Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (Scott Pilgrim #2)

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Does Scott and Ramona's burgeoning relationship have a future? Isn't Scott still supposedly dating Knives Chau? Who is Ramona's second evil ex-boyfriend, and why is he in Toronto? Who are The Clash At Demonhead, and what kind of bizarre art-punky music do they play? Who's their hot girl keyboardist, and what is Scott's relation to her? Why are they Knives Chau's new favour...more

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Published June 28th 2005 by Oni Press

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Mar 29, 2013 Manny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: story-review, parody-homage, well-i-think-its-funny, life-is-proust, pooh-dante

Our son David dragged us to see the movie on Saturday. Elisabeth slumbered fitfully, waking up occasionally to see if it was getting any better and generally deciding it wasn't. I thought it was interesting at an abstract level, and I found several scenes funny or sexy, but I had to admit that I couldn't really appreciate it. I also felt rather sleepy at times. David looked both superior and a little embarrassed. "Well, it's really a movie for my generation," he admitted.

The startling realisatio...more

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Mar 13, 2009 The Crimson Fucker rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ok, when I got to B&N today I showed Mr. Greg a piece of paper with the name of this book on it… he checked on the computer and told me that they didn’t have the first volume… and I said that I don’t give a fuck is freaking manga those thingies ain’t books… so anyway he got me this, now I’ve been wanting to read this since ‘Tambito told me there was this huge fight scene with one of the chick’s super evil ex boyfriends… who happened to be a vegan! AND I FUCKING HATE VEGANS! So there was read...more

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Oct 10, 2010 Greta is Erikasbuddy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics

I'm giving this 5 stars because.... well, I think I figured out how to rate comic books.

Review from a mother of a 13 year old:

Mothers across the world.... I feel it is ok to let your kids (13 and up) read Scott Pilgrim.

* There are only 2 cuss words in this book which will make your kid squeal in delight but will also make them want to read more (which is our secret maser mind plan. Let them feel like they are reading something naughty but in return they keep reading in hopes that they will see...more

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Mar 13, 2011 John Wiswell rated it 2 of 5 stars

I gave it two volumes and I've failed to get into it. The art has improved a little since the first volume, with deliberately different hair styles and more usage of upper torsos on-panel so clothing can help distinguish the characters. But that art is still conveying flat humor (he doesn't like doing push-ups - har) and an indulgently long story about a guy fighting his new girlfriend's exes. Two volumes in, I have no idea why he has to fight them. Are they going to come after him relentlessly...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Ariel Acupan rated it 5 of 5 stars

TWO WORDS:

GIRL FIGHT!

I have to calm myself first to try to at least give Scott Pilgrim vs. The World a bit decent review.

The story of Scott Pilgrim was a little bit mushy and stupid sometimes but what got me hooked to this graphic novel is the FIGHTS!. Frames and illustrations are ok. The story, more catchy and a big cliffhanger at the end.

I would not go back as far as to tell you what happend on the first book and as Scott puts it, read the book sometimes, hehehehe. But to this second install...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Harold Ogle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, contemporary, ensemble, fun-characters, humor, pop-culture

A fun read, and in many ways an improvement over the first book. Although the first book has the wonderful surprise factor of moving from the prosaic to the fantastical (with the interdimensional bypass in Scott's head, followed by the fighting the evil exes thing) which can't be reproduced, this second book elaborates on all the characters, building the ensemble in great and humorous ways. For viewers of the film adaptation, this is also where the story gets involved enough that it contains stu...more

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

Shelves: reviewed, 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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Oct 02, 2012 Nicola rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reason for Reading: Next in the series.

I liked this book much better than the first one, but I've given them the same rating. I felt the same way throughout this book as I did when I finished the first one, if that makes sense. My problems with book one have mostly been taken care of now and I found this a pleasant, humorous diversion. I can understand the cult appeal this has had. I still don't think it is suitable for younger audiences and while this book is not as "adult" as the first book it...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Sam Quixote rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ah Scott Pilgrim, what a cute, funny, numinously readable little comic you are! Scott's new girlfriend Ramona Flowers has a string of Evil Ex-Boyfriends which Scott must battle if he is to have a relationship with her. Following his first battle in the first book, he has a second battle in the second book (I foresee a third boyfriend battle in book 3 and so on), and the battle plays out like superhero Manga fighters rather than hipster twentysomethings in Canada dossing about which is the rest o...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Paul Riches rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: absolute-favourites

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Scott Pilgrim 2: They Relive The Past

When last we left off with our intrepid young couple, they were just starting off in a relationship.

