Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1)

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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim #1)

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Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's ""between jobs,"" and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong, unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott's awesome life...more

Paperback, 168 pages

Published August 24th 2004 by Oni Press (first published July 28th 2004)

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Aug 17, 2012 Sparrow rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, hilarious, good-beach-reads

Scott Pilgrim is so how I see the world. I’m sure it’s because of the years of doing almost nothing but playing Mario Bros in my childhood, but the levels and energy bars and coins, etc. as applied to mundane life things are so perfect to me. Also, the characters. Oh, the characters. Scott Pilgrim is such a rad character because he is so douchey, but still somewhat sympathetic, and everyone spends the whole story pointing out his doucheyness. I just really love a story that calls a douche a douc...more Scott Pilgrim is so how I see the world. I’m sure it’s because of the years of doing almost nothing but playing Mario Bros in my childhood, but the levels and energy bars and coins, etc. as applied to mundane life things are so perfect to me. Also, the characters. Oh, the characters. Scott Pilgrim is such a rad character because he is so douchey, but still somewhat sympathetic, and everyone spends the whole story pointing out his doucheyness. I just really love a story that calls a douche a douche.

This volume only gets so far as Scott fighting Ramona’s first evil ex. Scott is a little more boyish in this and a little less emo than Michael Cera, and I think both versions are pretty fun. For the most part, the movie follows this volume exactly, though the movie adds a few things that I think are hilarious – like Scott and Knives at the arcade, Scott’s story about Pac Man, and the way Scott describes Ramona’s hair. Maybe the arcade stuff happens later, but I could see how that would be easier to pull off on film than in a graphic novel.

the scene where scott describes ramona’s hair, but in the graphic novel he just uses his fingers, rather than drawing it

the scene where scott describes ramona’s hair, but in the graphic novel he just uses his fingers, rather than drawing it

I’ve been reading a lot of graphic novels lately, mostly because people have given me a lot of them for some reason. This is one of my favorites because I think it is so clever. I don’t know if I would like it as much if I hadn’t seen the movie, but it’s hard to say. I think one of the things that I find sort of subtly hilarious in this story is how these insane male wish-fulfillment dreams will get fulfilled in the story, and Scott only reacts in a somewhat douchey way, but nobody freaks out. Like, battle of the bands is literally a Street Fighter-style cage match in which the music turns into monsters that fight each other, and Scott returns to the old, “Well, I knew I rocked, but I was not aware that we rocked collectively,” attitude. So brilliant. Is this because I have a little brother? And Scott reminds me of my little brother? Is that why I think this is so funny? Because all of Scott's conversations with his sister are so hilarious to me.

Digression: I saw the movie two or three times in the theater. One of the times was when I dragged my brother to see it, and he fully appreciated its genius, as I knew he would. Both (all?) times I saw it, the theater showed a preview for that movie Devil, and as the preview was showing people (including me) were like, "WTH??? What is this movie about? Oh my god, this looks so ridiculous," and then it would show M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN across the screen, and the whole theater would go, "Ohhhhhhhahahahaha!" American zeitgeist.

I don’t really think graphic novels are my thing. Maybe Persepolis is my thing, but in general I find them kind of boring. This wasn’t boring, but I don’t know if that was in large part because I knew what jokes were coming up.

I love Kim a lot. I must watch this movie again soon.
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May 31, 2011 Traci Haley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, 2008

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 fight with the f...more

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Jun 09, 2007 Aaron rated it 5 of 5 stars

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 me having grown up in Tor...more 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 me having grown up in Toronto Canada with most of my family there makes it even more enjoyable. The places he goes to are real places that I've been to and it makes it all the more enjoyable, but I'm getting sidetracked, Scott has cool friends, in a rock band, Scott likes video games, he is in between jobs and dating a high schooler life couldn't be better, then Ramona Flowers walks in.

Ramona flowers is an American girl who is very cool and won't get out of Scott’s dreams. Naturally he becomes obsessed with her as she turns his awesome life upside down. This is very relatable, we all at one point or a another have been obsessed with someone, we dream about them, we can't get them out of our heads. We say stupid things or do stupid things in front of them. It is something that I have never really seen explored well in comics before and here it's very believable.

