Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Precious Little Life Color Edition

Once upon a time, a comic artist named Bryan Lee O'Malley did a comic series around a central character named Scott Pilgrim. That comic series got made into a movie called Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. The movie was not bad, but was definitely worth seeing if only because it made me want to read the comic series it was based on. And I'm here now to tell you that O'Malley's original series is awesome. It's also almost impossible to describe, but I'll give it my best shot and say it's original, it's funny, it's way surreal, and it's probably unlike anything you've ever read. On the surface, the plot arc of the six-volume series is centered around Scott Pilgrim, a twenty-something game-playing slacker in a Canadian garage band, who meets the girl of his dreams (literally) and finds he must defeat her seven evil ex-es if he wants to date her. But like an iceberg, the surface only hints at everything that lies beneath. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life is the first volume. In it, you're introduced to: Scott Pilgrim, a wide-eyed and likeable but perpetually clueless 23-year-old slacker who's in a garage band called Sex Bob-omb. ("Well... my last job is a really long story, filled with sighs. Maybe we can get into it in a later volume.") Knives Chau, his 17-year-old Chinese sort-of girlfriend ("We almost held hands once.") Wallace Wells, his cool but boy-crazy gay roommate. ("I'd resent that if it weren't so true.") Stephen Stills, lead guitarist in the band. ("Do you always refer to him by his full name?" - "Who? Stephen Stills? Yes.") Kim Pine, the band's drummer and Scott's ex-girlfriend from high school. ("Scott, are you evil, or are you really happy?") Young Neil Nordegraf, Stephen Still's roommate and the band's biggest fan. ("What do you play?" "Um... nothing, I just live here.") Comeau, who knows everyone. ("Well, I wouldn't say _everyone_, but yeah, I guess.") Julie Powers, Stephen Stills' on-again/off-again but always bitchy girlfriend. ("Scott, I forbid you from hitting on Ramona, even if you haven't had a girlfriend in over a year.") Stacey Pilgrim, Scott's younger sister. ("She's Chinese? Wait till Mom hears about this!") Ramona Flowers, a roller-blading delivery girl for Amazon.ca and the girl of Scott's dreams. ("No, no, it's just like, this really convenient subspace highway happens to go through your head.") And Matthew Patel, the first of Ramona's evil ex-es to challenge Scott Pilgrim.("Didn't you get my email and letter explaining the situation?") Just read it. You'll be hooked. I highly recommend this book (and the entire series) to anyone who appreciates a comic series with a unique visual style, engaging characters, the kind of surreal world we only wish we could live in, and just a great fun read.

Since most people that read this edition of Scott Pilgrim will already be familiar with the story, I'm going to review what color does for the story and a bit about the added bonus features. In some ways I'm a traditionalist and I don't really like the trend of coloring black and white comics as it does take a bit away from how the story was originally presented. In the case of Scott Pilgrim, the black and white at times felt perfect for the story as it give it a magnaesque vibe to it that fit well with the storyline. But...at the same time as the series and characters progressed the black and white felt limiting, as we talked about the changes in Ramona's hair color and the fight scenes that shaped the characters. So I am glad to have a chance to read the colorized version of the novel as it brings an added vibrancy and depth to Bryan's work. The colors help make the character come to life and it feels like a good animated Saturday morning cartoon, like Animaniacs, which works well with the story. In particular the color enhances the band and battle scenes, making a good black and white drawing, suddenly feel animated. My favorite scenes in color--Scott's battle sequence with matthew Patel and the demon girls. The color just brings so much to that scene, shadows and highlights that just make things pop. So despite my unease the color really does help create a more vibrant story. This volume also includes some bonus content that reveals the life of Scott Pilgrim, before he became Scott Pilgrim. Bryan shares with us some of his influences, such as the title of a band's song, friends and family that the characters and story were based upon, and how he sold the idea to Oni to create this series of graphic novels. In addition, Bryan shares some more personal reflections such as the feelings of the rather low key release date (due to the publishing of the book being pushed back) as well his ideas and depictions of how the characters evolved as he drew them (always one of my favorite things to see.) In short if you're a fan of Scott Pilgrim then you'll definitely want to add this book to your collection. And if you aren't a fan of Scott Pilgrim or never read it before, give this book a try in its new colorized version. You won't regret it. 5 out of 5 stars.

