the first one, which felt like a complete story, warts and all. This addendum not only relies on the context of the first one fairly heavily (otherwise, the circles, squares, and foot water make even less sense than they could) but doesn't really come to a conclusion the same way the first one does... Nikki befriends the pillbug from earlier?
There's an amount also that it's the criticism about Ralph Breaks the Internet: There's no enemy except Nikki herself, or Nikki's own insecurities or something like that... (unless you count that her insecurities are manifesting as the ghost of her own mother but with a geometric-shaped head)
Like, I'm not 100% sure what the "meaning" of the first Zero Girl was supposed to be. Does it need one? Nope, just a (RATHER BIZARRE) tale about an age-mismatched romance that ended with the guy chickening out! This one? is... a closeted lesbian teen hitting on her would-be stepmother.
Hmm.
I've generally been pretty forgiving of Kieth's work, since it's both beautiful and bizarre, but a lot of that appreciation stemmed from a time when I dove heavily into escapism, before Being an Adult took a lot of that escapist desire away. (Not so much the desiring to escape, but where to.) I'm... holding onto it for now, but I think the next (third) time I read this won't actually be the charm.
Recommended only after reading the first book—by itself is too weird.
May 12, 2020
I love Sam Kieth's art, and I've been a fan for years, especially The Maxx!
While the art in here is terrific, I thought the story was a little lacking. The layers are there, as is the meaning and trauma, but it just left me wanting more. I feel like, on a story level, this is the weaker of Kieth's works.
While the art in here is terrific, I thought the story was a little lacking. The layers are there, as is the meaning and trauma, but it just left me wanting more. I feel like, on a story level, this is the weaker of Kieth's works.
May 30, 2021
I love Kieth's crazy, unique art style. I've read a bunch of The Maxx and this is really VERY similar. It makes me wonder if all his stuff follows the same formula. This dark in parts and fun in others (and dark and fun in others). I didn't realize this was the 2nd graphic novel, but I probably won't read the 1st one, especially since I know how the story ends.
June 14, 2019
Less icky than the last one.
March 6, 2011
A really bizarre story with lots of strange, surreal elements. There's some fantasy in there, strange powers and magic, but there are also more subtle strangeness going on with lots of seemingly psychologically induced hallucinations and lots of places where the reader is left wondering what exactly was real and what just happened inside someone's head. It seems mostly focused on teenage readers, and perhaps especially female ones.
I manly borrowed it at the library for the spectacular artwork, and instantly got the feeling that the content wasn't really for me. There are bits about young girls coming of age, something which strengthened my previous judgement. In the end though, there was plenty of weirdness to make me feel it was definitely worth a read. I'd recommend it to anyone to whom this brief review seems interesting, even if you feel, like me, that you may not be in the intended demographic. The only annoying thing about it is that I found out, after finishing it, that this was a follow up to this, which I'm now going to have to go back and look for at the library. Sigh...
I manly borrowed it at the library for the spectacular artwork, and instantly got the feeling that the content wasn't really for me. There are bits about young girls coming of age, something which strengthened my previous judgement. In the end though, there was plenty of weirdness to make me feel it was definitely worth a read. I'd recommend it to anyone to whom this brief review seems interesting, even if you feel, like me, that you may not be in the intended demographic. The only annoying thing about it is that I found out, after finishing it, that this was a follow up to this, which I'm now going to have to go back and look for at the library. Sigh...
September 15, 2007
I liked this even better than the first Zero Girl book. Kieth's art seems to have grown to fit the subject even more: it's a great mixture of sketched characters, psychedelic play with shapes, and color washes. The intergenerational romantic intrigue is uncomfortable yet feels right and you love Amy even more seeing her as a grown-up.
January 24, 2008
i read this over lunch today. the art was lovely, but the plot line confusing, mostly because i hadn't read the first set of stories that set this book up. unfortunately, the library doesn't have zero girl. :( booo hcplc, you usually rock so hard! Interesting concept of shapes being linked to morality, sexuality, shape ambiguity.
Read
September 1, 2007see Zero Girl review.
January 31, 2010
Sam Keith.... you are insane, and I love you for it. This was great.
March 27, 2011
Weird, but in a good way!
April 20, 2011
continues the story, but expands the dimension of magical realism...i like the weirdness.
September 26, 2014
This may not be his best, but Sam Kieth does what he does best in this which is write interesting characters in a dark story with good concepts.
Want to read
April 17, 2016Segunda saga de Zero Girl, inédita en castellano por ahora.
Displaying 1 - 15 of 15 reviews