I thought you were super-funny at the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget.
Even if “Scott Pilgrim” could have ended with the fourth volume, I’m glad it didn’t. The fifth book is easily the best so far– Scott dealing with his insecurities around Ramona, Kim becoming more important as a supporting character, plot threads seemingly discarded from the (awful) first volume returning. (Spoiler free, because by now you really should be reading these books).
The fights actually take a back seat here to the relationships between the characters, as they bicker, get drunk and try to hold on to each other as they invariably grow older and apart. It’s quite good stuff, especially when Scott has to fight a killer robot every few pages. It’s also the first volume that has a proper cliffhanger, setting the final volume into motion.
But the best part? Scott desperately trying to hold on to Ramona, making forced conversation about old X-Men story lines from the 80s as Ramona tries on clothes in a mall, gets dressed and goes about her life. It’s so heartbreaking and funny at the same time. Probably the best moment in the entire series by far.
This could have– perhaps should have– been the final volume in the series. Yeah, there’s still two more to go, but, spoilers, Read the rest of this entry »
OK so the third volume is pretty much where it goes from being fun to awesome, right around where I decided this book, despite its awful first volume, was a truly inspired story.
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I’m a late convert to Scott Pilgrim. Oh, I bought volume 1 the day it came out waaaaay back in 2004. But I hated it. Hated, hated, hated it. I ignored all the Internet hype for the following volumes (but enjoyed O’Malley’s art enough to grab a sketch at SPX in 2008) and pretty much dismissed Scott Pilgrim as cutesy crap for people who had no idea what consisted a good story.
Fuck was I wrong.
Last summer, after much prodding and gushing, my buddy Dave lent me volumes 2-5. (The sixth and final issue came out last week). I’ve been rereading the series in anticipation of the upcoming movie, directed by Edgar Wright(”Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz”). I’ll be discussing each volume here as I reread.
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It’s OK. I prefer the New Amsterdams’ take on “thirty three.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_en_ot/us_games_universal_studios
Side note- these are the guys who made the new “Monkey Island.” Possibility of a “Back to the Future” graphic adventure? FUCK. YES.
it’s delicious. Hopeful to have the whole trade out by the end of the year!