I first read this over a year ago, but only very recently purchased it. I definitely didn't guess when I originally read it that it first had been published in 1997. Jenny 2.5 is a performance artist/student in New York who fights against the heavily censored mainstream media and works to rouse people from their apathy and cynicism. She is earnestly anti-establishment but as her popularity grows her views are challenged and become more complex. I can see how that would come off as a bit trite if you're reading this, but the book really isn't cliche at all. Wood exploits what the black and white medium offers very well (line drawings, photo-realism, etc.) and it makes me wonder why he doesn't illustrate more of his own work. Lots of propaganda drawings with slogans like "progress backwards" and "your mind is a weapon. use it!" Channel Zero has been referred to as a comic for people who don't read comics (like, Maus, Sandman, et. al.), but I really object to that. It holds appeal for readers who aren't totally into the spandex is a far better way of putting it. ( )