Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life
Posted in Graphic Novels on 20. Mar, 2010
- ISBN13: 9781932664089
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
$6.37
Product Description
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 happiness. Can Scott beat the bad guys and get the girl without turning his precious little life upside-down?
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
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This isn’t a review of the book so much as a gripe about not being able to find the book. After not being able to find to at Barnes and Noble and Borders in IL, MO, KY and TN, I decided to get it from here. I placed my order on Feb 5 for all 5 volumes of Scott Pilgrim. As of right now, volumes 2-5 sit here on my desk but no volume 1. I got and email yesterday saying that the soonest I’ll get it is mid to late March! Awesome. I’m gonna love watching these books collect dust while I wait. Money well spent..
Rating: 1 / 5
I’m not the type to flame on people who love something I hate, so I’ll just leave it at that,I hated it.
I wouldn’t be writting a review if someone before me had posted a review and not a love letter.
A review should consider whether or not the art in question will appeal to anyone who consumes it or just your friends, this one is definately the latter.
Basically it’s an emo/indie story full of emo/indie kids doing emo/indie things.
If you can draw a circle you can draw this book.
If you can write dialogue such as, “cool.” and “yeah!”, you can write this book.
There’s nothing more to it, if you’re into that you’ll love it, if not, save your money.
Better yet, spend you’re money on some Paul Pope or Brian Wood, lots of indie cred, but backed up with brilliant art and intelligent writing.
Rating: 1 / 5
The first volume of this hit, independent series about the life of a Canadian slacker. A fifth volume is hitting the shelf soon, and a movie is in the works. After reading this, I’m less baffled about Scott Pilgrim’s success than I am disappointed.
Scott Pilgrim is essentially the indy Wanted. Basic wish-fulfillment fantasy, except, in this case, the comic book is fulfilling the ill-considered, pop-culture-inspired wishes of the gamer generation’s squishy emo side. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is in the lackluster aspirations of the title character. The despicable lead in Wanted fulfilled his fanboy dreams with loot, rape and murder, but at least his goals were somewhat higher than ‘underage girlfriend’ and ‘lead guitar for an ironically-named indy band’.
The end of this volume moved Scott Pilgrim from dull (and slightly despicable) to annoying (and slightly bizarre). Even when clumsily shoe-horned into an irrational super-hero universe, Scott Pilgrim is still merely a chronicle of sadly pedestrian fantasies.
Rating: 1 / 5
This comic is indeed polarizing, you’ll either love it or you’ll roll your eyes.
I’ve read a lot of manga, I know geek culture, I understand what this comic is attempting to do, and while its art influences are clearly in manga, it took nothing from manga storywise that makes them so great and appealing.
The way in which this chapter ended with the teamwork power and boss-level idea had me wincing. It felt as though his ideas were left in the wash too long and all the colors had faded out; there was nothing crisp or refreshing, no real deep investigation, nothing that took me to a new place, just a bland mish-mash amalgamation of pop-culture throwaways. Being in a band is the automatic ticket to cool? How utterly original. The dialogue plastic, ready-made, and now with a live-action movie deal on the way, perfect fodder for the Hollywood machine.
Another commentor wrote about the fetishizing of influences and name drops to which I have to agree with strongly. It detracts from the characters, it gets in the way of the story, it lacks humility, and it takes the spotlight off the characters and squarely onto the artist with their vast superior knowledge of pop-culture reference. “Yeah? Super Mario Bros right? You get it? It’s funny right? I wrote that.” That’s not to say it can’t be pulled off- shows like Venture Brothers come to mind who seem to have mastered it beautifully, or FLCL which employed references to create visual zaniness. If too blatant with nothing to back it up it can be perceived as simply flexing your muscles which in turn becomes a mindless gesture, a symptom of the “Look at me!” Generation. This along with the comic’s very self-conscious “Am I cool yet?” motif was a real turn off.
If you’re just starting out reading slice-of-life type mangas/comics with this then it’s an ok place to start, but really this pales in comparison to what’s out there. I’d recommend going to the source of the influence, to mangas like Nana, Paradise Kiss, even the ones that are more out there like 20th Century Boys or Welcome to the NHK! that will give you far more mileage out of your comic enjoyment experience.
Rating: 1 / 5
Bryan O’Malley was a good friend of mine in highschool and I am SO PROUD of his achievements! The story and characters are adorable! I loved Scott Pilgrim, Bry!
Rating: 5 / 5