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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim #1)
Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rockband, he's ""between jobs,"" and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothingcould possibly go wrong, unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerouslyfashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruisingthrough his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott...more
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August 18th 2004
by Oni Press
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I debated what to rate this graphic novel. On the one hand, the characters are thoroughly unlikable. Scott Pilgrim is a vapid, useless lump of a man who is dating a high schooler because that's the level of his maturity/emotional intelligence. Ramona Flowers is standoffish and rude because it makes her look "cool". The only redeeming character was Wallace, the gay roommate. On the other hand, once introductions got over, during the last scene of the book (the concert and Scott's f...more
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Before I begin I just like to say was no doubt and hesitation that this is probably one of the best comic books ever!
Why is this book so good? Its fun, it's funny, it's clever and it leaves you wanting more. If you love relationship books you will love this book, if you love books that make you laugh you will love this book, if you love comic books in general you will love this book!
The story centers around…. Well…. Scott Pilgrim. Scott lives in Toronto Canada which for m...more
Why is this book so good? Its fun, it's funny, it's clever and it leaves you wanting more. If you love relationship books you will love this book, if you love books that make you laugh you will love this book, if you love comic books in general you will love this book!
The story centers around…. Well…. Scott Pilgrim. Scott lives in Toronto Canada which for m...more
Evil_Dead_Junkie
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Lovely mix of Hornbyesque Lad lit, Steven Chow style comedy, and Simon & Garfunklesque post adolescent melancholy. Worked nicely as a palate cleanser after the wrist slitter that was Into The Wild.
It's funny and imaginitave without being twee, honest without being obvious, and sweetly sad without drowning in ennui. It's a precious little book. Even if like me comics aren't quite your thing.
It's funny and imaginitave without being twee, honest without being obvious, and sweetly sad without drowning in ennui. It's a precious little book. Even if like me comics aren't quite your thing.
You know how sometimes independent-$300-budget films can be funnier than big time Hollywood-explosions-authentic-costumes-and-Will-Ferrell-blockbuster? Just like MS paint can sometimes be more straightforward and hilarious than well drawn Adobe vector art (e.g. Natelie Dee, Hyperbole and a Half, various images on 4chan). Similarly, Byran Lee O'Malley's simplistic, charming style echoes those silly 80s anime where everything goes out of hand with crazy gravity-defying epicness. It's almost exactl...more
To be honest, I expected more. Or different. But it has its moments.
The drawing is OK, however the character design is very flawed: most girls look alike except for weird hairdos and sometimes characters don't look like themselves.
The narrative was better than the story, the latter bugged me sometimes. I don't know if his awesomeness is meant to be ironic, but in this first volume Scott Pilgram is an asshole. At first I thought "what's the point of dating a 17 year o...more
The drawing is OK, however the character design is very flawed: most girls look alike except for weird hairdos and sometimes characters don't look like themselves.
The narrative was better than the story, the latter bugged me sometimes. I don't know if his awesomeness is meant to be ironic, but in this first volume Scott Pilgram is an asshole. At first I thought "what's the point of dating a 17 year o...more
A friend of mine recommended this to me, but I was a little dubious, because she's not really a comix reader and I was all "I dunno, fake manga hmmm". Oh I was wrong, cuz it totally rules! Ok, so it's about this boy Scott Pilgrim, a 23 year old Canadian, who plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-omb. He's dating a 17 year old, Knives Chau, but eventually meets Ramona Flower, amazon.ca delivery girl and is OBSESSED! In order to go out with Ramona, he must defeat her seven evil ex-boyfr...more
This book has everything. Love, hate, battles, comedy, and music. That's not even half of it! If your in to comic books, or not like me, this is a really good one for you. Scott Pilgrim is really in a pickle when he sees a girl that is really hot in his view. But he is already dating a high schoolers named Knives. And he is also 22. And there's this part where his band, yeah he's in a band and how awesome is that, is in the ATBB (Annual Toronto Battle of the Bands) or something like that....more
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"Atentos al nombre de este peculiar personaje, retenedlo en la memoria porque, pronto sobra un espacio (muy pronto) todo el mundo hablará de él. El motivo es el de casi siempre:La adaptación cinematográfica de este cómic indie hecho por un tipo canadiense (al que hasta hace poco nadie conocía) inundará todas las salas de cine del planeta y se convertirá, casi seguro, en todo un bombazo. Ingredientes de éxito no le faltan: primero, una trama sencilla: chico (Scott Pilgrilm) conoce chica (R...more
Once again, my good friend kept insisting (in spite of my reluctance) that I would love this, and sure enough, I do. I began reading it on a whim, then polished it off in one sitting.
