Rating: Awesome
You may have heard of Scott Pilgrim already - they made the comics into a film a couple of years back, and while they did a pretty good job, the source material is better. I can't really do better than the blurb on the book to describe the scenario for you, so here it is:
Everything is totally sweet.
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... well, basically he's an idiot, but you can't help rooting for him anyway. His complete cluelessness and optimism that everything will work itself out is kind of endearing. There's so much to love about the series, from Bryan Lee O'Malley's artwork to the wonderful character names (Knives Chau? That's one for the list). With six volumes and a movie, there's plenty to keep you going, and if you read them all that's one and a bit cards filled up for the Comic Book Month competition!
Edited to add: Try as I might I cannot get a link to this book on the catalogue to work, but you can find it on the catalogue if you search for Scott Pilgrim or Bryan Lee O'Malley
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