I've watched and enjoyed the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World many times, but never looked into the source material. It was clearly comic book or video game inspired based on the aesthetics of the movie, but I didn't know it was an actual adaptation on a comic series. When I saw this as an option to get the Page to Screen achievement in the Spring 2023 Kindle reading challenge, I leaped on it. This color edition is so vibrant and shows so much of the basis for the movie, making it clear that the movie was faithful and true to the original material. I loved seeing the characters and scenes from the movie right on the pages they came from. There is some dated material in this that was cut for the movie, likely for time and relevance, but I loved them in the comic. Amazon.ca was new, people still bought cds and mailed letters and seeing a bird drawing with "tweet twitter" next to it just meant there was a bird outside the window making noise. My how times have changed. I've gotten the achievement that I sought foe the reading challenge, but I am continuing on. I've had a recent run of bad reads and needed something like thus to enjoy. I'm also now very curious about what other little differences there are between the source and movie. Personally hoping for more Wallace, because he was my favorite character by far in the movie. Chris Evans as Lucas Lee was the closest second, so I look forward to the volume with that character.

It's hard to think of a slacker more endearing than Scott Pilgrim -- he's funny, cool, unpretentious, and awkwardly romantic. And you get to see all of that in "Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life," which adds a rock'n'roll sci-fi twist to the usual boy-meets-girl story. Most of it ambles across the daily adventures of Scott's life as he falls in love, but blossoms at the end into a brilliant Crowning Moment Of Awesome. 23-year-old Scott Pilgrim has everything: a cool rock band, a forgiving gay roommate, and a high school girlfriend (they just talk! Don't worry!). But lately his dreams have been full of a strange young woman on rollerblades, who usually announces that he IS dreaming -- and one day at the library, he actually sees her in the flesh. Her name is Ramona Flowers, and while Scott's first attempts to talk to her bomb horribly, an order from amazon.ca brings her right to her door (and a date). But as Scott's odd personality charms Ramona, he starts getting messages from a guy who wants to schedule a fight with him. Can the forces of love, friendship and rock'n'roll thwart Matthew Patel and his demon hipster chicks? When you boil it down, the Scott Pilgrim series is really just a boy-meets-girl story. But "Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" establishes pretty quickly that Bryan Lee O'Malley has a rare talent for spicing up an ordinary story into a precious little one. Subspace highways, snowstorms, love triangles and rock concerts all come into play. And O'Malley fills the story with mildly funny dialogue ("You're all over the place." "But I'm so sincere!") and plenty of quirky characters (I wish I had a roommate like Wallace). He has an art style that makes me think of more rounded TV cartoon characters -- everybody looks rather childlike, with large dark eyes, round faces and cute hipster clothes. And everything is rendered in stark black-and-white. As for Scott... what can you say about him? He's an even mix of of sweet, awkward boy and budding rock god, and he even can do things like date a seventeen-year-old (chastely) without seeming weird. Ramona herself takes a little warming up to, since at first she seems kind of abrasive and dismissive of Scott. But as they get to know each other, she becomes much sweeter to him. "Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" is a delightful start to this oddball 21st-century love story, filled with memorable art and quirky characters.