But first we detour to a guided tour of Scott’s past love life.

So buckle your seatbelts, as we dwelve into Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 Versus The World and plummet headlong into his sordid grainy life. Keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times for this trip down memory lane, all curated by the amazing writer/artist Bryan Lee O’Malley.

For those of you who...more Scott Pilgrim 2: They Relive The Past

When last we left off with our intrepid young couple, they were just starting off in a relationship.

But first we detour to a guided tour of Scott’s past love life.

So buckle your seatbelts, as we dwelve into Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 Versus The World and plummet headlong into his sordid grainy life. Keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times for this trip down memory lane, all curated by the amazing writer/artist Bryan Lee O’Malley.

For those of you who came in late, Scott Pilgrim is our hero, a slacker in his early twenties who in the first volume meets the girl of his dreams, the mysteriously alluring Ramona Flowers. But the major stumbling block for their continued happiness is Ramona’s Seven Evil Ex’s, who are united to destroy Scott. And have fun while doing this. During these epic battles, the laws of physics and common sense vanish in a puff of logic. And barely anyone even notices these breaches.

So now that these safety instructions are finally out of the way, on with the show. We immediately enter the wayback machine and see Scott’s time in high school, complete with a first day fight. At this point the human drama unfolds with Scott being blindly oblivious to Lisa, a girl interested in him, and showing interest in Kim, whom we were introduced to in the first Volume. Both girls join Scott’s band and everything seems peachy keen until our hero is plucked away by a move to Toronto. Kim and Lisa are left lovelorn. Or are they?

One of the joys of pillaging all six volumes of Scott Pilgrim at once is all the plot and character details O’Malley manages to deftly shuffle into the story along the way. Paying attention to how Scott recollects these events, seemingly so innocuous at the time but oh so pivotal later in the narrative, becomes very important before the end. Scott is our gallant romantic hero. Scott is a caring gentleman at all times. Or is he? Events in this story slam into our future, but even those answers bring forth more questions. The underpinings exposed here have the task of vividly making all of us, somewhere down the road, question our own total recall. What seems like a simple backstory reveals all.

Meanwhile back in the present day, we also plunge into another wildly crazy battle with yet another Evil Ex. Scott faces death, destruction and dismemberment at the hands of Lucas Lee, an “accomplished” actor with absolutely no respect for Casa Loma. Scott somehow survives (otherwise their would be no Volume 3) and finally sees the next Evil Ex at the very conclusion of this Volume. Also, Ramona’s day gets weirder and weirder when she enters a surreal fight of her own at the library. And it was not about overdue books. Both battles feature O’Malley letting his imagination stretch and bounce off of the universe.

After both these bone rattling battles, the emotional body blows begin anew. Another fragment from the past, a dangerous and nasty character who trolls around Scott, makes her appearance. The pages and pages of Scott’s anguish over She-Who-Is-So-Clearly-Not-Worth-It draws you in and drags you through the muck. Scott just wants to know why he is not worth of Envy’s love. Wrong question Scott, wrong question. You should be asking why do you still care about this BL##P. You can fill in the blanks yourself.

Right now, Scott is all set to enter Volume 3 and encounter the next Evil Ex. An Ex with a strange Six Degrees Of Separation connection to his world. An Ex that brings the surreal to the next level of surreal. And Scott’s life gets more complicated. As usual.

And I fully believe Sonic & Knuckles were a way better band.

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Jun 15, 2012 Holden Attradies rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, sequential-art

The elephant in the room for me is the Scott Pilgrim Movie. When the movie came out it looked REALLY cool, but I made a point of reading the books first (I try to do that as much as possible). But I read them all in like the same week I first watched the movie so in my mind the books and movie are tied very closely together.

