Zero Girl


Zero Girl is a five-issue comic book written and illustrated by Sam Kieth, and published by Homage Comics.

Plot

The plot concerns high school student Amy Smootster, and her attempts to start a relationship with her guidance counselor Tim. Another plot thread follows her relationship with circles and squares – it seems that circular objects tend to help or defend her, while squares try to hurt her. All of this has something to do with her feet producing copious but never-defined fluid when she feels shame.
There was a five-issue follow-up story, set fifteen years later, called Zero Girl: Full Circle, which put Amy and Tim in the background and focused on Tim's daughter, Nikki.

Allusions

This work contains one reference to Kieth's most famous work, The Maxx – Tim describes that he bought his yellow bug from "that chick named Julie". When Amy asks for clarification, Tim replies, "That's another story".
The character "Jim" who makes a brief cameo in Zero Girl: Full Circle, is Sarah's friend Jimmy from The Maxx.

Editions

Both of the series have been collected into trade paperbacks:
  • Zero Girl,
  • Zero Girl: Full Circle,