I purchased these graphic novels because of the movie commercials. There, I said it. I was influenced by the blatant commercialization! Let me redeem myself, though. I wanted to read the source material that lead to the movie previews that intrigued me (it is not often, of late, that I actually see a preview and say "I want to see that movie"). A few minutes later on Amazon and my graphic novels were on their way... sans Ramona Flowers as my delivery person. Artwork As indicated in the product name, this graphic novel is drawn by Canadian artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. His art style is heavily influenced by Japanese Manga; to this end the body shapes and styles, as well as the action sequences, harken back to Japanese staples, a la Dragonball or Rune Soldier. For those of you unfamiliar with these references, this means that the body proportions are mostly accurate. O'Malley's art style is characterized by exaggerated eyes (taking up most of the face for most characters; narrowed eyes are rare), squared-off fingers and squarish-shaped heads. Clothing is varied for the characters in the story, and to O'Malley's credit, each character is distinctive, even limited by the black-and-white artwork. In short, the artwork is well done, with bows to both Japanese Manga and American comics for their influences. Since I imagine that most people would pick up this book and be willing to suspend disbelief for any anatomical anomalies. Plot/Story Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life tells the tale of Scott Pilgrim, a loafer 23-year old who is in a band, between jobs, and recently became acquainted with Ramona Flowers, the female antagonist of the series. As the story unfolds, you will follow the trials and tribulations of Scott, Ramona, his friends from his band Sex Bob-Omb, and the first of Ramona's Seven Evil Ex-Boyfriends. The plot is simple: in order to win the right to date Ramona, Scott must defeat each of her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Seems easy, right? Unfortunately for Scott, it is not quite that simple. The graphic novel pays homage to many pop culture influences from the past twenty years, most notably video games. Whenever Scott defeats someone, they turn into a pile of coins. The series also breaks the rules of physics routinely, most notably by giving Ramona the ability to travel through "subspace". What about the writing? I will sum it up with one word: funny. The tale that is woven for Scott Pilgrim is tongue-in-cheek, witty, and sometimes downright hysterical. Oh yea, and very, very random. The only complaint that I have about the story involves continuity: O'Malley sometimes has flashbacks for the characters without always clarifying that this is occurring within the text. While the artwork usually has clues to indicate which timeframe the characters are in, it is sometimes frustrating and confusing to mentally "switch" as you are reading along. When reading this tale, it does help considerably to have familiarity with the pop culture references. As an example, one of the characters is named Young Neil. This is a play on Neil Young (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame). Other references range from college names to video game quips. Overall If you want a fun romp through pop culture with a crazy storyline to boot, I highly recommend this volume. It is a very well-done graphic novel with an entertaining plot and great artwork. I especially recommend these if you plan to see the movie spinoff (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Some of the humor may pass over younger readers (younger meaning older than 13 but younger than 20), but even with a missed joke, there is still plenty of content to keep anyone entertained. Be willing to suspend reality for a bit while you read this one, and I guarantee that you will want to read more.

They these books go together is incredible and if your debating buying it I can say it's worth the money

Sometimes folks tend to overlook a title simply due to how much it's been overhyped. In recent months Scott Pilgrim has been the latest victim of this. While the movie had generally good reviews among it's fans it just downright "bob-ombed" at the box office......now that the lame pun is out of the way onto the more serious side of this review. If your only exposure to the series so far is the Michael Cera film then you owe it to yourself to at least check out the original graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. By now I'm sure almost everyone knows the basic story and plot so this review is less focused on that paticular element. Instead it's focused more on the things that make Scott Pilgrim a unique and original experience. On the surface a Canadian comic with a manga art style and plenty of video game related references and humor may not sound like the right elements that one would combine for a good story. O'Malley manages to make it work excellently however. Not only is the story itself great but there's plenty of fun little references that one might not catch until later readings. In fact for some folks some of the fun of the series is finding said references. My one suggestion for this story is to at least try to pick up volume two as well. Once you get into it Scott Pilgrim becomes very hard to put down and I've already had some of my friends who have read the series as well mention that they wished they had the second book so that they didn't have to stop.

I will admit I wasn't a Scott Pilgrim fan from the start. I even hated the series; the thought that something tried to cash in on the "video game clique" with the way the movie was looking by its trailers and commercials, I thought SP was a piece of crap that didn't deserve to exist or even be made. Then I played the game on Xbox Live, then tried to look deeper into it. I have my first volume now, and I have to say without a shadow of a doubt I am hooked. It's really not entirely about video games at all; the references are simply icing on the cake of what's already a great "nerdy" themed book series. Most of the characters are loveable and it helps with the art style behind simple, NEW (I've yet to see anybody copy this type of style/visual look), and keeping me hooked at every page. The story starts out slow but quickly gains steam once the first of the Evil Exes, Matthew Patel, appears. From there it's just a bucket of fun....or perhaps a book of fun. Either way, I just saw the movie yesterday and getting this book today was just the best kind of prize I could have. I recommend this series to anybody who knows what it was like growing up and wants to explore their youth again.

no começo eu achei bem estranho mas dps ficou bom. achei bem engraçadinho, é fofo as vezes, tem ação, tem tanta coisa errada KKKKKKK mas é bem bom, quero ler os próximos em breve.

