Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life [Paperback]

Bryan Lee O'Malley (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 2004

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rockband, he's ""between jobs,"" and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothingcould possibly go wrong, unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerouslyfashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruisingthrough his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott's awesome life getturned upside-down? Will he have to face Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends inbattle? The short answer is yes. The long answer is Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1:Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Scott Pilgrim is 23 years old, lives in a cold, unnamed Canadian town, plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-Omb and has a very cute 17-year-old Chinese-Canadian girlfriend, Knives Chau. His "precious little life" is amiably unstructured, and he drifts, happily unemployed, between band practice and time spent with Knives. His relationship with Knives is chaste—walks, chats and hugs—although Knives is getting bigger ideas. "We haven't even held hands," Scott explains. "It's just nice, you know." But then he starts having dreams about Ramona Flowers, a mysterious, equally cute and perfectly legal hipster chick on Rollerblades who delivers books for Amazon.com. Ramona is anything but simple, and O'Malley's tale of adorable slackers in love is transformed into a wildly magically manga–kung fu fantasy adventure. We meet the first of Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends, Matthew Patel, who challenges Scott and his band to a supernatural martial arts duel right out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. O'Malley has crafted a delightfully hybrid comics love story. It's an alt-lit, rock 'n' roll graphic novel with wonderful manga-influenced drawing and a comically mystical plot that manages to capture both the genuine intimacies and serial dishonesties of young love.
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Review

"Charming, funny, sexy and packed with creative power and the love of storytelling." -- Alan David Doane, Comic Book Galaxy

"Easily one of my favorite books of the year. It's sharp, funny, fast-paced, unpredictable, unapologetically silly and just plain fun." -- Kevin Melrose, Thought Balloons

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Oni Press (August 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932664084
• ISBN-13: 978-1932664089
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Comic Strips

More About the Author

Bryan Lee O'Malley was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He has lived in the north. He has lived in Toronto. He has lived in Nova Scotia. Now he lives in the United States.

He has drawn comics for himself and others since an early age. Comics became his lifelong vocation when he realized they were the only thing he kept doing while constantly quitting everything else (college, jobs, friends, being a nerd, not being a nerd, etc).

Visit Bryan's website at radiomaru.com.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, January 18, 2006

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Guy L. Gonzalez "Malcontent" (Bloomfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Paperback)

Fun and irreverant, Bryan Lee O'Malley's Canadian slacker is one of the most appealing fictional characters I've come across, with or without pictures, and by the end of this first volume, I had a ridiculous grin on my face as I anticipated jumping right into Volume 2. I laughed out loud several times throughout the story, but more importantly, I felt connected to each of the primary characters, interested to see what happens to them next, not because of the [insane] plot they were involved in, but because I cared about what fate had in store for them. Which is weird, because I usually hate slacker stories. Scott Pilgrim, though, is awesome!

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my god, dude!, September 24, 2004

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Eddie Perkins "Atomicpanda.com" (Paradise, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Paperback)

Scott Pilgrim is the best comic I have read in years! That's really saying something. Being a comic creator myself, I read a lot of comics. No, seriously, *a lot* of comics.
Bryan O'Malley is able to blend innocence and humor and just over-the-top craziness with an art style that is deceptively simplistic and so achingly honest and perfectly expressive that, being an artist myself, it makes me want to choke him. He can do with just three lines what I -- what would take me -- what, honestly, I just can't do.
I was trying to think of a "if you like such-and-such you'll love Scott Pilgrim" comparison, but you know what, I can't imagine anyone not liking this book. It's fun. It's heart warming. It's hilarious. It's infinitely quotable. It has great characters and a great story ...
Hey, just buy it already. I swear you will not be disappointed.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why are you reading reviews? You should be reading this book!, January 22, 2006

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J.P. Dorigo (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Paperback)

Hype kills everything for me. When people started going on and on about how awesome this book was, I did my best to distance myself from it. But eventually I caved and bought it. And I'm glad I did.

Bryan Lee O'Malley is a genius. His art is so amazing, and his writing is brilliant. Scott Pilgrim is one of the coolest books to come out in a long time. This is the kind of book you read and say, "DAMMNIT! Why didn't I do this first?!"

Have you ever been in love? Have you ever been in a band? Have you ever stayed up all night playing Super Mario Bros. 3? Then this book is for you.