Scott Pilgrim

For the film adaptation, see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1 cover. Art by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
Publication information
Publisher	Oni Press
Format	Digest limited series
Genre	Comedy Action Romance
No. of issues	6
Main character(s)	(List of characters)
Creative team
Written by	Bryan Lee O'Malley
Artist(s)	Bryan Lee O'Malley
Collected editions
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life	ISBN 1-932664-08-4
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World	ISBN 1-932664-12-2
Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness	ISBN 1-932664-22-X
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together	ISBN 1-932664-49-2
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe	ISBN 1-934964-10-7

Scott Pilgrim is a comic book series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, intended to eventually consist of six digest size black-and-white volumes. The first volume was released in 2004 and, as of 2010, five (volume six to come out July 20, 2010) have been released, all published by Portland, Oregon-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. The name "Scott Pilgrim" originates from a song by the all-girls, Halifax, Nova Scotia,'90s band Plumtree. "Pilgim" was borrowed from local musician Philip Pilgrim.

The series is about 23-year-old Canadian Scott Pilgrim, a slacker, hero, and part-time bassist who is living in Toronto and plays bass guitar in the band "Sex Bob-Omb." He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona V. Flowers, but must defeat her seven "evil exes" in order to date her.

A film adaptation of the series entitled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World starring actor Michael Cera in the titular role is set for release in August 2010. The final Scott Pilgrim volume, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour is set to be released July 20, 2010, near the release date of the movie.

A game based upon the Scott Pilgrim world was announced at ComicCon on July 25, 2009, by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The game will be developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal and released with the film in 2010.

Plot summary

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

The series begins by introducing Scott Pilgrim, a 23-year-old Canadian slacker living in Toronto with his sarcastic gay roommate Wallace Wells. He has started "dating" a Chinese-Canadian high-schooler, Knives Chau. Although his friends think it's scandalous since she is only 17, Scott doesn't consider it a big deal as all they do is chat about her school-life. He is the bass player in the band Sex Bob-omb, along with his friends Stephen Stills (guitar) and Kim Pine (drums), but Stephen is the only member who is recognised as being "the talent" and they rarely take the endeavor very seriously.

One night, Scott begins dreaming about a girl on rollerblades that he's never met before whom he later glimpses delivering a package to the library. Her repeated presence in his dreams, and a coincidental meeting at a party thrown by Stephen's on-off girlfriend Julie Powers, prompts him to become obsessed with finding out more about her. He discovers that she is Ramona Flowers, a girl who works for Amazon.ca and has recently come to Toronto from New York after a rumored messy break-up with someone named Gideon.

Scott orders CDs on Amazon as a pretext to meet her again, and receives an email from an unknown party (later revealed to be Matthew Patel) challenging him to battle, but Scott pays it little heed and promptly deletes it. After another dream about Ramona, in which she is carrying his package, Scott wakes to find her at his door. She explains that she uses subspace portals as part of her job to cross long distances in seconds; one such route passes through Scott's brain, hence his dreams. Having convinced her he isn't a weirdo after their previous encounters, they spend the evening together and go back to her house during a heavy snowstorm. After blundering into her bedroom while she is changing, Scott and Ramona kiss and sleep together, but don't have sex.

The next day, Scott goes home. Wallace informs him that he needs to break up with Knives if he plans to pursue a serious relationship with Ramona, but when he meets her later in preparation for their gig at the Rockit club, Knives is considerably more forward than usual, and Scott fails to tell her. He also receives a letter from Matthew, which he again disregards.

After an opening performance by rival band Crash and the Boys, which features one song that is 0.4 seconds long and another that leaves the audience comatose, Sex Bob-omb prepare to begin their set when Matthew descends upon the stage and engages Scott in a video game-style duel. He is revealed as one of Ramona's evil ex-boyfriends, and has mystical powers that allow him to summon "demonic hipster chicks". Scott prevails, his final attack obliterating Matthew and leaving behind a handful of coins. On the subway home, Scott and Ramona decide to become a couple, on the proviso that Scott agree to defeat her other evil-exes. When Scott asks if Gideon is one of them, Ramona's head glows sharply.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

vs. The World opens with a flashback to Scott Pilgrim as a transfer student to "St. Joel's Catholic High School" in Northern Ontario, seven years before the series began. As soon as Scott arrives on campus, he is faced with three hoodlums, whom he fights and ultimately loses to. Outside the principal's office, Scott meets a girl named Lisa who immediately befriends him. Scott and Lisa attempt to start a band, only to realize that they are missing a drummer.