This is the main part of the book which any of you like myself are suckers for relationship stories, this is a good one as Scott have to deal with this new interesting girl in his life and his high school girlfriend. One is cool and interesting and older while the other one is sweet and fun, the dilemma is fun to read with lots of comedic problems along the way.
Seriously, when I read the first book I was in a very public place and sometimes as I was reading I burst out in laughter right there in front of everybody and couldn't read the book for another five to ten minutes as I calmed down getting weird looks from everybody. Not enough books are like this and it's great when you find it. A book that generally makes you laugh and feel something is always awesome in my book.

The art is simple but effective, it's not spectacular but gets the job done and amazingly the expressions and attitudes of the many colorful characters are captured extremely well for so simple and art style it's really quite impressive.

Well I could gush about this book all day because it's excellent! But the greatest compliment I can give it is that after I read it and immensely enjoyed it, I read it three times over again and after that immediately went to my shop and bought the next two books and read those as well three times over in the space of about two days!

I can't recommend this book enough and the next two are equally as good as the first one so there's no drastic change in quality they're all very good and I highly highly recommend it.

Oh! I'm forgetting something; there is a very very sharp left turn at the end of this book. While most left turns bother me the style of this book and it humor really made it acceptable in my eyes and did not disturb the read too much. As a matter of fact for me it made it more interesting and more eager to get the next one, now with the fourth book somewhere around the corner I am left with constant anxiety as I need my Scott fix it's just that good.

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Nov 10, 2007 Bryce Wilson rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Adrift 20 somethings, indie rock/cult movie/videogame fans, geeks

Shelves: comics

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.

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Nov 02, 2010 Mon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel-manga-and-the-like, ya

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

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Feb 23, 2011 Zeta_comics rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: digital, 15k-ratings

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 old if it's gonna be like that...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Cecile Msays rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" by Bryan Lee O'Malley was a very interesting read! This was my first time reading a graphic novel and I found this one to be very entertaining! It focuses on Scott Pilgrim, his relationship with a high-schooler, and his new love interest, Ramona Flowers. I thought Scott's younger girlfriend was really funny, and seeing her actions through pictures just furthered my like for her! I also enjoyed Scott's eccentric personality and the many characters who were c...more

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Jun 08, 2007 Elisabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

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-boyfriends, in rea...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Tryston rated it 5 of 5 stars

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. Anyway...more

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Oct 25, 2011 El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 17-eltemplo, la-comicteca

"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 (Ramona F...more

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Feb 21, 2009 Skyler rated it 5 of 5 stars

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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May 16, 2013 Tyler rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley chronicles the life of Scott Pilgrim, a 23-year-old Canadian bassist in a local band, "Sex Bob-Omb" as he navigates his way through love life. First pegged as a creeper for dating a 17-year-old Chinese student named Knives Chau, Scott Pilgrim begins having dreams about a hardcore, roller-skating beauty. When he finds out she's real, and she for some reasons returns his feelings, Scott must battle Ramona Flowers' seven evil ex-boyfriends...more

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Apr 25, 2013 ALD Teens rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, graphic-novels

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While not a very deep, meaningful read on its surface, I enjoyed this first volume in the Scott Pilgrim series. Having never really read many graphic novels before, I had very few expectations coming into this reading. I appreciated the introduction into Manga-style comics (never having read an actual Manga). I loved the wit of the characters, often finding myself laughing out loud at their quips. While a very quick read, I think several of the themes in the graphic novel w...more

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Mar 16, 2013 John Beck rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed, top-shelf, fiction, graphic-novels

http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-of-scott-pilgrim-by-bryan-lee....

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Reading Bryan Lee O'Malley's six Scott Pilgrim books (Precious Little Life, vs. the World, & the Infinite Sadness, Gets It Together, vs. the Universe, Finest Hour) has been on my to-do list for a number of years, and they moved into my "read very soon" stack when I read and enjoyed Lost at Sea back in January.

Scott Pilgrim and his friends inhabit a world of magic realism, where...more http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-of-scott-pilgrim-by-bryan-lee....