Scott is a pretty typical early 20's "cool kid"--his fellow band members give him flak for his high-school girlfriend, he has a really hip gay roommate, and he hangs out a lot. One day, he notices a new girl flitting in and out of his life, and as he pursues her, his world starts to change.
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Scott is a pretty typical early 20's "cool kid"--his fellow band members give him flak for his high-school girlfriend, he has a really hip gay roommate, and he hangs out a lot. One day, he notices a new girl flitting in and out of his life, and as he pursues her, his world starts to change.
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So three stars for the book plus one star for the project.
When I started reading this book I tried to lower my expectations. I know how big expectations can hurt how much you can enjoy a book. So first this, the book is good but is not the panacea everyone is talking about. It's fun there's no doubt about it, I read it twice and I could easily read it again.
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When I started reading this book I tried to lower my expectations. I know how big expectations can hurt how much you can enjoy a book. So first this, the book is good but is not the panacea everyone is talking about. It's fun there's no doubt about it, I read it twice and I could easily read it again.
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The book Scott Pilgrim Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley has two main characters Scott Pilgrim whom is a twenty three year old he is a quirky dorky dude that lives in Toronto Canada with his gay roommate Wallace. The other main character of the story is Ramona Flowers a new Amazon delivery girl that just moved from New York. He doesn’t actually know if she really exists because he sees her for the first time in a dream. The first time he really does see her is in the library when she is...more
Ho preso questo primo volume attratto dalla pubblicità, dal film in arrivo e più in generale da tutto il bene che ne ho sentito dire.
Non è male, ma non mi ha nemmeno entusiasmato quanto pensavo.
Visivamente sembra un manga abbastanza stilizzato, disegnato male. Ma è ambientato in Canada, non ci sono giapponesi né finti giapponesi e i personaggi sono chiaramente occidentali. Solo, tutti con occhioni belli grandi, espressioni da manga, tratti abbastanza definiti e spesso statici. ...more
Non è male, ma non mi ha nemmeno entusiasmato quanto pensavo.
Visivamente sembra un manga abbastanza stilizzato, disegnato male. Ma è ambientato in Canada, non ci sono giapponesi né finti giapponesi e i personaggi sono chiaramente occidentali. Solo, tutti con occhioni belli grandi, espressioni da manga, tratti abbastanza definiti e spesso statici. ...more
Slayermel
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I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I thought with all the hype I would be let down as usual but for once the hype was right. :0)
It’s refreshing to read something that is so deeply based in the Toronto area that you come across sights you know and recognize. It’s a wonderful treat in that sense.
Scott is dating a much younger high school girl, when he sees a more mysterious girl who intrigues him. She works for Amazon.ca so naturally the only way to get ...more
It’s refreshing to read something that is so deeply based in the Toronto area that you come across sights you know and recognize. It’s a wonderful treat in that sense.
Scott is dating a much younger high school girl, when he sees a more mysterious girl who intrigues him. She works for Amazon.ca so naturally the only way to get ...more
For the second week in a row I read a graphic novel because I liked the movie (last week was Kick-Ass). The outcome is different this time though.