Meanwhile, Scott meets Kimberly (Kim) Pine in his geography class (he draws a sheep for her), only to find out later at a school performance that she plays the drums. Lisa and Scott scheme to ask Kim to join the band, but when Scott shows up to school the following Monday, he finds out she has been kidnapped by students from the rival Benvie Tech High School. Another game-esque battle ensues and Scott defeats all the evil Benvie Tech Boys, including the final boss, Simon Lee, and rescues Kim Pine. The two start dating and Kim joins the band until Scott moves to Toronto. Ramona then steps into Scott's dream/flashback to wake him up.

Scott and Wallace ride the bus together, and Wallace tells him that ex-skateboarder/actor Lucas Lee, Ramona's second evil ex-boyfriend, is filming a new movie in Toronto. Wallace also issues Scott one of his "famous ultimatums", telling him he must break up with Knives. Scott goes to meet Knives and awkwardly breaks it off, but is cheered by thoughts of Ramona.

The next day, Scott shows up at the video store Kim works at to rent several of Lucas Lee's films to prepare for his next battle. While preparing for Lucas Lee, Scott and his friends make vegan shepherd's pie. The recipe is dictated step-by-step by Stephen Stills. Scott goes to meet Lucas at his filming location, the Casa Loma. Lucas immediately beats Scott up, after which they take a lunch break and Lucas tells Scott about how Ramona broke his heart, and how there is a League of Ramona's Evil Ex-Boyfriends who have organized themselves to come after Scott. Scott then challenges Lucas Lee to a skateboard competition; Lucas at first claims that riding down the rails at the castle is "impossible", but would rather take on the challenge than lose face. He starts out well, but reaches 309 kph and bursts into coins. Scott gets an item (a Mithril Skateboard), but can't use it because he didn't take "skateboard proficiency" back in Grade 5.

Meanwhile, Knives Chau begins to stalk Scott incessantly, and finds out that he is dating Ramona Flowers. Knives shows up and attacks Ramona at the Toronto Reference Library, but escapes after repeatedly insulting Ramona.

As the fight is taking place, Scott gets a call from Envy Adams, who asks him to open for her band, The Clash at Demonhead that weekend. The conversation implies that they once had a relationship, and after the phone call, Wallace arrives at the apartment to find Scott in a near-coma-like state. Scott and his friends show up to see Envy's band on Friday, only to discover that Knives is now dating Young Neil, Stephen Stills' roommate. The book ends with an epic opening by Clash at Demonhead, and introduces Ramona's third evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, who is the bassist.

Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness

The Infinite Sadness continues the night that Envy Adams's band, Clash at Demonhead, performs. After the venue clears out, Scott Pilgrim spots a save point by the back door and attempts to run to it before Envy approaches him, but is too late. She invites Scott, Ramona, Kim Pine, Stephen Stills, Julie Powers, Knives, and Young Neil backstage with them to "chat". Knives announces to Envy that she has "kissed the lips that kissed you", and has the highlights punched out of her hair by Clash at Demonhead's drummer, Lynette Guycott, who has a bionic arm. Knives and Young Neil leave. Scott then tries to punch Todd Ingram, but is stopped by Todd's telekinetic powers. Envy (who is dating Todd) explains that Todd is a vegan, and graduated top of his class in "Vegan Academy". Todd explains that he gains his powers from using the extra 90% percent of his brain, whereas non-vegans use only 10% of their brain and that the rest is "filled up with curds and whey."

The story then unfolds with a series of flashbacks detailing the beginning of Scott and Natalie's (pre-"Envy") relationship. After the flashback, Envy tells Scott and the others that they will meet up at Honest Ed's the following day for a "surprise". Flashbacks continue, detailing Natalie's change into Envy, her break-up with Scott once their band started to get noticed, and how Scott and Wallace came to be friends.