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Reading Bryan Lee O'Malley's six Scott Pilgrim books (Precious Little Life, vs. the World, & the Infinite Sadness, Gets It Together, vs. the Universe, Finest Hour) has been on my to-do list for a number of years, and they moved into my "read very soon" stack when I read and enjoyed Lost at Sea back in January.

Scott Pilgrim and his friends inhabit a world of magic realism, where their otherwise normal lives are occasionally interrupted by video game style fighting, 1-ups, and intrusions into their dreams. I think of it as a digital-age twist on Watchmen. Where Moore asks, "what would superheroes be like in real life," O'Malley pushes at "what would happen if a 23-year-old slacker handled his problems like a character from Street Fighter 2?"

I really enjoyed watching Scott struggle to grow up. He doesn't know what to do with his life, he doesn't know how to be a reliable friend, and he certainly doesn't know how to behave in a relationship. This, of course, doesn't stop him from believing that he is awesome. I especially the moment in the 6th book when he realizes that the way he remembers himself is not how others remember him, when he's forced to confront the fact that his creation myth (how he learned to fight, how he became friends with Kim by beating up a bully and rescuing her) is a lie he's told himself so many times that he believes it. Kim forces him to remember that the kid he beat up was just another nerd, and more importantly, was a person. The world is not divided into friends and enemies; that approach only works in video games and (some lesser) comic books.

O'Malley's artwork is a real treat. Simple, clean lined characters inhabit a richly detailed world. The fullness of the world was reiterated over and over again. Pop-up balloons frequently appear with notes on who's who, what items are laying in the background, what action a character is in the midst of performing. Again, this emphasized the video game spirit of the books, playing to our expectation of unlockable tools and skills, while also serving as a way to make the world more textured (and more dork-tastic).

The framing of the panels was another tastefully handled reminder of just how big Scott Pilgrim's world really is. In comics, framing works just like the framing of a shot on television; it tells us where our attention should focus. Throughout Scott Pilgrim, O'Malley's framing skewed off center, so that the characters (and sometimes even their speech bubbles) would spill off the frame and off the page. What we are given is truly a "window on the world" in the classic sense, allowing us to see but also limiting what we can see. O'Malley's deft framing was one of the first things that stood out to me in Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, and I was thrilled and rewarded to see it continued throughout the series.(less)

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Mar 06, 2013 Chiv Aughn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, manga-and-graphics

First of all, I didn't know this was book until I did some research on the movie (which is one of my favourites). The movie was not a huge thing that just blew through the airways but the translation was great! I know it's a comic an all but I'm so glad they didn't change anything.

The comic entirely is hilarious...I can't stress how well drawn and done the characters are. Even the artwork in the background is well thought and not rushed. I mostly read manga and not graphic novels but I in my per...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Jacobmartin rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have a long history with Scott Pilgrim, which is mostly the polar opposite of my history with AKIRA where I love the movie so much that I'm timid to try the manga it's based on for fear it will ruin the masterpiece of animation that defined my adolescence.

Scott Pilgrim however, I had to see it in the theatre with my mother since nobody else would take me. That alone should spell out why I reacted so hostile to this pop cultural event at first. I didn't get it because I'd never been in a relati...more I have a long history with Scott Pilgrim, which is mostly the polar opposite of my history with AKIRA where I love the movie so much that I'm timid to try the manga it's based on for fear it will ruin the masterpiece of animation that defined my adolescence.

Scott Pilgrim however, I had to see it in the theatre with my mother since nobody else would take me. That alone should spell out why I reacted so hostile to this pop cultural event at first. I didn't get it because I'd never been in a relationship before and felt angry at the main character for toying around with the feelings of women he could woo so easily compared to me... I didn't get it, and I was wrong to dismiss it as white people problems the movie so soon. A similar experience was had when I was at the premiere of Hobo With A Shotgun in Australia, I was so green to exploitation movies it didn't occur to me that men taking their dates to something so violent was a thing that happens in the real world.