The movie shadows the first volume nearly pager per page and line per line, and it's not till this volume that you really start getting into where the two mediums diverge in...more The elephant in the room for me is the Scott Pilgrim Movie. When the movie came out it looked REALLY cool, but I made a point of reading the books first (I try to do that as much as possible). But I read them all in like the same week I first watched the movie so in my mind the books and movie are tied very closely together.

The movie shadows the first volume nearly pager per page and line per line, and it's not till this volume that you really start getting into where the two mediums diverge in how they tell the same story. One of the reasons I adore books so much is that they can have so much more detail, and you really get to see that here compared to the movie.

One last thing before I move on from the book vs. movie: I adore the book version of Roman Flowers. She is quirky and has a very natural looking body and seems almost as unsure of her self as Scott is. I didn't much care for the movie Roman, especially when compared to the book Ramona. I felt the actress wasn't much a physical match for the role (far to thin, not curvy enough), and personality she came off as a real bitch and pretty insincere, where as in the comics she comes off as a pretty nice lady and very sincere, but perhaps a little confused. The movie Ramona also came off as just way to cool for everyone around her like she DID belong in New York or Hollywood dating a douche bag producer, where as as the book Ramona comes off as real and everyday and believable that she's hanging with a bunch of every day scenesters.

My favorite character in the whole series in Kim Pine, and thus the opening to this book where you get to see Scott and her relationship when they were in high school is one of my favorite moments in the series. Kim is this character that is some how essential to the story, but you only really ever see hints at it. Although it doesn't happen, I found my self hoping from this point on till the very last page that Scott would end up dropping everyone else and getting together with her.

This volume also has a really awesome intro to Envy Adam's, and the cliff hanger ending on this volume is awesome.(less)

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Feb 29, 2012 John Burton rated it 4 of 5 stars

This quarter I choose to read Scott Pilgrim vs the world. This is the second book in the Scott Pilgrim Series. The Scott Pilgrim series is a series of graphic novels based around a young adult, Scott, and Ramona, a girl he is in love with. Throughout the book, Scott versus several of her "evil" exes to get to her. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It followed through very well with the first book, and left few unanswered questions. I would recommend it to any fan of Graphic Novels. The reading lev...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Marcelo Sanchez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: comic, humor

Three stars for adding useless complexity.
One of the rules of video games design is that you introduce the player to the abilities he needs when he needs them. This books adds complexity and answers questions I haven't asked while leaving the ones I asked unanswered for building tension. Also adding more characters (which are not easy to tell apart) for the purpose of adding more depth to side characters
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Jul 04, 2011 Ana Mardoll rated it 4 of 5 stars

Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2 / 9781932664126

I first came to the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels after being introduced to the concept by the delightful movie, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2 provides some much needed backstory on the characters, as well as some more in-depth characterization of the love triangle between Scott, Ramona, and Knives.

Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2 opens with a flashback of Scott and Kim in high school and how -- as Scott remembers it -- they met and fell for each...more

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Jun 25, 2011 Michelle. Tsunami. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: gotta-love-those-guys, loved, want-to-own

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- Random as hell.
Julie- Mean as hell.
Mathew Petal- Amusing as hell.
Luca...more

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Mar 12, 2011 Caris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, graphic-novels, young-adult

Fuck Ulysses.

So this second volume wasn’t quite as good as the first. The narrative seemed a little disjointed and I had some trouble following the little subplots.

I also had some difficulty telling the characters apart. Was that Knives? Kim? Ramona? Stacy? Wait, who the fuck is Sarah? I have a feeling that this is going to be an issue for me. I’m not enamored by line drawings, so I don’t pay that much attention to them. I use them as a replacement for dialogue attributions. That’s hard to do w...more

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Sep 19, 2010 Raj rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, sci-fi

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Aug 02, 2010 Keely rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, reviewed

Well, this is certainly a quick read. If I'd read a two hundred and thirty pages of Hellboy or Blueberry, I could have tackled four or five full story arcs by now, but with Scott Pilgrim, I feel like I'm still waiting for the story to kick in. It's very soap opera: who is dating who, who used to date who, which would be more intriguing if I were interested in the characters, but they've stayed pretty flat.