The next day Scott and the others show up at Honest Ed's. Envy tells Scott that he and Todd are going to have to fight to the death inside, and that whoever reaches the end of the store first wins. Scott and Todd dash through the store, the contents of which are reminiscent of a haunted house, and Todd is mentally tormented by his past until he berserks and causes Honest Ed's to implode. Neither Scott nor Todd win the challenge, but instead are supposed to fight again the following night. Ramona convinces Scott to ditch the challenge and they return to Ramona's apartment. After an unsuccessful make-out session, Ramona begins to fill Scott in about her relationship with Todd. In a flashback to their college years, Todd proves his love to Ramona by using his newly-gained vegan powers to blow a crater in the moon.

Chapter 16 opens with Envy, Todd and Lynette at a restaurant. Todd cheats at being a vegan and orders gelato, then proceeds to make out with Lynette while Envy is in the bathroom. Later, that evening, before opening for Envy's band, Ramona and Envy get into an argument and begin to fight, Ramona armed with a giant mallet. Midway through, Sex Bob-omb appears on stage in costume (Stephen Stills as Johnny Cash, Kim Pine in a gothic lolita dress, and Scott in a second-hand suit). Scott sees Envy about to kill Ramona, and jumps from the stage to hit her "weak point", the back of her knees. Ramona tells Envy that Todd is cheating on her, and that he performed his Moon crater trick for Ramona first, which is why there are two holes on the moon. Todd and Scott then proceed to have a boss battle, and Scott is aided by the powers of Crash and the Boys (the opening band for the evening). Todd almost wins the battle until the vegan police show up and strip him of his powers for multiple vegan offenses, such as eating gelato. Scott headbutts the powerless Todd, who is reduced to a pile of coins. Afterward, Scott receives an extra life. Finally, Sex Bob-omb gets to play, and Scott spots a strange character (Gideon) from the stage. The volume ends with Envy moving back home.

The Infinite Sadness also features extras, such as guest comics from Josh Lesnick, Alex Ahad, Andy Helms, John Allison, and David McGuire, as well as a map of the major characters illustrating their relations to each other.

Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together

(note: Gets it Together features a format change of the series' original spine art)

Gets it Together features a colored introduction before the volume actually begins. It takes place during the summer, as the characters have a get-together on the beach for Julie Powers' birthday. Ramona tells Scott that he is the nicest boy she's ever dated.

Later that August, Kim Pine moves into an apartment with Holly and Joseph. Stephen Stills, who is volunteering to help, sees that Joseph has a home recording studio, and asks him to help Sex Bob-omb record an album. Joseph agrees to it, but only out of attraction to Stephen.

A heat wave hits Toronto, and to escape it, Scott goes to the Dufferin Mall, where his old high school friend Lisa spots him. They proceed to catch up. Later, at Knives' house, Knives and her friend notice that the picture of Scott on Knives' shrine is slashed.

Scott takes Lisa to Sneaky Dee's, a tex-mex bar, to re-acquaint her with Kim and introduce her to the rest of his friends, including Ramona. That night, Scott has a dream that he is wandering in a forest with an elf, dressed similarly to Link in The Legend of Zelda. Ramona shows up and starts to nag him, which prompts him to wake up and try and find a job. Kim Pine brings Scott to a vegetarian restaurant where Stephen Stills works. Scott is hired and determines to be the best dishwasher ever, for which he gains 500 experience points. Afterward, Kim Pine realizes that a ninja with a samurai sword has been following Scott. The ninja slices a streetcar in half and chases Scott, but Scott and Kim escape through a door that leads to a subspace portal.

The next day, Scott and Wallace venture to the financial district to meet with their landlord, Peter. Peter tells them that they must re-sign the lease or leave by August 27. Scott then goes to work (for the first time in the series), and afterward, is attacked by a ninja different from the previous day. She is mysterious and cryptic, and tells Scott that they will meet again. That night, Scott and Wallace lie in bed awake, and Wallace tells Scott that they must decide whether or not to move out.

The following afternoon, Scott spots Ramona and the girl who attacked him the night before eating at the restaurant where he works. He finds out that the ninja girl is Roxie Richter, and that she is one of Ramona's evil ex's. Roxie chases after Ramona and Scott (who hides in Ramona's subspace purse) and follows them into a subspace portal, where they begin to fight. After nearly killing Ramona, Roxie leaves. Afterward, Ramona tells Scott that he can move in with her temporarily. They go to Sneaky Dee's, but Ramona becomes suspicious of the relationship between Scott and Lisa, and leaves him for the evening. Scott stumbles upon Wallace in bed with his (unseen) boyfriend Mobile, and is forced to stay the night at Lisa's sister's, where he and Lisa question why they never got together. Scott admits to having a fight with Ramona, and Lisa suggests that they have an affair.

