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 & the Infinite Sadness is the third volume in the series. The cast of returning characters include:
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 former sort-of girlfriend who still has a major crush on him. ("I've kissed the lips that've kissed you!!!")
Wallace Wells, his cool but boy-crazy gay roommate. ("Let's be friends based on mutual hate.")
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.")
Envy Adams, Scott's former girlfriend (and former bandmate) who's now a huge success with her own band, The Clash At Demonhead.
And in this volume we meet Lynette Guycott, Envy's drummer who apparently has a bionic arm, and last but not least, Envy's other bandmate and current boyfriend, Todd Ingram, a rockstar with Vegan superpowers, the third of Ramona's evil ex-es to challenge Scott Pilgrim. ("It's a fact of science. The main thing to know is that I'm better than most people.")
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.
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I loved the movies since a long time ago and decided to buy the third book to start collecting the series.
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I loved the movies since a long time ago and decided to buy the third book to start collecting the series.
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