Say? Did you know Brian Lee O'Malley is far more Korean than his very Irish sounding name suggests? I didn't either until I checked Wikipedia after all these years. Suddenly those "white people problems" and alleged appropriation of anime and video game imagery I had problems with had no feet to stand on. Looking back I think I must have judged this comic and movie adaptation so harshly because I had an image in my head of a Kevin Eastman or Frank Miller like comics creator who crammed in Asian influences to his indie comic which in this case is as much a romantic comedy as it is a Wild Zero-like rock and roll battle fantasy.

I got you all wrong, Brian Lee O'Malley. I should have checked Wikipedia sooner. Lesson learned kids, you can't judge an artist by their name on a work alone. Wikipedia tends to help you figure out if you've misjudged them. Getting a bit older helped me appreciate this comic more. Ever since I saw Highlander, my heart yearns for fantasy genre meets Streets Of Rage urban brawl action. It doesn't matter if I don't understand Scott's deal in this, there's a whole host of other hilarious characters to love.(less)

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Jan 21, 2013 Jowel Uddin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-2012-2013

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Book Review

The Scott Pilgrim series has been quite popular in recent years. Upon this popularity, I opened up the first volume of the Scott Pilgrim series –Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. I came to know soon that Scott Pilgrim was a twenty three year old man who was still much of a child. His world was a drastic allusion to the world of video games including fictitious powers and even his girlfriend Ramona Flowers having eight evil boyfriends. The fi...more
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Book Review

The Scott Pilgrim series has been quite popular in recent years. Upon this popularity, I opened up the first volume of the Scott Pilgrim series –Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. I came to know soon that Scott Pilgrim was a twenty three year old man who was still much of a child. His world was a drastic allusion to the world of video games including fictitious powers and even his girlfriend Ramona Flowers having eight evil boyfriends. The first volume revolves around Scott Pilgrim debating whether to go after the girl in his dreams –Ramona –or to continue dating a high school student –Knives.

The graphic novel was quite dualistic. The artwork was very simple and was a great addition to the words. The characters seemed a bit underdeveloped and seemed to sway along with the story. I would have liked to see more character development throughout the story. Nevertheless, O'Malley did capture the essence of our generation. He made Scott, Wallace, and the rest of the characters much like today's generation, as the characters did not think much before acting and had a “sluggish” attitude. Perhaps the reason for O'Malley's under developing of character and plot may have been a suspense element. He may have been trying to keep the audience coming back for more. What should also be noted is that Scott Pilgrim breaks the fourth wall at times. At one point, he tells Ramona, “Maybe volume three for that one”. I thought that was quite fantastic. In sum, the graphic novel was great at times and at others, it felt lacking.

Scott Pilgrim truly exhibits the need to seize the day. Scott doesn't let anything truly stop him and he goes after Ramona and defeats Matthew Patel –the first evil boyfriend of Ramona. This “seizing of the day” can be applied to all of our lives. Much like Scott, we should go for our dreams and not hesitate to chase. Scott's chase gave way to him actually being with Ramona. Another lesson embedded within the graphic novel is the message that at times we should take life a bit more calmly. O'Malley's whole work is in a very smooth and nonchalant tone. Perhaps the popularity of Scott Pilgrim not only stems from the video game allusions yet rather also the feel that readers get with a “go with the flow” type character. None of the characters are very extreme but rather have a relaxed feel and O'Malley perhaps may be directing us to be more relaxed, nonchalant, and calm in our lives. Overall, much is to be gained from Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrims's Precious Little Life. What may seem like a childish endeavor to some, is much more upon opening and analyzing.

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Dec 27, 2012 Darcey rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone with an interest in comics

Shelves: favorites, manga-and-comics, realistic, romantic-themes, lgbt-characters, young-adult, humour

When I watched the movie, it instantly became one of my favourites, and I've watched it countless times since. So I figured, why not read the comic series?

This comic is probably one of the best I've ever read. To me, it had everything. I found every character mentioned likeable, especially Scott's room-mate Wallace. Scott doesn't really have any qualities that stand out about him, but he's real, and I like that.