For the most part, the story was really great for a movie but quite underwhelming or normal at least for a comic book. To be honest, I don't think I'll be even half interested in reading the comic book if there was no movie. The art leaves much to be desired, the wittiness is not that impressive in a comic book format, and the emotions invoke...more
For the most part, the story was really great for a movie but quite underwhelming or normal at least for a comic book. To be honest, I don't think I'll be even half interested in reading the comic book if there was no movie. The art leaves much to be desired, the wittiness is not that impressive in a comic book format, and the emotions invoke...more
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1 / 9781932664089
I actually came to the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels after having watched and enjoyed the movie, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". I'm really pleased and surprised at how much the movie closely follows the first volume, and how so many of the actors really nailed their parts.
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1 covers the span of time from the initial "Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler!" announcement to the fight with Matthew P...more
I actually came to the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels after having watched and enjoyed the movie, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". I'm really pleased and surprised at how much the movie closely follows the first volume, and how so many of the actors really nailed their parts.
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1 covers the span of time from the initial "Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler!" announcement to the fight with Matthew P...more
So this is a review for the entire series.
it was amazzzzing by the way.
The characters were so unique and interacted with each other soooo well and it was just awesome!!!
Scott- Funny as hell.
Ramona- Cool as hell.
Knives- Obsessed as hell.
Stephen Stills- Laid back as hell.
Kim- Awesome as hell.
Stacey- Normal as hell.
Wallace- Amazing as hell.
Young Neil- Cute as hell.
Gideon- Annoying as hell.
Natalie(aka Envy)- Retarded as hell.
Lisa-...more
it was amazzzzing by the way.
The characters were so unique and interacted with each other soooo well and it was just awesome!!!
Scott- Funny as hell.
Ramona- Cool as hell.
Knives- Obsessed as hell.
Stephen Stills- Laid back as hell.
Kim- Awesome as hell.
Stacey- Normal as hell.
Wallace- Amazing as hell.
Young Neil- Cute as hell.
Gideon- Annoying as hell.
Natalie(aka Envy)- Retarded as hell.
Lisa-...more
เพิ่งรู้ตอนอ่านการ์ตูนว่าจริงๆแล้วพระเอกในเรื่องเป็นคนสุดเจ๋ง
ตอนดูหนังนี่ขนาดเหล่าเพื่อนและคนรอบๆ ก็ดูชื่นชมพระเอกดี แต่สำหรับเรายังไงก็เป็นไอ้เห่ยอยู่ดี (ใครไปแคสต์เอา Michael Cera มาเล่นฟะ)
เลยออกจะชอบการ์ตูนมากกว่า ได้อารมณ์ดิบๆ มันๆ มากกว่า ทั้งที่การเดินเรื่องนี่เหมือนกันแทบจะช็อตต่อช็อต (เพราะอคติกับพระเอกแท้ๆ ฮา)
แต่หนังได้เปรียบกว่าตรงที่สีสันสดใสจัดจ้าน ลูกเล่นแพรวพราว ดนตรีทั้งฮาทั้งมัน แล้วก็นางเอกสวยมากกก
ตอนดูหนังนี่ขนาดเหล่าเพื่อนและคนรอบๆ ก็ดูชื่นชมพระเอกดี แต่สำหรับเรายังไงก็เป็นไอ้เห่ยอยู่ดี (ใครไปแคสต์เอา Michael Cera มาเล่นฟะ)
เลยออกจะชอบการ์ตูนมากกว่า ได้อารมณ์ดิบๆ มันๆ มากกว่า ทั้งที่การเดินเรื่องนี่เหมือนกันแทบจะช็อตต่อช็อต (เพราะอคติกับพระเอกแท้ๆ ฮา)
แต่หนังได้เปรียบกว่าตรงที่สีสันสดใสจัดจ้าน ลูกเล่นแพรวพราว ดนตรีทั้งฮาทั้งมัน แล้วก็นางเอกสวยมากกก
This review is for all 6 volumes.