Che dire? Scott Pilgrim è semplicemente, a mio parere, il fumetto più bello e divertente che ci sia. Sono letteralmente stato rapito dall'atmosfera casinara e demenziale di questa storia. Dopo aver acquistato i 6 volumi editi in italia, ho acquistato anche l'app per android che permette di leggere il fumetto in lingua originale in modalità interattiva. E devo dire che ho apprezzato ancora di più questo fumetto, in quanto in inglese tante espressioni risultano molto più divertenti, e si perdono purtroppo nell'edizione italiana, un po' per degli slang puramente americani e un po' per la nostra solita censura nazionale. E nel mentre ero intenzionato a comprare i volumi originali, ecco che come per magia vengono ripubblicati poco alla volta tutti i numeri a colori!!! Ed è come rileggere Scott Pilgrim per la prima volta! I colori sono fantastici, rendono quasi il fumetto come un cartone animato. Inoltre sono stati corretti dei piccoli errori presenti nella prima edizione originale in bianco e nero, e a fine volume sono presenti tavole extra e degli speciali sulla realizzazione che faranno contenti i fan più accaniti. Piccola nota: da avere assolutamente se si conosce bene l'inglese. Altrimenti consiglio di aspettare l'edizione italiana che sarà ancora edita da Rizzoli. Non si sa ancora quando verrà pubblicata, ma è già stata confermata dalla casa italiana.

シンプルな英語なので、簡単に読めます。 兄がアメリカに行った時にお土産で５巻をくれたのがきっかけで この漫画の存在を知った。 とにかく絵がものすごく可愛い。 アメコミの良い部分と和風の良い部分のコラボのように見えた。

I did not know what to expect when I chose the book to read it, it was nonsense at the beginning but now I think I get the idea about it. And it hooked me!

My girlfriend has started saying I'd look good in a cardigan. I am 38. I wouldn't look good in a cardigan, and maybe she says that I would because she wishes her boyfriend looked good in a cardigan? She texted earlier to tell me she's bought me a bright-green T-shirt from Uniqlo. I hope it's one of the gaming ones? I bought one from the same campaign the other day - it was from the sister Japan Now collection. It says `Time Bokan' on the front and I liked the logo. The label however, explained that Time Bokan is a cult anime from the early '70s. See, Scott Pilgrim, the eponymous hero of the Scott Pilgrim comic would not only have liked the logo - he would have actually seen the anime. He would know the plots and understand where the series then led onto and what modern influences the show might be having. Scott's a geek but he's the enigmatic sort who knows how to be engaging, attractive and bang on the pulse at the same time as pretty much not actually doing anything at all. No job, no prospects but he doesn't care and doesn't let the weight of finding the next dollar hang heavy on his shoulders. What he does care about is Ramona Flowers, frankly - he'd be mental if he didn't. His gay room-mate and his girl best mate could both be just about forgiven for not wanting to jump on Ramona's time-bending bones but Scott has little choice but to fall for her. Not least because she's using his mind as a Blackwall Tunnel to speed-up her roller-skate powered deliveries for her employers amazon.ca. To win Ramona's long-term affections Scott must defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends in a series of boss-battles. Each win gains him a pile of gold coins and sometimes bonus items such as an upgraded skateboard. The mix of; gaming iconography, an imaginative story-line, and the domestic trials of just starting out in life; with funny, snappy dialogue; and a joyous art-style works brilliantly. It's charming, affectionate and at times touching and sweet too. So far there are five of the planned six books published. I can't wait for the sixth and final instalment - though it turns out I'll bloody well have to as writer and artist Bryan Lee O'Malley isn't delivering that until 2010. Now, here's the thing - I only found this fantastic comic after reading that work had just begun on a film version. Eh? A film version? But we've not had the final book yet so how can they have a film now? Oh right, it's been written by some other bloke. Okay. So it'll just rollercoast through the real story? Fine - that's Hollywood I guess. I mean, okay - plenty of sacred comic-book tales get pillaged years after the fact but the chance that Scott Pilgrim might suffer the same fate before it's even finished? Spaced's Edgar Wright is directing and so far the movie looks hopelessley miss-cast as well as having been written arse-about-face. Primarily, the key characters of Scott and Ramona are almost perversely wrong. I know that sounds like fanboy bleating, and perhaps it is a bit but Scott is like the love-child of Alex James, Bill Murray, Ellen Page and Tori Amos. That's a proper night-out is that. Instead they've gone for the pleseantly bumbling Juno-inpregnator Michael Sera and some sparkly brunette starlet for Ramona. Ramona should be perfectly flawed not flawlessley perfect. Oh and neither, incidentally, is Scott Pilgrim a young Tim Bisley - right now, the kids worshipping in the videogames archives, watching art-house movies, fighting giant robots and hidden ninja to an underground soundtrack-geek heroes-are the cool ones. Wheras Spaced celebrated the marginality of the late 1990s geek. The geeks have gone on from there to inherit the world and Scott's group of alternative buddies are now as mainstream as jocks and cheerleaders. And these glimpses into their lives are as precious as the pretends heart-beats in the characters themselves.