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Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Vol. 4

post #1 of 48
5/28/07 at 12:14pm
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Well, Bryan Lee O'Malley released the cover today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiomaru/517684927/

He says September for a release date.
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post #2 of 48
5/28/07 at 1:27pm
Yes!

Has anyone read Lost at Sea? I'm still waiting for my Amazon delivery.
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post #3 of 48
5/28/07 at 2:58pm
Wow, I can't wait for this. Has anyone found that the Scott Pilgrim books are insanely hard to find? None of my local comic book stores have them and Amazon is forever out of stock on the first volume. I had to go to a comic book convention to finally get my hands on them, but it was well worth the trouble.
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post #4 of 48
5/28/07 at 3:25pm
I had trouble finding the second book. I was able to pick up the first and third book from my comic shop but had to wait a number of weeks before I could get my hands on the second one. That was a long time to wait to jump back into the universe. September just made it's presence known on my calendar now.
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post #5 of 48
5/28/07 at 4:02pm
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I got the first three books pretty easy off Amazon. I have yet to see one though at Barnes & Noble or at my LCS (then again I think the selection at my LCS is pretty pedestrian).
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post #6 of 48
5/28/07 at 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
Has anyone read Lost at Sea? I'm still waiting for my Amazon delivery.
I bought Lost at Sea for my girlfriend and read it right after she finished (much like I did with all three volumes of Scott Pilgrim). It's great. A quiet, peaceful little gem. Touching too.
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post #7 of 48
5/28/07 at 4:30pm
september is now the month of two good things for me, my 21st birthday and Scott Pilgrim...and honestly I think I'm more psyched for Scott. haha
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post #8 of 48
6/5/07 at 6:44am
Still considering picking up Lost and Sea, there is a copy at one of my local stores which stares at me every time I go in.

Will be picking up Pilgrim vol 4 on the day it comes out.
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post #9 of 48
6/6/07 at 2:34pm
I'm blazing through the first three books again. "You suck, surprising no-one!!!" is perhaps my favorite line. I've been trying to get everyone I know into these, and I have been met with moderate success. Some just don't like 'non-superhero' books, which makes me want to stab them in the eye.
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post #10 of 48
6/6/07 at 7:56pm
I gave book one to my friend, assuming he would love it. And he hated it. I don't get why.

I have managed to tempt him with the description of Vegan Mind Powers in book three (he's a vegan).
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post #11 of 48
6/6/07 at 10:14pm
You need to be a video game geek to really appreciate the books. My girlfriend didn't really get into it.
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post #12 of 48
6/7/07 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
You need to be a video game geek to really appreciate the books. My girlfriend didn't really get into it.
I've had to explain some of the really obtuse references (there's a few River City Ransom references that are golden) but most people get it. One friend complained that they never set Scott up to be this great fighter until the end where he just wails on Matthew Patel. He has OCD, so I'm sure this is his way of dealing with an imagined imperfection.

My only complaint is that a lot of the females end up looking exactly alike. I can't tell you how many times I mistook Lisa for Ramona and so forth my first read-through.
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post #13 of 48
6/7/07 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
You need to be a video game geek to really appreciate the books. My girlfriend didn't really get into it.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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post #14 of 48
6/7/07 at 1:17am
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Originally Posted by devincf
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
These crazy fight scenes that come out of nowhere will throw you off if you're not a video game fan or a comic book reader.
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post #15 of 48
6/7/07 at 1:48am
You don't need to be a videogame geek to appreciate the books, but it doesn't hurt:

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post #16 of 48
6/7/07 at 2:40am
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Originally Posted by Mattimus
I've had to explain some of the really obtuse references (there's a few River City Ransom references that are golden)
I'm not really a gamer, and I loved the books, so there goes that theory. Though I am a slacker man-child from Toronto with a lot of friends who are in bands, so there's that. Anyway, other than the obvious stuff like save points, extra lives, etc., what are some of the references to specific video games?
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post #17 of 48
6/7/07 at 2:46am
My favorite: "How appropriate. You fight like a cow." is taken directly from the LucasArts Monkey Island games.
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post #18 of 48
6/7/07 at 3:24am
There's a River City Ransom reference at the beginning of Vol. 2 when Kim is kidnapped. Scott is roughing some punk up and he(the punk) says "Urk...he's on the roof! Barf!" This is in reference to the guys yakking everytime you hit them on the game. It also can be argued that the dead boyfriends leaving loose change behind is from Ransom as well, but you can take that from a number of games.
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post #19 of 48
6/7/07 at 3:28am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_at_Demonhead
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post #20 of 48
6/7/07 at 3:45am
I had no idea about that reference. That's awesome.
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post #21 of 48
6/7/07 at 9:45am
The videogame references really comprise very little about what Scott Pilgrim is about. At its heart, it's a very accessible, universal story about the transition from adolescence to adulthood, with Scott slowly moving past the selfishness and frivolity of his youth to a more grown up relationship with Ramona, and everything that entails.
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post #22 of 48
6/7/07 at 9:54am
Has I said in my reply, the fight scenes really come out of nowhere. You're reading a nice, quiet little story (Brad Millette described it very well) and suddenly you've got super-powers and battles to the death.