The chapter cuts to Scott having another dream in the woods, where he is chased by Roxie Richter and partially dismembered. He wakes up on Lisa's sister's couch to find out nothing happened between him and Lisa. Relieved, he gets his job back (from which he was fired the previous day), and heads to the Second Cup where his sister works to get a free iced latte. Upon entering, he realizes that he is in a different Second Cup, and finds Knives working at the counter. He turns to leave, but spots the ninja who first attacked him. Knives exclaims that it's her dad and realizes that because she was dating a white boy his brain broke in half, only to "be replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge." Knives' dad chases Scott into subspace, where he finds Ramona, dressed scandalously and sitting at the foot of a shadowy figure (possibly Gideon). She chases him out of subspace and tells him to forget what he saw. Scott discovers that Roxie has been staying with Ramona. His head begins to glow and he stumbles off. After collapsing in the middle of a busy road he becomes aware of a person standing over him. On looking up we see that the person is a doppelganger of Scott but with a sinister sneer on his face. Scott recognises the double and is spurred by the sight of him. He destroys the double and then returns to Ramona. On arriving at her house he is confronted by Mr. Chau. Scott lures Mr. Chau into Ramona's home where Roxie and Mr. Chau begin to fight, and Scott tells Ramona that he loves her (and gains 9999 experience points). As a result, he levels up and gains "the power of love" (a sword), which he uses to slice Roxie in half. Her body explodes into bunnies, birdies, and piglets. Before her death, Roxie tells Scott of "the twins", who he will have to fight in the next volume. Mr. Chau leaves, satisfied that Scott is an honorable man; Scott moves in with Ramona and Wallace moves in with Mobile, and the volume ends happily.

The back of Gets it Together features guest art from Steve Manale, Michael Comeau, Philip Bond, and Zander Cannon as well as a back cover illustrated by pixel artist Miguel Sternberg.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe

Vs. the Universe is the most recent volume to date and features a shiny cover.

It opens on the 27th of September, Scott Pilgrim's 24th birthday, then skips ahead to a Day of the Dead-themed party being thrown by Julie Powers in her new studio apartment. Ramona spots her next two evil ex-boyfriends, the twins Kyle and Ken Katayanagi. Scott approaches them and prepares to fight, but instead is forced to fight their robot, Robot-01. He defeats the robot and "wins the party".

November continues to show the deteriorating status of Scott and Ramona's relationship - they fall into a monotonous routine and Ramona is clearly becoming bored with him. She at one point tells Scott that she doesn't like his band, at which Scott is distressed.

Later, Sex Bob-omb prepares for a show at Sneaky Dee's, even though they haven't rehearsed in months due to Stephen Stills' persistent but fruitless recording. They go onstage and fail miserably (Stephen and Kim attempt to start out with entirely different songs due to Scott's absentmindedness). Meanwhile, Ramona encounters Knives in the bathroom, who tells her that Scott cheated on them at the same time. Ramona leaves to find Scott onstage battling another one of the twins' robots with his bass guitar, which he breaks in the process. On the way home, Scott admits that he forgot his keys and Ramona refuses to let him in for the night. He ends up staying with Wallace, who asks about the twins. Scott tells him that their last name is "Katamari," in reference to the videogame Katamari Damacy. Wallace reveals to Scott that he has found pictures of Gideon Graves, all of which are blurry or indistinct.

The next night, Scott stays on Kim's couch. The next day, he arranges a setup so that he can casually bump into Kim and Ramona while they get coffee. Ramona's head begins to glow, although it stops when Kim brings her in the bathroom to show her. They all attend Julie's party that night, and Scott is forced to fight yet another robot. Kim approaches Ramona on the balcony, and takes a picture with her camera phone of Ramona's head, which is yet again glowing. Kim and Ramona proceed to get drunk on Jose Cuervo tequila, and after defeating the robot, Scott joins them. Later, Kim takes the subway home, and is kidnapped by the twins. Ramona and Scott stumble home and have sex. Afterward, Ramona confronts Scott about cheating on Knives with her and tells him he is a bad person. They fight, and he falls asleep, only to wake up to a text message from Kim about her kidnapping. Scott arrives at a construction site to rescue Kim. During the fight, the twins explain that Ramona cheated on both of them with one another and mock his belief in her fidelity. Kim attempts to bolster Scott's morale whilst also attempting to draw his attention to herself, but failing. As he begins to lose the fight, Kim lies and says that Ramona text messaged her to give Scott encouragement. Scott is then able to defeat the twins simultaneously, racking up a massive bonus.

