Versus the World

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Oni Press; 2004; ISBN 978-1-932664-08-9; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Oni Press; 2005; ISBN 978-1-932664-12-6; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (Oni Press; 2006; ISBN 978-1-932664-22-5; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Oni Press; 2007; ISBN 978-1-932664-49-2; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Oni Press; 2009; ISBN 978-1-934964-10-1; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

Bryan Lee O'Malley; Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour (Oni Press; 2010; ISBN 978-1-934964-38-5; artwork by Bryan Lee O'Malley).

I've been a fan of a number of webcomics and have been hooked on some manga or manga-style series recently; several friends recommended this series to me. Heck, there's even a movie (but those same friends have said the movie did not do the comic series justice). Being stuck dogsitting in the deep dark backwoods of Pennsylvania recently, I gave them a try.

Eh.

That's pretty much my reaction. Scott Pilgrim did not strike me particularly interesting or sympathetic; sure, I have read unsympathetic characters in the past, but at least they were interesting. Pilgrim wanders/stumbles through life, oh the emo, oh the tragedy.

Maybe I'm too old to get it. My God, I've turned into my father.

Seriously, I enjoyed the art style. Some of the ideas tossed in were nifty (using hyperspace shunts to help deliver packages for the Canadian branch of Amazon). I liked some of the secondary characters.

But, overall...eh.