In my review of the first book, I mentioned how self-absorbed and dull all the characters a...more Well, this is certainly a quick read. If I'd read a two hundred and thirty pages of Hellboy or Blueberry, I could have tackled four or five full story arcs by now, but with Scott Pilgrim, I feel like I'm still waiting for the story to kick in. It's very soap opera: who is dating who, who used to date who, which would be more intriguing if I were interested in the characters, but they've stayed pretty flat.

In my review of the first book, I mentioned how self-absorbed and dull all the characters are, comparing them to Holden Caulfield, so I had a laugh when one of the characters starts reading Catcher in this volume. Then again, characters with little empathy or self-awareness can be appealing to a certain kind of young adult.

There's very little introspection in general, the story touches superficially on a lot of parts of childhood, especially trends, but almost never turns a critical eye on them. Everything is taken for granted, not only by the characters, but seemingly by the author.

A good author can take dull, self-centered characters and use them to make certain observations about the world, or about human psychology, and a lot of authors do this, but so far, what you get from Scott Pilgrim is what's written on the page.

I suppose this is why the author takes so many pages to start his story: without any levels of meaning or complexity, he has no shorthand for introducing ideas. He has to introduce everything plainly, and often redundantly.

O'Malley tries to reign in our interest by making constant veiled references to the characters' past relationships, only to have them interrupted or refuse to go into it. It's a fairly artificial way to build suspense for the story, and as he keeps foreshadowing the same revelations over and over, by the time they arrive they are hardly surprising.

The most interesting part so far has been recognizing Toronto landmarks that I visited as a kid, including the beautiful Casa Loma.

The comic is somewhat reminiscent of the Archie comics, revolving around the back-and-forth nature of relationships, but O'Malley isn't funny, not even in a hokey Archie way. He seems to have fallen into the trap that plagues all unimaginative writers trying to capture 'real lives' and 'real relationships': he forgets that truth is stranger than fiction, and that if you can't make your fiction strange, it will be duller than truth.

Now, he does have some fantastical elements, magic, fight scenes and all that, but they aren't really that odd or original; they're homages, and as such won't surprise anyone familiar with the works he's referencing (videogames, anime, pop culture). Despite the presence of urinals in museums, you can't simply point at things and expect the audience to find them profound: you've got to do the footwork.

All in all, so far Scott Pilgrim feels very much like a mid-level webcomic. It centers on the author's life and experiences, harping on in-jokes and hobbies, but lacks the character, narrative structure, wit, or art that sets good webcomics apart. I guess I'll keep reading, hopefully I'll find something more intriguing in the later books.(less)

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Jul 28, 2010 Annie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-2010

You know Scott is going to get into big trouble when he's dating two girls at once...

Scott is still dating his girlfriends, Ramona and Knives, and can't seem to choose either one. And of course, there's always Ramona's ex-boyfriends that may pop up out of nowhere to fight him... What will Scott do when Ramona and Knives meet for the first time and get into a big fight?

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was excited to read the second. Overall, the second was good, yet I found it...more

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Apr 26, 2009 MacK rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: world-lit

Having been stunned by the first Scott Pilgrim book I raced up the stairs at the Minneapolis Public Library in order to obtain the second one, and though I had promised myself that I would work for a little while before reading, I dove in after pulling the pulpy pages from the shelf.

I was immediately struck by how, though the style and artistry in the first book remained, the second book was very much its own. Suddenly there was a flashback and a revelation about the main character and a heretof...more

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Apr 24, 2013 P D rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Alright, I'm sold on redoing this series in color. The big advantage is that they've upscaled all the pages, which means you can finally read some of O'Malley's teeny little dialogue boxes and little text jokes. (Rescaling in black and white alone would, I think, not work because the art is simple enough where it will get boring on a large scale.)

The colors continue to be well done, too. And the big help here is that some of the similar-looking characters are now differentiated by hair color, wh...more

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Jan 09, 2011 Sofia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels

Published on my book blog.

The second installment of the Scott Pilgrim's series continues to explore his burgeoning relationship with Ramona Flowers (and, consequently, the fights with her evil ex-boyfriends) and his withering one with Knives Chau (who seems to develop an unhealthy obsession for anything Scott).