The humour was great. I kept smiling throughout the whole book. It's not obvious humo...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Gigi added it

The book that I read was "Scott Pilgrim's Precious little life" by Bryan Lee O'Malley. This book was funny and really interesting. It wasn't like any ordinary book, the book was diverse and could be read by anyone. The book is about a 23 year old, in a rock band called SEX BOB-OMB. In the beginning he is dating a high schooler named Knives Chau. Everything is nice and happy until Scott has a dream about a rollerblading delivery girl. Scott starts to think about this girl constantly,and one day h...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Fsp 5/6 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life.

Scott Pilgrim, 23-years old, has no responsibilities, and spends his days playing bass in his rock band, Sex Bob-Bomb, and hanging out with his high-school “girlfriend,” Knives Chau. Every thing is perfect until a mysterious girl on roller skates repeatedly invades Scott’s dreams. It turns out that this girl is real, and goes by the name of Ramona Flowers. Scott is starting to fall for Ramona, while still dating the naive Knives. Ramona has a dark past, thoug...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Danielle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: canadian-author, humour, graphic-novel-comic

This was a cute volume featuring Scott Pilgrim, a 23 year old romantically challenged amateur band member and his rag-tag group of friends, aimed at a teenage and 20-something crowd. I liked the panel layout - easy to follow, just the right amount of action in each, and effective use of humourous pacing. I also really like the dialogue between characters; their conversations sound like the half insulting, half loving ones that are typical in close friendships.

The story opens with the reader, al...more This was a cute volume featuring Scott Pilgrim, a 23 year old romantically challenged amateur band member and his rag-tag group of friends, aimed at a teenage and 20-something crowd. I liked the panel layout - easy to follow, just the right amount of action in each, and effective use of humourous pacing. I also really like the dialogue between characters; their conversations sound like the half insulting, half loving ones that are typical in close friendships.

The story opens with the reader, along with Scott's friends, learning of Scott's recent and surprising seventeen year old high school girlfriend, Knives Chau. He goes on to explain that they met on a bus a couple of days ago, and that they almost held hands - maybe they've hugged, he can't be sure. Scott bats away teasing concerning how appropriate the relationship may be, saying that he likes it because it's simple, and that he's not rushing anything sexual. His sister reveals how long it's been since his last girlfriend - a year - and we're given the impression that the break-up left Scott at a loss.

It's obvious to the reader at this point that Scott is in rebound mode, looking to ease himself into the rituals, expectations and sexual demands of dating by opting for a girlfriend who doesn't know what the rituals are, what to expect as 'normal' and who shies away from serious sexual encounters. Her typical girl-teenager-in-love qualities are highlighted in a scene where her previous liking of Scott explodes into enamored love when she sits in on his band practice. His one band mate states that he's either evil (taking advantage of his girlfriend's general relationship related naïveté) or that he's really happy. Scott says that it's the latter.

Up to this point, Scott Pilgrim's world has been fairly realistic - no magic, no monsters, no mixed martial arts skills out of nowhere. This changes, with the appearance of one Ramona Flowers, inline skating courier extraordinaire, as she delivers one liners while skating through Scott Pilgrim's dreams. Much to his surprise, he discovers that she is real as he spots her at the library.

He becomes smitten, and the hunt is on. He finds her again, and she explains that she uses a sub reality that runs through his brain in order to facilitate her speedy deliveries. Here, our idea of a realistic world parts ways with Scott Pilgrim's universe/realism. I found this to be jarring, since there weren't any indicators for the first third of the book that the Scott Pilgrim universe differed from ours in that kind of regard.

He eventually manages to convince her to hang out with him, while forgetting about the little detail named Knives Chau. (As an aside, I am convinced that her name is a portent of things to come - once sweet teenager turned homicidal revenge seeker? We shall see.) Scott is portrayed in various previous scenes as forgetful and impulsive, so I think that this is supposed to come across as stupidity on his part instead of an intentional jerk move, but it still struck me as a shitty thing to do. Cue social awkwardness, a couple good lines and an epic battle with flying fireball spewing demon babes. Yeah, I didn't see that one coming, either.

Two scenes made me giggle out loud; one where Scott asks what the url is for Amazon.ca, and Wallace, after a panel of speechless despair, responds "...Amazon.ca," and one where, after Wallace repeatedly heckles a band on stage, the lead singer says that the next song is dedicated to the guy shouting from the balcony and is entitled, "We hate you, please die."