I know this series was majorly hyped because of the movie that came out last month, but, for me, please, forget everything you think you know about the movie version of Scott Pilgrim. Because the books? They’re better.
Let me start this lovefest by re-introducing you to Scott. He’s a 23 year old, currently jobless, Canadian boy who plays bass for a relatively unknown band and is dating a high schooler, Knives Chau. He mooches off his bandma...more
I know this series was majorly hyped because of the movie that came out last month, but, for me, please, forget everything you think you know about the movie version of Scott Pilgrim. Because the books? They’re better.
Let me start this lovefest by re-introducing you to Scott. He’s a 23 year old, currently jobless, Canadian boy who plays bass for a relatively unknown band and is dating a high schooler, Knives Chau. He mooches off his bandma...more
If there’s anyone listening, hear this: don’t you ever, and I mean fucking ever, choose James Joyce’s Ulysses for a book report/class project/extra credit assignment. Skip that bastard, I warn you now.
Moving on.
This, folks, was my first graphic novel. Ever. And, honestly, I don’t think the experience could have been much better. The dialogue is snappy and clever, the plot is fun, and the characters are interesting. I was blown away.
Let me take you back in time...more
Moving on.
This, folks, was my first graphic novel. Ever. And, honestly, I don’t think the experience could have been much better. The dialogue is snappy and clever, the plot is fun, and the characters are interesting. I was blown away.
Let me take you back in time...more
this book took me a day and a bit too read, it left me wanting to go on amazon order all the other books in the series, and open up my sub space highway to whoever is delivering them so i can get them as quickly as possible. the book has a wild pulsing dynamic energy, and a just around the corner ready to break tension as tight as a bass string wound tighter than any bass string should ever be wound. a slacker classic of the dramatic rather than wacky kind, for us kevin smith fans think clerks, ...more
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El contenido sigue siendo el mismo que cuando lo leí en inglés, y hasta puede que me haya gustado un poco más porque esta vez no me chocó tanto el cambio de estilo tan radical que se da en el último cuarto de la obra.
Es sólo por eso que el puntaje no baja a tres estrellitas, ya que la edición argentina me pareció increíblemente errada. Sólo el relativamente bajo precio la salva de que mis críticas sean más feroces aun, pero la verdad que me resultó de lo más inadecuada.
Mi gran pregun...more
Es sólo por eso que el puntaje no baja a tres estrellitas, ya que la edición argentina me pareció increíblemente errada. Sólo el relativamente bajo precio la salva de que mis críticas sean más feroces aun, pero la verdad que me resultó de lo más inadecuada.
Mi gran pregun...more
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Even though I'm usually one of those people who won't watch a movie until she's read the book(s) it's based on, I did the opposite with Scott Pilgrim. I watched the movie first. I actually really liked it, but it did dampen my enthusiasm somewhat as I was reading this book, because, understandably, not a lot of it surprised me.
But, first things first. Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year-old guy from Toronto, Canada, who has the perfect life. He's in a rock b...more
Even though I'm usually one of those people who won't watch a movie until she's read the book(s) it's based on, I did the opposite with Scott Pilgrim. I watched the movie first. I actually really liked it, but it did dampen my enthusiasm somewhat as I was reading this book, because, understandably, not a lot of it surprised me.