Scott rushes back to the apartment. Ramona, now with her hair cut and dyed again, tells Scott that she is a bad person and that she "had a good time." Her head begins to glow brighter and brighter and she disappears. Scott tries to look for her, but instead lets her cat out and locks himself out of her apartment. Over the next few days, Scott bed-hops and tries to get Ramona's cat to come back by feeding it fish or fish-like items. Kim Pine moves back home and Scott apologizes to her for his behavior and she accepts. Scott moves into a new apartment with the help of his parents. He mistakes several people with thick-rimmed glasses for Gideon, including Mobile and his own brother Lawrence, who are revealed on panel for the first time. Scott receives a telephone call from Gideon, who asks, "When would it be convenient for you to die?"

The end of vs. The Universe features a section called "Creating Scott Pilgrim for fun and profit." The section includes drawings and comments from Bryan Lee O'Malley detailing the development of the series, including a playlist for the 5th book.

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

The sixth and final volume of Scott Pilgrim entitled "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour" was announced March 19, 2010 and is due to be released July 20, 2010.

Characters

Main article: List of Scott Pilgrim characters

Locations

All of the events of the books take place (for the most part), in the city of Toronto, Ontario. There are several actual locations which are referenced, some simply as subtle allusions, others which directly affect the plot.

Book 1

• Toronto Public Library - Wychwood Branch: Located on Bathurst Street, a rather nice somewhat historical library, opened in 1916.
• The Rockit: This was a small venue for local bands in Toronto.
• Pacific Mall: An Asian mall just outside the Toronto municipal limits.

Book 2

• Sonic Boom: A large independent record shop, somewhat known for buying and selling second hand CDs.
• No Account Video: This is in reference to an independent video store located in Toronto, Suspect Video. There are two locations, but the one in the book is located at Markham Street and Bloor Street, which is close to The Beguiling, a comic book store were O'Malley used to work. The real name of the video store was not used because they refused to let O'Malley take reference photos inside the premises.
• Casa Loma: A local historic building, and tourist attraction. Both the building itself, as well as the Baldwin Steps, a rather large staircase leading up the former shoreline of the ancient Lake Iroquois to the mansion from Spadina Avenue, are featured.
• Toronto Reference Library: A distinctive 6-floor reference library.
• Lee's Palace: A night club in Toronto, featuring local and international bands.

Book 3

• Honest Ed's: A very, very large discount store founded by Ed Mirvish, a local businessman and theater mogul.
• Yonge-Dundas Square: A large public square in downtown Toronto.

Book 4

• The Beaches: An area in the east end of Toronto, known for its beaches.
• Dufferin Mall: "The Dirty Duff". A shopping mall located on Dufferin Street.
• Sneaky Dee's: A Tex-Mex cuisine bar and venue.
• Nipissing University: A small liberal arts university located in North Bay, Ontario.

Book 5

• Queen Street West: An area of popular bars and restaurants
• Toronto Coach Terminal: The main intercity bus station

Volumes

#	Title	ISBN	Release date
1	Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life	ISBN 1-932664-08-4	August 18, 2004
2	Scott Pilgrim vs. The World	ISBN 1-932664-12-2	June 15, 2005
3	Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness	ISBN 1-932664-22-X	May 24, 2006
4	Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together	ISBN 1-932664-49-2	November 14, 2007
5	Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe	ISBN 1-934964-10-7	February 4, 2009
6	Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour	ISBN 1-934964-38-7	July 20, 2010

Other appearances:

• Comics Festival (40-page anthology including a one-page Scott Pilgrim comic; released on Free Comic Book Day 2005)
• PENG (72-page one-shot comic book by Corey Lewis where Scott Pilgrim appears in one panel; released in 2005)
• Free Scott Pilgrim #1 FCBD 2006 Edition (32-page comic book featuring an 17-page original Scott Pilgrim story; released on Free Comic Book Day 2006. This story is available for free online at the Oni Press Website
• Comics Festival 2007! (40-page anthology including a half-page Scott Pilgrim comic and a 6-page Kim Pine comic; released on Free Comic Book Day 2007)
• Scott Pilgrim: Full Colour Odds & Ends 2008 (collects Free Scott Pilgrim #1 - newly coloured by Dean Trippe, Wonderful World of Kim Pine four-page story, Now Magazine Best of Toronto two-page strip in black-and-white, the Comics Fest 07 sushi strip, and various watercolours, pin-ups, and advertisements)

All of these ancillary stories are available to read on the Scott Pilgrim Website

Critical reception

The first volume of Scott Pilgrim was well-received by comic book critics and had favorable reviews outside the comic book industry, in Publishers Weekly and on E! Online among others. Though O'Malley's simple, cartoony-looking, and manga-inspired artwork was put off as "amateurish" by some readers, critics were fascinated by the way he managed to get the characters' emotions across with so few, seemingly simple lines. They noted that O'Malley used this style by choice, and not because of a lack of skill. His style also often references Japanese manga artists, such as Kiyohiko Azuma and Osamu Tezuka. The style choices are also made in part from his departure from more dramatic content such as in Lost at Sea.

While there were some objections against the book's art, its humor made the book very popular and garnered it much praise, as did its "strong characterization and convincing dialogue", depicting a large set of realistic, sympathetic characters with whom the readers could easily identify. Only the video-game-like fight sequence at the end (wherein Scott fights Matthew Patel, the first of Ramona's evil ex-boyfriends, in a style reminiscent of Street Fighter, the fights in Ranma ½ and River City Ransom) was not met as enthusiastically as the rest of the book by all readers and it was noted that the scene "completely abandons the tone, pace and genre of everything that comes before it".

The second volume received equally good reviews, with some critics grading it "even better" than the first volume and continuing to praise the series' humor and how O'Malley manages to shift readers' sympathies from one character to the other by expanding the characterizations of the cast, giving new insights into the characters' pasts. Critics also noted how seemingly effortlessly O'Malley manages to mix "relatively real life and superhero power fantasies".

Publishers Weekly ranked the third volume, Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness, as one of the best comic books of 2006 in a critics' poll.

Scott Pilgrim was recently ranked 85th on Wizard magazine’s list of the "200 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time", effectively putting the character in the company of international comic book icons with far older publication histories such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and the X-Men.

In 2007, O'Malley was interviewed by the AV Club for the fourth volume. Written by Jason Heller, the article states that Gets It Together is "his best to date." The article goes on to praise O'Malley's consistent bold stylistic choices, saying that he "has raised the bar, art-wise: His deceptively basic style is suddenly deeper, richer, and more mature, while his eye for dynamics and graphic economy has gotten even keener."

Awards

In 2005, O'Malley won the Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent for the first volume of Scott Pilgrim [2] and was nominated for three Harvey Awards (Best New Talent, Best Cartoonist and Best Graphic Album of Original Work).

In 2006, O'Malley was awarded Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) in the Joe Shuster Awards. He was previously nominated in the same category in 2005.

O'Malley was nominated for a 2006 Eisner Award in the category Best Writer/Artist—Humor, for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, but lost to Kyle Baker. O'Malley and Scott Pilgrim were also nominated for two 2006 Eagle Awards, and nominated for a second Wright Award (for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World).

In 2007, O'Malley won the Harvey Award. The series was also awarded a spot in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 A-List.

Adaptations

Film

Main article: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is an upcoming film based on the comic book series. The film is directed by Edgar Wright and stars Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Video game

A video game based on the series was announced during San Diego Comic Con 2009 and will be developed by Ubisoft Montreal to be released alongside the film. The game will be side-scroller influenced by 8-bit and 16-bit video games. On March 26, 2010 at PAX East in Boston, the chiptune punk band Anamanaguchi announced they would be performing the music in the Ubisoft video game adaptation. No details concerning platforms the game will be released on have been announced yet.

External links

• Bryan Lee O'Malley on livejournal
• Bryan Lee O'Malley's website
• ScottPilgrim.com
• Scott Pilgrim at MySpace
• Scott Pilgrim: Previews Promo Strip
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at IMDb