My girlfirend doesn't play video games and she doesn't read comics (she's read Blankets and a few others) and every time those scenes come up it takes her out of the story because it makes very little sense.

Scott Pilgrim isn't as accessible as people think.
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post #23 of 48
6/7/07 at 9:55am
Your girlfriend might just not like fun.
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post #24 of 48
6/7/07 at 12:10pm
Or you're dating The Other Sister.
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post #25 of 48
6/7/07 at 12:15pm
Or a Skrull. She may be a Skrull.
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post #26 of 48
6/7/07 at 1:11pm
That's true. Hating on fun is, like, the Skrulls' whole fucking manifesto.
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post #27 of 48
6/7/07 at 2:05pm
As much as it may turn some people off, I dig the fight scenes. It's long been a theory of mine that no matter how heartfelt or lovey-dovey a story gets, a massive throwdown is always welcome.

The set-up for Scott's showdown with Patel in Vol. 1 was perfect because it was due to his lazy nature that the reader never gets to find out what was in that email and letter until Patel is already throwing punches. It's hilarious that one would send their enemy a formal letter stating their intention to kick their ass. I don't get how people get pulled out of the story by the fights.
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post #28 of 48
6/7/07 at 10:37pm
People on CHUD really have a lot of trouble with the concept not everybody is a geek.
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post #29 of 48
6/7/07 at 10:41pm
Go appease your sulky alien girlfriend.
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post #30 of 48
6/7/07 at 10:47pm
Brad Millette, it's like you never left.
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post #31 of 48
6/8/07 at 4:03am
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Originally Posted by Mattimus
The set-up for Scott's showdown with Patel in Vol. 1 was perfect because it was due to his lazy nature that the reader never gets to find out what was in that email and letter until Patel is already throwing punches. It's hilarious that one would send their enemy a formal letter stating their intention to kick their ass. I don't get how people get pulled out of the story by the fights.
That's one video game reference I did get--I read it as Scott being the kind of guy who skips past the cutscenes, which is what the emails from Patel basically were.
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post #32 of 48
6/8/07 at 10:20am
While that's a sort of interesting way at looking at it, I don't think that's an intentional reference. I think it's just supposed to show that Scott is lazy, easily distracted, and immature.
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post #33 of 48
10/1/07 at 3:13pm
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Well apparently it is done:

http://radiomaru.com/
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post #34 of 48
10/1/07 at 11:15pm
I sure as hell hope that it gets released on October 31st but isn't that a pretty quick turn-around? He JUST finished.

I mean, the book IS black-and-white so all they have to do is bind it with a cover, but still...

Either way, I'm really pumped.
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post #35 of 48
10/2/07 at 3:03am
Time for another re read.

Even after about the fifth time, it still makes me laugh out loud, probably more than when I first read it.
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post #36 of 48
10/2/07 at 3:14am
Excellent. That will give me time to read the first two (I found volume three at a discount, so it's the only one I've read so far). I love this series.
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post #37 of 48
10/2/07 at 4:10am
I really hope it hits store shelves by the 31st. This series is great on so many levels.
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post #38 of 48
10/11/07 at 9:53pm
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From his site:

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WORLD, TAKE NOTE: If you haven't read any of the Scott Pilgrim books and you want to get on the bandwagon, you have four, maybe five weeks to read the first three before the Great Fourth Volume is released. November 7th is likely; November 14th is possible if there are delays with the distributor.
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post #39 of 48
10/15/07 at 5:06pm
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The new Scott Pilgrim site is up (and how did I become the official Scott Pilgrim whore?):

http://www.scottpilgrim.com/i
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post #40 of 48
10/15/07 at 5:14pm
God, I cannot wait. I just caught up with Vols 2-3 and was sorely disappointed that more SP wasn't immediately available.

Did anyone read the 10 page preview? Is it spoilery?
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post #41 of 48
10/15/07 at 5:29pm
I just wanted to say that I instantly recognized Howard Phillips in the back of Volume 3, without needing for the explanation given. Although Slater's knowledge of videogames is nuts.
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post #42 of 48
10/15/07 at 5:36pm
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Originally Posted by Soul Ahn Ice
Did anyone read the 10 page preview? Is it spoilery?
No, it is not spoilery.

Though how it could be if you've read 2 and 3, I'm not sure.
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post #43 of 48
10/15/07 at 5:41pm
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Originally Posted by Russ Fischer
No, it is not spoilery.

Though how it could be if you've read 2 and 3, I'm not sure.
I guess spoliery was the wrong word, I think I'm going to save it so I can savor reading vol. 4 as a whole when it comes out.

The LD just informed me that this series is only going to go to 6 volumes?
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post #44 of 48
2/11/08 at 7:45am
The revamp screwed this thread.

Summing up: Scott winning the sword was 2007's best moment in comics.
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post #45 of 48
3/19/08 at 7:53pm
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Pretty freaking great. Its kept me going all week. Plan on doing the re-read of all the books this weekend.
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post #46 of 48
3/20/08 at 1:51pm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
Check out the Director...
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post #47 of 48
3/20/08 at 3:50pm
Better yet, check out the article and discussion thread.
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post #48 of 48
3/20/08 at 10:58pm
I have finally started reading this series. I have only read up to volume 3 but ti's really kind of fun.
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