But, first things first. Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year-old guy from Toronto, Canada, who has the perfect life. He's in a rock b...more
Bryan Lee O'Malley - author & artist
Scott Pilgrim is a 20-something slacker who plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-omb. Scott lives in an apartment with his snarky, gay roommate (who happens to own all of the furniture, appliances and clothing in their small bachelor pad). Scott has just started dating a high school girl, much to the derision of his fellow 20-something group of friends. One day a mysterious girl zipping around on rollerblades catches Scott's eye, and captures his...more
Scott Pilgrim is a 20-something slacker who plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-omb. Scott lives in an apartment with his snarky, gay roommate (who happens to own all of the furniture, appliances and clothing in their small bachelor pad). Scott has just started dating a high school girl, much to the derision of his fellow 20-something group of friends. One day a mysterious girl zipping around on rollerblades catches Scott's eye, and captures his...more
Mallory
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Scott Pilgrim, age: 23; status: Awesome, is dating a high school girl! AND she's Chinese! Among the occasional hand holding and trips to good will they also like to hang out during Scott's band practice, "Sex Bob-bomb!" Everything's pretty sweet... and then he starts having dreams about a really awesome girl on rollar skates.. the thing is she's actually real! Romana, hair like this, just uses his brain as a sort of superhighway - they're pretty low traffic here in Canada. Scott uses h...more
Simply put, I think that the Scott Pilgrim series is the best graphic novel series ever. Though really, that's not saying much considering the only series of graphic novels I have read is the Scott Pilgrim series. Anyway, the first, the book this review is for, is my second favorite of them all. Scott is an interesting character, a slacker that lives in a basement apartment with his cool gay roommate, Wallace Wells, he's in a band called Sex Bob-omb (They're terrible). One thing leads to ano...more
Anyone who was ever an indie kid in the nineties or naughties is gonna see an awful lot they recognise in the world of Scott Pilgrim, preoccupied as it is with music, video games, getting hammered and (hopefully) getting laid. A quasi-fantastical romp through the romantic entanglements and all-round slacker life of our hero, one Scott Pilgrim, this is a light, funny read, with some utterly hilarious situation comedy and a cast of characters that pretty much everyone under the age of forty can re...more
Wow. I had to read this for work, and I was like unnnh, graphic novels, I have Gary Lutz to read, but you know what? Fuck it. I loved this. I almost gave it five stars. "But I'm so sincere!" Sweet 23-year-old Scott Pilgrim is dating a 17 year old Chinese girl from a catholic school, like with the outfit and everything! Not only that, but he platonically shares a bed with his hot gay roommate! Sarcastic girl drummers with freckles abound! Bizarre 'did he really just reference that' refe...more
From the Oh YA! Comics blog.
Scott Pilgrim's life is so awesome. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, "between jobs," and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms Flowers isn't covered in rose petals. Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends stand in the way between Scott and true h...more
Scott Pilgrim's life is so awesome. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, "between jobs," and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms Flowers isn't covered in rose petals. Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends stand in the way between Scott and true h...more
Scott Pilgrim is a loser, a 23-year-old dating a 17-year-old. He wins her over, then falls for someone more exotic, and proceeds to stonewall and ditch her. The new girl, it turns out, can rollerblade through your dreams. Near the end of the comic, it turns out that Pilgrim is a superhuman fighter in addition to being a guy who can't afford his own apartment. It's the random absurdity that wins you over it; it's the questionable plotting that makes you feel like you're slumming. There's no resol...more
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gamers, hipsters, those who love graphic novels
Recommended to Marielle by:
Everyone in the comicbook industry
It took not George Bush, but reading Scott Pilgrim, to make me want to revoke my American citizenship and move to Canada. Scott is a pretty typical 23-year old, and what I mean by that, is that he's aimless and grasping for things that give his life meaning, like his self-admitted crappy rock band and his high school girlfriend. As the comic goes on, he's revealed to be an idiot without a pot to piss in, but he has great friends and is, for lack of a better emotion, lovable. Even though he's kin...more
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Bryan Lee O'Malley is a Canadian cartoonist. His first original graphic novel was Lost at Sea (2003), and he is currently working on (and best-known for) the six-volume Scott Pilgrim series (2004 to present). All of his graphic novels thus far have been published by Portland, Oregon-based Oni Press. He is also a songwriter and musician (as Kupek and formerly in several short-lived Toronto bands).
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