Overall, it's a silly romp with sloppy art, enjoyable dialogue and cute romances. (less)

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Sep 23, 2012 Ryan Sweeney rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life is the first in a series of 6 books by Canadian artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The first book was released back in 2004 but I didn't get round to reading this series until 2010, shortly before the release of motion picture adaptation by Edgar Wright. I managed to burn through the first 5 books in the space of a week and then I had to wait impatiently for the last one to be released. It was torture, but worth the wait.

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Sep 07, 2012 Dave rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Still haven't seen the movie and I've only read the first few graphic novels in their original black and white format, so I decided to begin my "formal" reading of the series - beginning to end - in this new color format. Blasphemy? Maybe. The original black and white editions look great, but WOW, did they do a great job with the color edition. It corrects one minor problem the black and whites had - some characters are difficult to tell apart visually - and just has a beautiful aesthetic all it...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Lindsay Stares rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

New Release! I received an e-copy of this book from NetGalley for review.

Premise: Scott Pilgrim is a bit shiftless, but his bumbling charm seems to carry him along. And then he meets the girl of his dreams. No, literally.

I missed Scott Pilgrim the first time around, although I heard all the accolades. I did see the movie, which covers much of the same ground in the beginning as this volume. Since I knew much of the premise and, more importantly, many of the jokes, it took me a while to get into...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Nicola rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Reason for Reading: I've really paid no attention to the hype about this series, never seen the movie, nor do I know what it's even about. But I did intend to give it a try someday, seeing as the author is Canadian and since I had the chance decided now was the time.

I didn't *love* this and at first wasn't even all that lukewarm to it either but as the book progressed I became more interested in Scott and then eventually Ramona, until at the end I knew I would read the next book. I was put off w...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Krista (CubicleBlindness Reviews) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Scott has announced to his friends and sister that he's dating a 17 year old girl. (he is 23) and they think he's crazy, but overall (except his sister) are pretty supportive and love Knives enthusiasm at the band practices. The one thing I found amazingly surprising about Scott's character is that out of all the qualities that he doesn't have. His ability to listen and pay attention to what his girlfriend is saying was a good clue for me that maybe I might root for him. When he sees Ramona Flow...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Eliza Victoria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Scott Pilgrim is a 23-year-old Canadian slacker living in Toronto who plays bass in a band called “Sex Bob-omb”. He is also dating a high school girl named Knives Chau, much to the derision of his friends and band mates. One day he begins having recurring dreams of a girl in rollerblades, whom he later sees in a library. Her name is Ramona Flowers, an American from New York who now works as an Amazon.ca messenger. Scott is mystified by her, and he ends up dating two girls. He later breaks up wit...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Cape Rust rated it 5 of 5 stars

Yes I’m an old fart and while not culturally starved as some of my fellow “adults”, I’m not exactly what you would call cutting edge. I never read the original Scott Pilgrim series. I remember buying it for my youngest daughter for Christmas a few years back. She loved the gift and both of my daughters read the hell out of all of the books. They would often read me funny passages and show me the quirky illustrations. I caught the buzz about the movie, put two and two together and went out and sa...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Sam Quixote rated it 4 of 5 stars

I hate hipsters. Standing around being quirky for the sake of being quirky, behaving in an overly twee manner and trading on empty conversation, superficial gestures, and generally believing being their affected version of cool makes them better than society? Oh... but I will contain my rage for Scott Pilgrim.

You see Scott Pilgrim is the hipster's comic book. Scott is a hipster, all his friends are hipsters, the girl he's started seeing is a hipster. They buy their clothes at Good Will, they're...more

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Aug 05, 2012 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Smidge of a review in the dialect of Scott Pilgrim: (Accuracy;non-confirmed)

So there is this boy named Scott Pilgrim..and he's sorta...well....no...he really is...dating a high schooler named Knives. He's also in this wicked band called "sex-bob-omb" and he has a few close friends, mostly that play in his..well "Steve Stills" band that has come to be glorified by young Knives (The girl of course!). So Scott prematurely dates a younger girl, while living with a room-mate named Wallace. Wallace fi...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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