I actually enjoyed this one more. I'm not sure if it was because it's a bit more different from the movie than the first volume, or simply because the story picked up pace. It was still qu...more

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Sep 01, 2009 Deborah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

In this volume, we get to know Scott Pilgrim and his friends a little more. We see an episode from his high school days, how he started his first band, and his high school girlfriend. Then, back to the present, where Scott is enjoying his relationship with Ramona and figuring out how to break it off with Knives. He does, but she doesn't take it well. And here, we thought it was only Scott that had to deal with evil exes. Also on tap--a call from another of Scott's ex-girlfriends, wanting their b...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

Here is my dilemna du jour: how will I write a review of this book without sounding like a condescending aging wanna-be hipster asshat? Maybe I should just say this series appeals to specific sensibilities and you'll either love it or be confused, possibly to the point of ire.

Anyways, Scott Pilgrim. He's a Canadian twenty-something slacker that plays in a bad indie band. He lives in a one-room basement apartment and shares a futon with a gay roommate named Wallace (fun fact: Scott isn't gay, he...more

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Sep 13, 2010 Eric rated it 5 of 5 stars

Scott Pilgrim 2 is a little bit more choppy than 1, but I have to say that that aspect was what reeled me in this time. Considering I'm not sure how many books there are in this series (5 or 6?), this volume seemed like a transitional Pilgrim. (Hmmm...a great band name that never was: Transitional Pilgrim!). I was hoping for more Scott vs. Ramona's evil ex-boyfriends battles, but it was not meant to be. Slowly, O'Malley is shifting into a rare category of person for me. It revolves around my vie...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Jay Eckard rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"You Just Don't Exist" is, besides the name of movie Lucas Lee is making in this volume, also the name of a song by Plumtree (the all-girl Toronto indie band that crops up in the books, on the shirts of characters in the film, and in the film soundtrack) on the same album as the song "Scott Pilgrim", Predicts the Future. You won't see that on a film production note subtitle.

And I say that because there's not much else to say about this book. It's that good. The characters (at least for me) strik...more

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Nov 16, 2011 Saniya(Will Herondale is mine) rated it 3 of 5 stars

It wasn't as good as the first book/volume.
And I tend to have the EXACT same problems with this book as with a reviewer, Caris and he explained it just perfectly.

"The narrative seemed a little disjointed and I had some trouble following the little subplots. I also had some difficulty telling the characters apart. Was that Knives? Kim? Ramona? Stacy? Wait, who the fuck is Sarah? I have a feeling that this is going to be an issue for me. I’m not enamored by line drawings, so I don’t pay that much...more

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Dec 31, 2010 Shannon added it

A significant improvement on the story telling from the first volume. Flashbacks to high school, fights between Scott and an ex, and Ramona and one of Scott's exes. Good stuff. if you like Questionable Content, you'll probably like the Scott Pilgrim books.

Getting more used to the medium and think I'm starting to appreciate it more.

There was a great one-panel reference to Say Anything. I had a thing for 80s teen drama films sometime in the mid-90s, and Say Anything was one of my favourites. Joh...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Hannah rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm kinda too tired to write a proper review...

We start the second volume where we left off from the first...if Scott wants to be with Ramona, he's going to have to defeat all seven of her evil ex-boyfriends in a Super Mario must defeat Bowser to save Daisy/Peach style.

One main problem for me is that, for some reason, I don't actually like Ramona's character very much; maybe I'm jealous of the fact that she has seven evil exs willing to fight over her.

Of course, I'm still enjoying the heavy refe...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: from-library, graphic-novel, fiction

If volume one was almost completely reproduced in the movie, volume two has plenty of the payout that leads fans of a movie to seek out the book that was its source material. Here we get the back story on Scott's romantic (and musical, and employment) history, and a fantastic kung fu-style face-off between Knives and Ramona, in addition to catching us up to the fight with evil ex number 2.

(Though admittedly, some of the backstory was a little: "what? ...and who was that again? ...and how is this...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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“You suck, surprising no one!!!! If bad was a boot, you'd fit it!!!! You're a stupid poo-poo head! I had sexual relations with your mother! Your mother was not that good in bed! You, sir, are a wretched soul! I am rubber, you are glue!” — 34 people liked it

“Kim: "What, a coffee? Hollie, I have some bad news. I hate you, okay?"
Hollie: "You hate everyone, Kim."
Kim: "You're one of everyone.” — 10 people liked it

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